Transcript Eligibility and Enrollment: How It Really Works

Women’s Health in 2015:
Why Your Voice Matters!
Health Action 2015
January 22, 2015
Leni Preston, Chair
[email protected]
301.351.9381
www.mdhealthcarereform.org
About the Coalition:
Members
• Nonpartisan alliance of over 2,500
individuals & 100 state-wide organizations
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Planned Parenthood – Metro Washington & MD
NARAL-Pro Choice Maryland
League of Women Voters – all chapters
Maryland NOW
Mental Health Association of Maryland
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence
Black Nurses & Maryland Nurses Association
Women’s Commissions for Women – all chapters
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About the Coalition:
Key National Partners
• Families USA
• National Women’s Health Network
• Raising Women’s Voices for the Health
Care We Need
• National Women’s Law Center
• Open Society Institute-Baltimore
• And, many more …
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About the Coalition:
A Shared Mission
To seek solutions &
advance reforms that
promote health equity
through access to
Comprehensive, high quality, &
affordable
health care for all Marylanders.
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About the Coalition:
Collaboration and Cooperation
Coalition’s Strategic Agenda
–Policy
–Legislation
–Education & Outreach
–Engagement Through Advocacy &
Action
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Maryland’s Reform Landscape
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Medicaid Expansion
State-Based Exchange
All-Payer Hospital Modernization
Behavioral Health Integration
Health Information Exchange
State Health Improvement Process
Health Enterprise Zones
A New Republican Governor
And, more …
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Coalition Focus Areas
• A Seat at all Tables – Advisory Committees,
Work Groups, and more…
• Moving Forward, Not Backwards
• Affordability & Access to Patient-Centric Care
• Health Literate & Engaged Consumers
• Consumer Protections
• Delivery System Reform
• And more …
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Health Care Reform:
The Women’s Lens
• Higher enrollment rate than men:
56% (12/29/14)
• Almost 20% of young people had
enrollment help from their Moms
• Women make almost 80% of health care
decisions for their families (DOL)
• Women in health care profession:
• 34% physicians & 91%+ RNs
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