253693 Implementing Health Care Reform: Exchanges & Quality Reforms

Monday, October 31, 2011: 3:10 PM

Sally Tyler, MPA , Public Policy Department, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Washington, DC
As health care reform moves forward, states must determine priorities and work to create and manage health insurance exchanges. While unions are weighing in on these issues, they are also working on quality reforms to improve outcomes and control costs. Unions also see the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing opportunities to expand home and community-based services.

Learning Areas:
Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Explain what states are doing to determine priorities under the Affordable Care Act. Discuss what unions are doing to improve health care outcomes.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I work in the Public Policy Department at American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees and have been working on public policy issues for the past 8 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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