Affordable Care Act (ACA)
After the ACA Expanded Health Care Access, 2024 Elections May See Voters Demand Affordability
May 15, 2024 Christina Mattina At the spring conference of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, speakers discussed how health policy, affordability, and transparency may play a role in voters’ decisions. Rutgers-Eagleton Poll Results Provide NJ Perspective While the speakers focused on health policy and affordability at the national level, the Quality Institute simultaneously…Read More…
Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, sparing nearly 1M N.J. residents from losing coverage
By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The U.S. Supreme Court, siding with New Jersey and 15 other states, on Thursday rejected a third Republican attempt to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Seven of the nine justices said 18 Republican-controlled states, led by Texas, did not suffer the…Read More…
Linda Schwimmer and Healthcare Advocates Rally at State House in Light of ACA Repeal Defeat
President and CEO of New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, Linda Schwimmer, joins other healthcare advocates at the New Jersey State House August 1st to rally for a bipartisan solution in light of the recent Affordable Care Act Repeal failure. View the video below! http://www.njtvonline.org/news/video/new-jersey-healthcare-advocates-rally-preserve-aca/Read More…
Health Advocates and Activists Rally in Recognition of ACA Repeal Defeat
Call on the Administration to End Actions That Destabilize the Market Trenton – Health care advocates, including provider organizations, unions, and consumer groups, stood united at the Statehouse today to applaud last week’s defeat of three GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The groups called on President Trump to support the…Read More…
Who’s Addressing Costs As Repeal Debate Rages On?
Nobody would blame you for mistaking a “skinny repeal” for the latest low fat latte or frozen dessert. The phrase that’s entered the lexicon of health care refers to the most recent approach to replace the Affordable Care Act. The plan is less “all-out-repeal” than earlier versions, but still largely guts the ACA. Under “skinny…Read More…
Health care advocate: new GOP bill ‘even more problematic’
Published on NJTV News. Despite revisions, the nonpartisan New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute finds serious gaps in the new version of Trumpcare. Its President and CEO Linda Schwimmer talks with Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron. Aron: Linda, is this new Senate GOP health care bill any better than the one that Mitch McConnell presented…Read More…
Will It Be “Summer of Hell” In Health Care, Too?
As I travel home from the nation’s capital on my delayed Amtrak train, I’m reminded that summer 2017 has been labeled the “summer of hell” for commuters in the Northeast Corridor. Much-needed fixes to our transportation infrastructure are causing agonizing delays, but the long-term repercussions of doing nothing will be far worse. That sounds close…Read More…
How the GOP health bills could make N.J. look like Alabama
Published by Don Sapatkin on Philly.com. For New Jersey, the GOP health-care proposals in Washington could mean more than budgetary chaos and a million people going without insurance. The state could wind up with a higher share of uninsured residents than places like Alabama and Mississippi. The main reason: New Jersey long has worked to make coverage accessible…Read More…
Dear Next Governor …
Dear Lt. Governor Guadagno and Ambassador Murphy: This November, the people of New Jersey will likely elect one of you to lead our state. You will face both great opportunities and great challenges. I write to ask that you pay close attention to health care, which affects all of our citizens — and accounts for over…Read More…
Take Five with Michael Munoz, President of AmeriHealth New Jersey
In your new role as President of AmeriHealth New Jersey, how do you see your vision and goals? Our mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the people we serve in New Jersey. We want to keep earning our reputation as a reliable, innovative company that personally engages our members and helps transform the health…Read More…