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The Affordable Care Act Turns 3!
MomsRising is an Atlantic grantee through the Children & Youth programme in the United States. Posted March 21st, 2013 by Ashley Boyd Three years ago this Saturday, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama. Since then, the law…
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First Anniversary of Health Care Reform: A Look Forward and Back
One year ago on 23 March 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, culminating a tireless campaign by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), funded in part by The Atlantic Philanthropies. In honour of health care reform’s first…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Long-term care threatens to sap seniors' savings
AARP is an Atlantic grantee. by Bob Moos Kay Paggi has been the bearer of bad news more times than she cares to remember. The senior-care coordinator has helped hundreds of Dallas families find long-term care for frail parents. Almost always, they think Medicare will…
Author: The Dallas Morning News
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What We Learned From Health Care
By Gara LaMarche. In March, I was honored to watch President Obama’s bill signing for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act with a group of labor leaders and reform activists. Around me were advocates who had worked for months — in some cases decades…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Will public warm up to health care reform?
There’s no reason why, in just one year, popularity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act should have risen dramatically. Nor is it true, much as some people would like to spin it that way, that the single largest expansion of the social safety…
Author: Politico
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What's at Stake -- No, Who's at Stake in the Great Supreme Court Case?
By Jennifer Ng’andu, Deputy Director, Health Policy, National Council of La Raza It’s probably the hottest seat in Washington, D.C. — and you can’t buy tickets to it. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable…
Author: National Council of La Raza
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A Big Bet on Advocacy Helps to Make History on Health Care
“Health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.” I can’t tell you what a thrill it was to hear President Obama speak those words, a few hours ago, after signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Implementing the New Health Care Law and What it Means for Children
Although the benefits from the newly signed health care bill won’t be available until 2014, implementation efforts are already underway. To better understand how the new law will be implemented and what it means for children, GCYF partnered with First Focus to host a webinar to…
Author: Grantmakers for Children, Youth & Families
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Forum: Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform
In 2008-09, The Atlantic Philanthropies made a series of significant investments in health care reform. Two months after President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, Atlantic held a discussion in New York City, “The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform in…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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This Week’s Health Industry News
By DUFF WILSON One year ago this week, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The anniversary will be marked by a series of events from proponents and opponents of the law who are still waging a pitched battle over…
Author: New York Times
