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Join
the CAHC Coalition!
Want to join the 40+
other organizations and individuals who are part of the
Consumers for Affordable Health Care
Coalition?
Click here for more
information.
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Support
for Care Coordination
3 in 4 respondents
(74 percent) have wished that their doctors talked
and shared information with each other; and
36 percent of heavy users of the health care system
say they have received conflicting information from
different
doctors. |
Interesting Fact
Medicare &
Medicaid
are
celebrating their 45th birthday on
July
30th!
CAHC will
be celebrating...would you like to join us?
Please contact
Andrea for more information: airwin@mainecahc.org
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Special
Thanks
As the weather warmed
up our need for a refrigerator was met through
the very "cool" and very generous donation of Brian
Ketchen and the crew at Dave's Appliance.
When you find yourself considering
an appliance purchase, please call Dave's Appliance first.
They are located at 59 Central
Street in Winthrop and tell them CAHC sent you!
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Free Training
on Health Reform
We periodically hold health care and coverage
trainings. They will give you more information about why
national and state health care reform is important and
how you can be more active in getting the message
out. If you are interested in hosting or attending
any of these trainings, please email Andrea Irwin.
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 The
Maine Campaign for Better Care Has Lauched & Is
Growing! Click here for details!
Click the above logo
for information on how to join our effort or share your
personal
story.
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.jpg) Maine Doctors, Families,
Health Advocates working together
A press conference was held on
May 3rd to kick off the new Maine Campaign for Better
Care (MCBC). The press
conference was attended by dozens of Campaign
partners and media. If you'd like to learn
more about the press event, who is taking part in
this important new Campaign and what this
Campaign is about, see the full story
here. |
CAHC trains
the Coalition Membership on the Patient
Protection & Affordable Care
Act
Staff from Consumers for Affordable Health
Care, Maine Equal Justice, and Alice Knapp
provided an overview of the PPACA for membership
at the May meeting. In particular, they
explained what the new law will mean for Mainers
with small businesses, non-profits, those who are
currently uninsured, and low-income people who may
be eligible for MaineCare. The new state health
insurance exchange and tax credits for individuals
were also reviewed. If you or your
organization is interested in hosting a similar
presentation, please contact Andrea Irwin, Health
Policy Advocate, at 622-7083 or airwin@mainecahc.org. |
CAHC Outreach Team gears up for "Festival"
season
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Giving Real
Help to Maine
People
True Story:
The
mom of a family of five called the HelpLine. Her
two younger children are eligible for MaineCare
but her husband, her 20 year old, and the caller
herself are not eligible because when her husband
worked at a paper mill he built up a small
retirement account. He was then deployed overseas
in the National Guard, became injured, lost his
job and the family's insurance. The caller's
husband has now become a college student and the
caller is a CNA, neither of which offers
insurance. This household could benefit greatly by
National Health Reform when the asset test
for Medicaid will be eliminated in 2014...but 2014
is still a long way away.
The HelpLine staff explained to
the caller about the possibility of eligibility
for free care, sliding scale health clinics, and
discount prescription drug programs.
Additionally, if she or her husband got
insurance, their 20 year old child may be able to
get coverage as a dependent on their policy thanks
to health care reform. This will not solve
all of their problems, but it may help them until
more of the desperately needed other Health
Care Reforms kick in.
Do have a
health care story to share? Use this
form.
Have a question of your own?
Call the free and confidential CAHC HelpLine
1-800-838-7476 |
 Celebrating Our
New Location and National Health Care
Reform
On Thursday, May 27, many friends,
including neighbors, former staff, coalition
partners, and others joined us to celebrate our
new office building and passage of national health
reform.
Click here to learn who
won the Trivia Contest and check out the
photos! |
CAHC in the
News
As reported
by John Richardson in the Portland Press
Herald on May 16th 2010. Please click on the
title to read the full story.
"The prices of
medical procedures in Maine can vary widely -
sometimes by several thousand dollars -
encouraging more patients and employers to shop
around." |
 Wishing Cherilee
Well
After two years as Communication Coordinator,
Cherilee Budrick left Consumers for Affordable
Health Care. Officials for Verso Paper announced
that Cherilee accepted the position of mill
communications manager at the Androscoggin Mill.
Best of luck to you, Cherilee!
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CAHC Tracks Implementation of Federal
Health Care Reform
As part of our ongoing efforts to
monitor state and federal health policy, we've
been busy tracking the many provisions in the new
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA). At the state level, the Advisory
Council on Health Systems' Development; the
Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Health
Care Reform and Implementation Opportunities; and
the Health Reform Implementation Steering
Committee are all contributing
to implementation efforts.
The legislative committee has
established a website for more information
on their work and public meeting schedule.
Please contact Andrea for more information or
to get involved in advocacy opportunities at
CAHC. |
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