Edwin K. Zechman, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jacqueline D. Bowens
Executive Vice President and Chief Government and External Affairs Officer
Clare Kelly
Executive Director, Government and External Affairs
Timothy Jones, Editor
Manager, State Government Affairs
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Healthcare Reform Legislation Becomes Law
On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law HR 3590, the $940 billion health care reform legislation that expands insurance coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans. This is the most sweeping federal legislation since Medicare was created in 1965.
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Healthcare Reform Includes Changes Impacting Kids and Kids’ Health Care
The healthcare reform law includes many provisions that directly impact children’s health care and their healthcare providers. Included among them are that the uninsured would receive more generous subsidies to buy coverage and that federal funding of Medicaid would increase.
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Issue Focus: Improving Access to Care
Through the Reconciliation Act of 2010, Congress has sought to ensure coverage and to improve children’s access to critical pediatric services. For the first time, a federal payment standard for Medicaid has been linked to Medicare.
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