General Information

Materials from Healthcare.gov:

This Federal website has easy-to-understand information about health care reform

• Get Answers: How Can We Help You?
• Health Insurance Marketplace Basics
• Using Your Marketplace Health Coverage
• Why Health Coverage Is Important
• Marketplace Coverage & Taxes
• Preventive Care Benefits
• Rights and Protections
• Appeal a Marketplace Decision
• If Your Grandfathered Health Plan Is Changed or Cancelled
• Coverage for Immigrants
• Coverage for Young Adults
• Coverage for Self-Employed People
• Coverage for Unemployed People
• Coverage for People with Disabilities
• Coverage for People with Job-Based Coverage
• Coverage for Military Veterans
• Coverage for American Indians & Alaska Natives
• Coverage for Pregnant Women
• Coverage for Same-Sex Married Couples
• Coverage for Retirees
• Coverage for Incarcerated People

Sites with Other General Resources:

• AIDS.gov: The Affordable Care Act and HIV/AIDS
• The White House: Whitehouse.gov/healthreform
• Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Reform pages
• HIV Medicine Association: Glossary of Health Reform Terms
• Health Reform GPS – joint project of the George Washington University’s Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help users navigate health reform implementation

Materials from the Technical Assistance Resources, Guidance, Education & Training (TARGET) Center:

• Affordable Care Act & the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
• Learn About Reform
• Participate in the Marketplace Process
• Educate and Assist Your Clients
• Adjust Your Systems
• Key Websites
• Updates (New to the TARGET Center)

Materials from HIVHealthReform:

This site includes many  resources from HIVHealthReform itself, as well as other organizations.  Also tracks health reform news, especially that relating to HIV.  A small sampling of its resource follow:

• Five Ways the Affordable Care Act will Help People with HIV
• Take Action on the Health Care Reform
• Living with HIV?  5 Facts
• Blog
• Webinars
• Resources
• State Resources for ACA Implementation
• Strategies for HIV Medical Providers Contracting with Health Insurers (HIV Medicine Association – HIVMA)
• Tools for Monitoring HIV Care: HIV Clinical Quality Measures (HIVMA)

Materials from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors:

• Essential Health Benefits  (as these relate to HIV)
• The Affordable Care Act and the Silent Epidemic: Increasing the Viral Hepatitis Response Through Health Reform
• Improving Access to HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Women

Selected Recent Articles

• Why Is Aetna Withdrawing From Obamacare?  (August 2016, Poz)
• Federal Judge Rules Against ACA Subsidies.  (May 2016, MedPage Today)
• How Does Obamacare Affect People With HIV?  (May 2016, Poz)
• Uneven rollout of Affordable Care Act increases health disparities in HIV. (March 2016, Healio)
• State Medicaid Restrictions for Hepatitis C Cures Are Creating One of America’s Worst Health Disparities. (December 2015, Hepmag)
• Higher Rate of Viral Suppression Found in ACA Enrollees Than in Those Supported Only by Ryan White. (October 2015, TheBodyPro)
• ACA insurance recipients with HIV experience improved outcomes.  (October 2015, Healio)
• The ACA Provides Better Care to Virginians With HIV Than ADAP. (October 2015, Poz)
• Affordable Care Act coverage improves chances of viral suppression for Americans with HIV. (October 2015, AIDSmap)
• Health Care Industry Mergers Side Effect of Affordable Care Act. (September 2015, Hepmag)
• Affordable Care Act Is a Success On Many Counts. (August 2015, Poz)
• PrEP, Earlier ART, and Better HIV Care in the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy. (July 2015, Beta Blog)
• Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Subsidies. (June 2015, Poz)
• Capping Coinsurance Payments for PrEP and HIV Meds. (April 2015, Beta Blog)
• Selecting an Obamacare Plan When You’re Starting Treatment for HIV. (October 2014, TheBody)
• 5.7M Could Lack Insurance in 2016 Without Medicaid Expansion. (July 2014, Hepmag)
• Medicare & Medicaid Will Pay to Screen At-Risk Groups for Hep C. (June 2014, Poz)
• Health Reform Increases HIV Caseloads for Primary Providers. (May 2014, Poz)
• ACA Turns Four: Recognizing Successes and Looking Ahead. (March 2014, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors)
• Louisiana Insurers Accept Ryan White Funds for ACA Premiums. (March 2014, Poz)
• Obamacare: Not So Affordable for People With HIV and Hep C. (March 2014, Poz)
• Two More Louisiana Insurers Reject ACA Ryan White Funds. (February 2014, Poz)
• Policy Guide Reveals ACA Barriers to HIV, Hep C Treatment. (February 2014, Poz)
• Louisiana Insurer Rejects Ryan White Funds for ACA Premiums. (February 2014, Poz)
• Obamacare Could Insure 171,000 People With HIV. (January 2014, Poz)
• Concerns on HIV/AIDS Health Care Gaps in ACA Rollout. (January 2014, Poz)
• A New Day in Health Care Coverage. (December 2013, Poz)
• Users Report Major Improvements to HealthCare.gov. (December 2013, Poz)