Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families; Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce; and GIH
When:
Friday, June 21, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern / 11:30 a.m. Central / 10:30 a.m. Mountain / 9:30 a.m. Pacific
Who:
- Bruce Lesley, First Focus
What:
The Affordable Care Act includes a significant Medicaid expansion, which could provide health insurance coverage to an estimated 17 million low-income adults and children. The Supreme Court ruling made this expansion a state choice. What are the key questions a state should consider when deciding whether to adopt the Medicaid expansion? How can state advocates, business leaders, and others help inform a state’s decisionmaking process? On this webinar, Bruce Lesley of First Focus joined the GIST/GCYF/GIH Communications Collaborative to provide an update on the status of the Medicaid expansion, as well as advice about how funders might improve communication about Medicaid expansion in their states.
Resources:
- Advisory Board Medicaid Map
- KidsWell (Atlantic) Campaign National Snapshots
- KidsWell Updates on Health Care Reform Changes Impacting Children
- Health Reform GPS (RWJF)
- State Health Reform Assistance Network
- “Medicaid Works” paper examining evidence of the program’s success
- Simple, Short and Sweet ACA Messaging for Children
- A Lexicon for Children’s Health: Making Children a Priority in Health Reform (Drew Westen for First Focus)
Related Content
- First Focus Medicaid and Child Health Westen Strategies – PDF document, 1111 KB