Transcript Health Care Reform

Health Care Reform and
Implications for Filipino American
Health
Increased Access to Care, Improved Preventive
Care and Measures to Improve Quality and
Address Disparities
Amina Farhadi, JD
Reproductive Justice Fellow
July 8, 2011
Health Care Reform
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010
• PPACA will improve the health of communities of color by
making several reforms to the nation’s health care
system:
• Increased Access to Health Care
• Increased Coverage of Preventive Health Services
• Improve Quality of Care and Address Health and Health Care
Disparities
Increased Access to Health Care
• PPACA expands both public and private
insurance
• Currently (As of Sept. 2010)
• Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plans (High Risk
Pools)
• Consumer Protections
• Community Health Centers
Increased Access to Health Care
• Starting 2014
• Medicaid Expansion
• Health Insurance Exchanges – an online
market place for purchasing insurance
Improved Access to Preventive Care
• PPACA makes significant investments in preventive care and public
health initiatives, including the creation of the Prevention and Public
Health Fund, which received $500 million in fiscal year 2010. This
money will go to programs such as the Community Transformation
Grant Program, which provides grants to state and local agencies,
and community based organizations (CBOs) that engage in
evidence-based activities to promote chronic disease prevention.
• Private Insurance
• Medicaid
• Community Health Centers
Improving Quality and Addressing
Disparities
• PPACA contains numerous provisions aimed at lessening racial,
ethnic, socioeconomic, age, gender and geographical disparities in
health and health care.
• National Quality Strategy and Priorities
– Promoting Patient Centered Care
– Promoting Effective Communication and Coordination of Care
• National Stakeholder Strategy on Achieving Health Equity
Resources
• For more information on the effect of the PPACA on Asian American, Native
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, please visit our health care
reform resource center at http://www.apiahf.org/policy-and-advocacy/healthcare-reform-resource-center.
• For more information on the National Quality Strategy, see
http://www.healthcare.gov/center/reports/quality03212011a.html.
• For more information on the National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving
Health Equity, see
http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/content.aspx?lvl=1&lvlid=33
&ID=286.