The November 28th policy briefing was a great success with 55 people registered to attend and a full house.
Policy Briefing: Women and Health Care Reform
November 28, 2012
Anna Benyo, Senior Health Policy Analyst
National Women’s Law Center
Anna Benyo NWLC Presentation NM Policy Breifing 2012
And a local panel of experts:
Micaela Cadena, Young Women United
Pamelya Herndon, J.D., Southwest Women’s Law Center
Nandini Pillai Kuehn, Ph.D., MHA, Health Services Consulting
Ellen Pinnes, J.D., Health Policy Consultant
Roxane Spruce Bly, Bernalillo County Off-Reservation Native American Health Commission
Event sponsored by:
Gender Impacts Policy, a project of the Center of Southwest Culture
RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM
State of Women’s Health NM: A Partnership with National Women’s Law Center
UNM Women’s Resource Center
UNM Women Studies
Policy briefing planner and moderator:
Giovanna Rossi, Collective Action Strategies, LLC
Additional materials:
Medicaid Expansion Infographic
WomenACABingaman
Report-BBER-Economic and Fiscal Impacts of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in New Mexico-2012-10-31
Health Care Reform Happy Hour Sept. 7th
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME? WOMEN AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
September 7, 2012
5:00 PM
Inspired Birth and Families
3916B Carlisle NE Albuquerque, NM 87107
The event is free and open to the public., but registration is required.
Why expanding Medicaid is important for New Mexicans, and a great deal for our state.
NM Voices for Children’s former Research Director, Dr. Kelly O’Donnell, on KNME NM In Focus explaining why expanding Medicaid is important for New Mexicans, and a great deal for our state.
Women’s Health Today covers new preventive health benefits- August 24th
Friday, August 24th 8am MST
Women’s Health Today
on KUNM 89.9fm or www.kunm.org
Listen to the August show here
Which services are covered under health insurance plans? Does Medicaid and Medicare provide the same benefits? How will the law be implemented so that women can access the benefits?
My guests include Senator Jeff Bingaman, Dr. Carrie Swartz of Bosque Women’s Care, and Rebecca Vanucci, an expectant mom.
More information about health care reform is available at www.healthcare.gov and www.nwlc.org
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Women’s Health Today is about women for everyone. How does being a woman or a man impact your health? Does health and other policy adequately address systemic problems and root causes of ill health? Women’s Health Today looks at health from an interdisciplinary and woman-centered perspective, examining the many biological, psychological, environmental and social factors effecting health.
NMPHA Presentation on Sex and Gender Analysis in Health Policy
NM Public Health Association
April 27, 2012
Giovanna Rossi, MSc and Justina Trott, MD
Women’s Health Policy Forum 2012 Program and Presentations
This year’s Policy Forum focused on Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women. We also worked on “turning the curve” on selected women’s health indicators. Read the agenda and program here: NMWHPF-Program-FINAL-web
Click on the links below to read the presentations.
Justina Trott IOM Research 050212
Nancy Lee ACA Preventive Services 050212
Kelsey Heilman Basic Health Plan 050212
6th Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum
Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women
Register
May 2, 2012
8:30am-3:30pm
Savage Auditorium
Presbyterian Hospital
1100 Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
Parking:
– Conference attendees can park anywhere visitors to the hospital are allowed to park.
– Once you turn into the hospital entrance, visitors can park on the right in the parking structure attached to the hospital or on the left hand side that is marked “Visitors.”
Directions to Savage Auditorium from Lobby:
Enter the Hospital at the main entrance. Go LEFT from the Information Desk to the D Elevators (Purple Wall). Go DOWN one level to Sub-Level 1 (S1). Savage Auditorium is directly opposite the elevator.
Questions? Email: rebecca (at) collectiveactionstrategies (dot) com
Sponsored by: RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM, Gender Impacts Policy, Molina Healthcare, Presbyterian Health Plan, NM DOH Family Health Bureau
Objectives:
1. Provide advocates in the field the opportunity to network and share updates from the 2012 NM legislative session and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation issues.
2. Discuss issues related to ACA, focusing specifically on women and families in New Mexico.
3. Create Policy Recommendations for better coverage and access to care for women and families in New Mexico.
Advocates, community organizations, policy makers, and business leaders interested in health care policy are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited.
The Policy Forum is free of charge, but registration is required by April 20th.
Women’s Health Today to Focus on Health Care Reform Impact on Women
What does health care reform do for women? When a majority of women want and use birth control, why are we having a national debate about insurance coverage of contraception? Hear from the National Women’s Law Center’s senior health policy analyst Anna Benyo, as she gives us the scoop on benefits impacting women. Join us Friday morning, March 23, 2012, for Women’s Health Today at 8am MST on KUNM 89.9fm or kunm.org.
Contraception issues, nursing breaks on tap as women’s health advocates discuss health reform at Tuesday UNM event
– Media Advisory –
Groups to highlight nursing breaks and other benefits such as contraception in Affordable Care Act
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 20th – Women’s health advocates will be on UNM’s campus on Tuesday, March 20th, to educate students about important new benefits in the Affordable Care Act for women. These benefits include nursing breaks for new mothers, contraception coverage and new preventative care benefits coming online in 2012. This event is part of a series of events celebrating the two-year anniversary of the passage of ACA this week.
WHO: State of Women’s Health New Mexico and several other community-based women’s health organizations
WHAT: Event calling attention to nursing breaks in health reform law as well as new benefits in 2012
WHERE: University of New Mexico. Student Union Building Atrium
WHEN: March 20, 2012 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
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