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Virginia-Care: Keeping Health Insurance Costs Down for a Small Businesses
Posted by on June 21, 2012 at 10:30 AM EDTEd. Note: This was originally published on Healthcare.gov
Virginia Donohue and her husband started Pet Camp in 1997 with a love of their dogs and little else. Located in San Francisco, California, they provided group play, open spaces, and a pool. Cats had disco lights to play with, aquariums to watch and wide window sills for perches. When the business became sustainable in 2000, Virginia says, it was time to provide health insurance to their employees.
“To me it’s a moral issue. People need to have health care and how we get it is through work,” she says. “I have been one of the employers out there saying, ‘Look, offering health care is important.’”
Learn more about Economy, Health CareTracyCare: Focusing on Care for a Sick Child, Not Worrying About Insurance
Posted by on June 21, 2012 at 7:40 AM EDTEd. Note: This was originally published on Healthcare.gov
Tracy Wirtanen-DeBenedet’s story began four years ago when her 9-year-old son Sami was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow throughout the nervous system, including the brain. There is no cure for the disorder, but the tumors generally can be managed with surgery, chemotherapy and constant attention to head off severely debilitating or life-threatening complications. Sami didn’t grow for a year because of complications.
“He’s a kid, he’s just a normal kid, happy-go-lucky child, but he’s a kid that gets MRIs every three to six months,” she says, sharing her family’s story.
Learn more about Economy, Health CarePeace of Mind in Knowing Sick Child Won’t be Denied Health Coverage
Posted by on June 20, 2012 at 2:26 PM EDTEd. Note: This was originally published on Healthcare.gov
Watch Alycia and Avey's story here:
As Alycia Steinberg of Towson, MD, tells us, when a child is seriously ill, a parent shouldn’t have to worry that an insurer would deny coverage due to the child’s pre-existing condition.
That is why she’s grateful that the Affordable Care Act protects her daughter Avey’s health insurance coverage because it bars insurance companies from denying coverage to children based on pre-existing conditions. “To have a child with cancer, there is so much to worry about, but the Affordable Care Act means that I don’t have to worry that Avey will be denied treatment because of her pre-existing condition,” Alycia says.
Learn more about , Economy, Health CareAffordable Care Act Helps Improve Access to High Quality, Coordinated Care
Posted by on June 20, 2012 at 10:33 AM EDTToday, HHS announced that 219 community health centers received another $128.6 million to help them expand their reach, supporting approximately 5,460 jobs and serve 1.25 million additional patients.
Today’s announcement is one in a series of efforts to make our community health centers stronger. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, community health centers around the country have received new resources to expand capacity and improve care for their patients.
At the Erie Family Health Center in Chicago, these new resources are helping staff better monitor patients’ care, follow up with patients and ensure they get the care they need that can stop health problems before they start. For example:
One of the health center’s patients is a 52 year old man with diabetes. At his last appointment, his diabetes numbers were clearly trending in the wrong direction. When he missed his follow-up appointment, the health center knew and was able to reach out to him because of its computer systems reminds the staff to contact patients who have missed appointments or who have lab results showing poorly controlled diabetes.
Learn more about Economy, Health CareLouisa-Care: Making Health Insurance More Affordable for Small Businesses
Posted by on June 20, 2012 at 7:20 AM EDTEd. Note: This was originally published on Healthcare.gov
Louisa McQueeney is general manager and chief financial officer of Palm Beach Groves, a small, family-owned Florida gift and food shipping company. She believes it’s important for a small business to provide health insurance for its employees: “It creates a long-term relationship with your employees,” she says.
Learn more about Economy, Health CareCommunity Health Centers: Expanding Access to Care in Underserved Areas
Posted by on June 19, 2012 at 6:14 PM EDTThe C.W. Williams Community Health Center in Charlotte, North Carolina was created in 1981 when local leaders Peggy Beckwith, founder of the local Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation; Dr. John Murphy, a local dentist; and Rowe "Jack" Motley, the first African-American county Commissioner, filled out an application to create a community health center. Mr. Motley drove to Washington, D.C. to submit their application. Their application was accepted and the C.W. Williams Community Health Center was created.
C.W. Williams Executive Director Beverly Irby, Dr Everlyn Hall-Baker, Alexia Kelley, Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and Dr. Joann Parris. (Photo by Dwayne Gross)
On May 3, 2012, Alexia Kelley, Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships visited the C.W. Williams Community Health Center. She shared the news that a total of $730 million was being awarded across the country to community health centers, and that C.W. Williams Center had been awarded $500,000 to create a dental clinic. Dentists are in short supply in North Carolina and ranks 47th in dentist-to-population ratio. The new funding will greatly expand access to care.
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