Campaign for Better Health Care

Making Health Care Reform Work For Illinois:
A Statewide Health Care Implementation Planning Summit

Table of Contents

Note: The documents below are all in the pdf file format. Click on the document names to download and read the files.

Health Care Justice Campaign
1. HCJC History and Steering Committee (pdf)
2. HCJC Structure (pdf)
3. HCJC Activities (pdf)
4. HCJC Participation Form
5. HCJC Inform, Implement & Improve (pdf)

What Does Health Care Reform Mean for Illinois?
1. The New National Health Law: What Does it Mean for Illinois and What Comes Next? – Community Catalyst Presentation (pdf)
2. What Does the New National Health Care Law Mean for Illinois? – Community Catalyst and HCJC Memo (pdf)
3. Summary of the Affordable Care Act – Community Catalyst, Aug. 2010 (pdf)
4. Focus on Health Reform: Health Reform Implementation Timeline – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2010 (pdf)
5. Six Months In: Who is the Affordable Care Act Helping in Your Community? – Community Catalyst, Aug. 2010 (pdf)
6. The New Health Law Will Secure Coverage and Improve Quality of Care – Community Catalyst

Communicating the Affordable Care Act to the Public
1. Research Findings: A Communications Perspective – Herndon Alliance Presentation (pdf)
2. Messaging Prevention: Observations From Focus Groups in Chicago – Herndon Alliance Presentation (pdf)
3. Talking to Your Target Audience: Which Provisions Resonate with Which Groups? – Community Catalyst, Aug. 2010 (pdf)

Delivery System Change and the Affordable Care Act: Improving Quality and Controlling Costs
1. Delivery System Change in the New Health Law: Improving Quality, Controlling Costs – Community Catalyst Presentation (pdf)
2. The New Health Law and Delivery System Change: How Can Illinois Use New Reforms to Move the State Health Care Agenda? – Community Catalyst Memo (pdf)
3. Delivery System Change: Improving Quality and Controlling Costs – Illinois Academy of Family Physicians Presentation (pdf)
4. Illinois Hospital Association Presentation (pdf)

The Affordable Care Act and Private Insurance Changes In Illinois
1. The New National Health Law and Private Insurance Changes in Illinois – Community Catalyst Presentation (pdf)
2. The New Law and Private Insurance: What are Opportunities and Challenges for Illinois? – Community Catalyst Memo (pdf)
3. Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Exchanges – Kaiser Family Foundation, April 2010 (pdf)
4. U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) Health Reform Organization Chart: New Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (pdf)

The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid Changes in Illinois
1. Health & Disability Advocates Presentation (pdf)
2. What Does the Affordable Care Act Mean for Medicaid in Illinois? – Community Catalyst Presentation (pdf)

Additional Resources
1. Building on the Foundation: Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform – Executive Summary of Community Catalyst Report, April 2010 (pdf)
2. Timeline of Medicare Part D Changes Under Health Care Reform – Make Medicare Work Coalition (pdf)
3. Briefing: Long-Term Services and Support and Chronic Care Coordination: Policy Advances Enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – National Academy for State Health Policy, April 2010 (pdf)
4. How the Federal Health Reform Law Affects Women’s Health – Planned Parenthood of Illinois, July, 2010 (pdf)
5. Overview of Children’s Provisions in National Health Reform – New England Alliance for Children’s Health, Community Catalyst, May 2010 (pdf)
6. Protecting Consumers, Encouraging Community Dialogue: The New Law’s Requirements for Non-profit Hospitals (pdf)
7. Promoting Health Equity Through the National Health Law – Community Catalyst Presentation (pdf)
8. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590) Selected Prevention, Public Health & Workforce Provisions (pdf)
9. Program Speakers & Moderators (pdf)