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Posts tagged with "Affordable Care Act"
Affordable Care Act Updates — ‘Navigators’ to help spread the word on the state’s MNsure health exchange
Apr. 10 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer “Under the Affordable Care Act, every plan in the marketplace has to cover a set of 10 essential benefits [such as] prescription drugs, lab services, hospitalization, emergency care, mental health...
Minnesota adopts new MNsure health exchange
Apr. 3 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a new health exchange law on March 21, which is expected to enroll an estimated 1.3 Minnesotans starting next year, including...
Minnesota legislators work to finalize State health exchange — Democratic majority doesn’t make exchange a ‘slam dunk’
Mar. 13 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates that beginning in 2014, each state either must have a health exchange available that allows qualified individuals to buy coverage, or join with other states...
Budget sequestration will undermine fight against HIV
Mar. 6 | On March 1, federal budget sequestration went into effect. This will result in across-the-board cuts of 5.3 percent in most non-defense discretionary programs, including Ryan White, HIV prevention, HIV research, AIDS housing support, and prevention...
Single payer health care essential to reducing healthcare disparities
Jan. 9 | By Andrea Parrott Contributing Writer After daily witnessing situations in which patients suffered or had to make decisions detrimental to their health due to difficulties in accessing health care, Dr. Elizabeth Frost and Dr. Ann Settgast...
Medicaid expansion: more insured at state-budget savings
Dec. 12 | ACA advocates predict uninsured Blacks will drop from 20 to eight percent By Charles Hallman Staff Writer The Greater United Way held a “community conversation” December 4 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul on...
What does it take to be a State Senator?
Nov. 28 | DFL Hayden describes full-time responsibilities of part-time role By Charles Hallman Staff Writer When the 2013 Minnesota Legislative Session convenes January 8, State Senator Jeff Hayden officially will assume his office as Senate...
Lack of oral healthcare a crisis for poor children, children of color
Oct. 10 | Current supply of dental providers inadequate to meet provisions of new healthcare law Twelve years after issuing a landmark report that offered a framework for improving access to oral health, former Surgeon General David...
What has President Obama done for Blacks?
Sep. 20 | Affordable Care Act, HBCU investment top some advocates’ lists By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Since Barack Obama took office four years ago as the first Black president in U.S. history, he has been criticized by many Blacks for...
