Health Policy Resource Hub

Welcome to SEARAC's Health Policy Resource Hub!

Here you will find updated policy briefs, reports, factsheets, and other resources to help you better understand the Affordable Care Act and other health care related policies. These resources may also be useful as you work to educate community members, local decision makers, and stakeholders. The Health Policy Resource Hub hosts resources produced by SEARAC along with publications from other organizations.

If you have any questions regarding any of the resources below, please contact SEARAC's Policy Advocate, Ivy Ngo.

Page Contents

• SEARAC Publications
• Understanding the Affordable Care Act - A Fact Sheet Series
• Affordable Care Act - Overview & Basics
• Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Care
• Workforce Development
• Access & Affordability
• Preventative Care
• Elders

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SEARAC Publications

• Affordable Care Act 101 Webinar - The powerpoint slides to the Ensuring Our Healthy Future Campaign kick-off webinar held on March 23, 2011.
• Ensuring Our Healthy Future Campaign Overview - A brief overview of the campaign goals and activities.
• The Affordable Care Act - The First Year - Learn about what the Affordable Care Act has done for our communities in just its first year of passage.
• Southeast Asian American Elders & The Affordable Care Act - A fact sheet highlighting the importance of the Affordable Care Act for Southeast Asian American elders.
• Understanding the Affordable Care Act: Health Insurance Exchange - A fact sheet designed to help with understanding how the Health Insurance Exchange works.

Understanding the Affordable Care Act - A Fact Sheet Series

The following fact sheet series breaks down the Affordable Care Act and helps community members to understand how the health care law benefits them depending on their situation, whether they are elderly, currently uninsured, or a young adult, etc.

• How the Affordable Care Act Helps Families and Individuals Who Already Have Insurance
• How the Affordable Care Act Helps Small Business Owners
• Health Reform: What's In Store For 2014?
• Medicare Basics - Also available in Hmong and Vietnamese.
• Currently Uninsured or Having Difficulty Buying Your Own Insurance - Also available in Hmong and Vietnamese.
• Better Health Care for Elders: How Medicare and Medicaid Recipients Benefit from the ACA
• How the Affordable Care Act Benefits Southeast Asian American Families
• How the Affordable Care Act Benefits Young Adults

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Affordable Care Act - Overview & Basics

• Summary of the New Health Reform Law -  Kaiser Family Foundation. March 2010. A comprehensive overview of the provisions of the law. A great place to start acquainting yourself with the law!
• Health Care Reform Hits Main Street - Kaiser Family Foundation, uploaded September 2010. A quick and cute video that provides a general outline of the law. If your organization blocks Youtube, please use this link instead.
• Health Care Chronology - Aon Consulting. A basic calendar of what general developments to expect from the Affordable Care Act between 2010 and 2018.
• Health Care Reform - New York Times, March 2011. A comprehensive recap of the debates and political background surrounding the bill, its final passage, and current challenges. This is also a repository of all the New York Times news articles regarding the Affordable Care Act.

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Culturally & Linguistically Appropriate Care

• National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care - Office of Minority Health. Also known as CLAS standards, these guidelines are established by the Office of Minority Health to help establish goals health care providers and organizations.
• The ACA and Language Access.” National Health Law Program. January 2011. A comprehensive analysis of key provisions within the Affordable Care Act that increase and improve language access.
• What's in a Word: A Guide to Understanding Interpreting and Translation in Health Care -  (full version) National Health Law Program. 2010. A guide for providers and health care organizations to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate care. (Two-Page Overview)
• How Can States Get Federal Funds to Help Pay for Language Services for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees?” Families USA. Revised January 2010. A resource to help state and local advocates secure funding for linguistically appropriate services through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
• Summary of State Law Requirements: Addressing Language Needs in Health Care - National Health Law Program. January 2008. Summary of key language access provisions in all 50 states prior to the Affordable Care Act. Effective tool to help advocates and community members understand the language access landscape.
• Health Reform and Communities of Color: Implications for Racial and Ethnic Disparities - September 2010.

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Workforce Development

• Opportunities to Advance Diversity in Our Workforce through the New Health Law - California Pan-Ethnic Health Network. February 2011. A comprehensive outline of key opportunities for policy makers, advocates, and community members ought to utilize to increase workforce diversity in health professions.
• Health Reform and its Implications for Health Workforce and Pipeline Programs - Dr. Kevin Grumbach, University of California San Francisco. October 2010. This presentation, originally given at California Health Professions Consortium, highlights how the Affordable Care Act creates grant opportunities for community members to pursue health professionals-- and opportunities for advocates to maintain that pipeline.
• Public Health, Workforce, Quality, and Related Provisions in PPACA: Summary and Timeline - Congressional Research Service. September 2010. A detailed overview of key workforce development provisions within the Affordable Care Act.
• Summary of the Health Workforce Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: H.R. 3509 - National Conference of State Legislatures. March 2010. An exhaustive and thorough chart of all the workforce development related provisions within the Affordable Care Act.

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Access & Affordability

• The ACA and Language Access. National Health Law Program - National Health Law Program. January 2011. An overview of the language access. cultural competency and data collection provisions that are included in the Affordable Care Act.
• Coordinating Coverage and Care in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchanges - The Kaiser Commission in Medicaid and Uninsured. October 2010. An analysis of the expansion of Medicaid, the creation of the health exchanges, and the coordination of delivery of care under the Affordable Care Act.
• Explaining Health Reform: Questions about Health Insurance Subsidies - Kaiser Family Health Foundation. April 2010. A quick breakdown of health insurance subsidies through tax credits for different income levels.
• State Fiscal Conditions and Medicaid. Kaiser Family Foundation - October 2010. A broad and fairly frank commentary on how the continued challenges for states to support Medicaid program, particular under the Affordable Care Act.
• Medicaid Reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act - Bazelon Center for Mental Health. July 2010. A very thorough overview of how the different provisions of the Affordable Care Act will benefit people with mental illnesses.

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Preventative Care

• Home & Community-Based Care Options. National Health Law Program - November 2010. Presentation provided by the National Health Law Program that highlights key provisions of the Affordable Care Act that expand access to Home & community-based care-- provisions that are vital to addressing needs in local Southeast Asian American communities.
• Health Reform IS working: A Discussion on Next Steps for Community Prevention - Public Health Institute. December 2010. A webinar presented by the Dialogue for Health, a project of the Public Health Institute that features different advocates presenting updates on the community prevention initiatives of the Affordable Care Act. 
• Federal Prevention and Community Health Initiatives Prevention Institute - Updated February 2011. A quick overview of the prevention and community health programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• Transforming Health: Integrating Prevention in Reform Efforts - October 2010. A state-specific brief produced by the California Health Policy Forum, around prevention efforts under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• Promoting Prevention through the Affordable Care Act - New England Journal of Medicine. September 2010. This article written by Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and Assistant Secretary Howard Koh, is a very broad overview of prevention efforts under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
• The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund by State - February 2011. A resource provided by the government that lists each state’s Public Health Fund, the money set aside specifically targeting wellness and prevention programs.

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Elders

• How Health Reform will Affect Medicare Beneficiaries - The Commonwealth Fund. March 2010. An overview of the positive benefits to Medicare as part of the Affordable Care Act with emphasis on the fiscal impact.
• Explaining Health Care Reform: Key Changes to Medicare Part D - The Kaiser Family Foundation. March 2010. An in-depth look at Part D Benefit Coverage, which deals with prescription drug coverage. Under the Affordable Care Act, out-of-pocket costs will be reduced.
• Key Questions about Medicaid and its role in state/federal budgets and Health reform - The Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2011. A thorough FAQ about Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. It is also a great refresher on the basics of the Medicaid program.
• Medicaid and Long Term Services and Supports - The Kaiser Family Foundation. March 2011. How the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid will affect long-term care and services.

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