The Presidents Fiscal Year 2014 Budget proposal includes a strong focus on mental health by investing in helping teachers and other adults recognize the signs of mental illness in students and referring them to help if needed; supporting innovative state-based programs to improve mental health outcomes for young people ages 16-to-25; and helping to train 5,000 additional mental health professionals with an emphasis on serving students and young adults. Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Christen Linke-Young, Director of Coverage Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Reform; Pamela Hyde, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Stephanie Valencia, Special Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement discuss the Affordable Care Act and mental health at the White House, August 21, 2013. Reference for posting
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/21/affordable-care-act-and-expanding-mental-health-coverage
Health exchange board delays vote on plans
As the article points out, signing up Latinos wonat be easy because some donat speak English and even with government-provided subsidies, many may not be able to afford insurance. In Oregon, efforts are being made to sign up the state’s 500,000 uninsured, including Hispanics. The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Hillsboro has a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to do outreach, education and enrollment, said Maria Loredo , the centeras COO. She said they are hiring and training Spanish-speaking staff, as well as workers who can reach out to other ethnic groups, including Somalis. A survey by Latino Decisions, a nonpartisan polling firm, found that 69 percent of Hispanics found the health care law aconfusing and complicated,a the Journal reports. To your classic short article have a look at
Of the nine companies that applied to sell health plan in the exchange, the four that were preliminarily approved were Bridgespan, Group Health Cooperative, Premera Blue Cross and LifeWise, a subsidiary of Premera. The companies that applied but were not approved for the exchange were Moda Health Plan Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Community Health Plan of Washington, Coordinated Care Co. and Molina Healthcare of Washington Inc. So far, Kaiser, Community Health Plans of WA, and Coordinated Care Co. have appealed Kreidler’s decision, according to Kreidler’s office. After Wednesday’s decision by the board, officials with Molina – which initially appealed but then withdrew its appeal – say they’ve resubmitted their plan application with the health exchange. “The board wants to do everything in its power to ensure that when the exchange opens Oct. 1 we have as many carriers and participating plans as possible to provide options for residents,” exchange spokesman Michael Marchand said. Thx would go to
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