Health Care Reform Workgroup
NJ Loses Federal Funding to Expand ACA Enrollment
NJ Loses Federal Funding to Expand ACA Enrollment Lilo H. Stainton | October 12, 2017 Some $26 million in cuts will put a serious dent in ACA navigator programs in virtually all states New Jersey will lose more than 60 percent of the federal funding it expected to receive this year to help enroll vulnerable…Read More…
Was that Bipartisan Cooperation on Health Care? Yes, and We Need More
I tuned in to watch the recent senate hearings on the actions Congress should take to stabilize the individual insurance market — and I saw something as rare as the solar eclipse: a thoughtful, bipartisan discussion on health care that focused on solutions, not polemics. Governors and Insurance Commissioners from blue states and red states talked…Read More…
NJ Spotlight Helps Plan for Healthcare Future as GOP Bill Melts Down
Published by Lilo H. Stainton in NJ Spotlight Speakers at NJ Spotlight roundtable — ACA Repeal and Replace: New Jersey’s Response — stress that regardless of fate of Republican bill, state must be prepared for change Hours before the Republican plan to replace Obamacare died in Congress Friday without a vote, healthcare experts in New…Read More…
Report offers ways N.J. could cope with potential increase in Medicaid burden
By Anjalee Khemlani, March 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM Health care officials and state legislators were anticipating the possible end to Medicaid that was highlighted in the Republican proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act on Monday. It’s why Linda Schwimmer, CEO and president of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, and state Sen….Read More…
If Repeal Becomes Repair, What’s the Fix?
Quality Institute and Sen. Vitale Will Engage New Work Group to Create Plan The newly installed Congress quickly took action to start repealing the ACA. But then the reality set in. Up-ending such a vital, complex and far-reaching system will not happen overnight. Now we’re hearing less about “replace” and more about “repair” by the…Read More…