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Speak Up! Comment on Health Reform Regs

The Obama Administration recently announced requests for public comment on a few health reform related regulations. If you can, you are encouraged to provide HHS your perspective and suggestions. In particular, the Departments of HHS, Labor, and Treasury released several regulations to implement the new Patients’ Bill of Rights. The… more

New Info from HHS

Below are links to a series of new HHS brochures and materials related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. · Patient Protections & Insurance Reforms · Poster: Are You Eligible for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan? · The Affordable Care Act — What it Means for Those with Pre-Existing Conditions… more

New High Risk Pool to Launch in September

Yesterday, MRMIB‘s Deputy Director of Legislative and External Affairs Jeanie Esajian made a few announcements regarding the state’s new high risk pool. MRMIB submitted two documents to CMS Thursday. The first details how MRMIB will run the new pool. The second is to solicit responses from plans who may want… more

SF Health Access Booklet

For our friends in the Bay Area: the San Francisco Health Care Access Booklet has been revised for 2010 and can be found online at http://tinyurl.com/34xbsqk. This booklet summarizes key health care resources in San Francisco and includes detailed eligibility criteria. This guide should be especially useful for staff who… more

Outline of Waiver Bills

Summarizes the waiver bills in California’s legislature. more