3353.0 Health Care Reform: A Union Update

Monday, October 29, 2012: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
America’s labor unions have taken an active role in supporting the passage and implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Unions represent hundreds of thousands of workers who deliver health care every day. The labor movement believes that health care is a basic human right and has worked for more than a century to improve the quality, access, and affordability of health care for all.
Session Objectives: Describe how unions are increasing access to health care. Discuss how unions are supporting the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Organizer:
Jennifer Dorning, JD
Moderator:
Jennifer Dorning, JD

2:30pm
Unions and the Future of Job-based Coverage under the ACA
Sara Flocks
3:00pm
Crossing the Country Without a Map: Challenges and Opportunities for Labor in Implementing the Largest Federal Program in 50 Years from Scratch
Sara Nichols, JD
3:30pm
Preparing to Operate in the Exchange: A Case Study from Nevada
Bobbette Bond, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Labor Caucus
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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