Our Vision for U.S. Health Care — A Vision from Values
The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act became law on March 23, 2010. CHA and the Catholic health ministry have been working for decades on behalf of health reform that protects life and expands coverage to the greatest possible number of people in our country. The Affordable Care Act is not perfect but it represents a good start toward providing access to everyone.

CHA continues to be actively engaged in health reform implementation as regulations are drafted to put the law into effect. As this process unfolds, additional resources will be made available to help CHA members and others understand the Affordable Care Act and its implications.

Check here often for new developments and materials.

CHA Health Reform Videos

CHA Health Reform Channel on YouTube
Visit www.YouTube.com/HealthReformWorks to see CHA-produced videos that represent part of our effort to correct misinformation and show how the reform law is already assisting individuals and families all over the country.

> Watch our new video, "Health Reform: We Cannot Go Back," featured at the 2012 Catholic Health Assembly in Philadelphia

Health Reform Resources

• Key Benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): Messages to Communicate How the ACA Helps People Across America (.pdf)
  
• Realizing Our Vision for Catholic Health Care (.pdf)
• Reasons Health Reform Would Be Beneficial (.pdf) (updated 9/24/09)
• Health Reform Op-Ed from Hospital President (.doc) (posted 9/24/09)
• Health Reform Letter to the Editor from Health Care Provider (.doc) (posted 9/24/09)
• Health Reform Op-Ed from Catholic Health Care Provider Organization/Official (.doc) (posted 9/24/09)
• Roundtable Guide (.pdf)
• Health Reform Photo Gallery

What's New

CHA Health Reform Channel on YouTube
Visit www.YouTube.com/HealthReformWorks to see CHA-produced videos that represent part of our effort to correct misinformation and show how the reform law is already assisting individuals and families all over the country.

From Health Progress

• Public Health for Private Health Care, Connie Evashwick, Sc.D., F.A.C.H.E., C.P.H., C.A.E., January-February 2013
• Community Benefit — IRS Weighs in on Financial Assistance, Lisa Scott McCracken, January-February 2013
• Canon Law — Restructuring Systems — A Call for Dialogue, Fr. Francis G. Morrisey, January-February 2013
• Advocate Enroll — Dual Strategy for Catholic Hospitals, Katherine, Howitt; Kate Ewandowski, November-December 2012
• Medicaid — A Moral Matter, Kathy Curran, J.D., November-December 2012
• The Supreme Court Ruling and What It Means, Jack Ebeler, November-December 2012
• Systems Gear Up for New Demands, Mark Crawford, November-December 2012
• Can It Succeed — States to Roll Out More Medicaid Managed Care, Deanna Okrent, M.P.A., M.A., November-December 2012
• CHE Speeds Ahead In Support of PACE, John Capasso and Sr. Mary Persico, IHM, Ed.D., November-December 2012
• Campaign for Action — Primary Care Needs Advanced Roles for Nurses, Andrea Brassard, RN, D.Nsc., M.P.H., F.N.P., November-December 2012
• With Partnerships Mission and Money Align, Kathleen M. Griffin, Ph.D., and Jade Gong, M.B.A, RN, September-October, 2012
• Accountable Care: Catholic Hospitals Are Well-Positioned, William J. DeMarco, July-August 2012
• Can We Do It? — Creating Health Care That Works, William P. Thompson, M.H.A., July-August 2012
• The Common Good and Health Care Reform, Fr. Fred Kammer, SJ, M.DIV., J.D., July-August 2012
• Cost Quality Mission: The Challenges Ahead, Katherine Arbuckle, CPA, July-August 2012
• An Exciting Day — ACA a Big Step Forward, Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, July-August 2012
• Radical Changes Demand New Skills, Michael Rowan, M.H.S.A., FACHE, July-August 2012
• Health Reform Update — Physicians and the Affordable Care Act, Jeff Tieman, May-June 2012
• Health Reform Update — The Facebook Frontier, Jeff Tieman, March-April 2012
• Community Benefit — Partners and Tools Help Simplify Assessments, Julie A. Willems Van Dijk, RN, Ph.D., January-February 2012
• Debunking Death Panels — Unfounded Assumptions Undercut Planning for a Good Death, Nuala P. Kenny, OC, MD, F.R.C.P.C., January-February 2012
• Health Reform Update — The Facts Speak Volumes: Moving People to Support the Affordable Care Act, Jeff Tieman, January-February 2012
• Just Care — Who Decides?: Health Reform and Long-Term Care, Leonard M. Fleck, Ph.D., January-February 2012
• Urban Health Care — Disparities Abound, Susan C. Thomson, M.A., M.B.A., November-December 2011
• Health Reform Update — Making Us Sick — Data Shows the Foreclosure Crisis Affects Health, Jeff Tieman, November-December 2011
• Health Reform Update — Affordable Care Act: Another Success Story, Jeff Tieman, September-October 2011
• Health Reform Update — When People Get Care, There's a Real Story in It, Jeff Tieman, July-August 2011
• Health Reform Update — Divisive Discourse Has Deep Roots, Jeff Tieman, March-April 2011
• Amid Promise and Peril, Hold Mission High, Michael Rowan, M.H.S.A., March-April 2011
• Health Reform Update — Don't Let the Noise Fool You — Reform Is The Law, Jeff Tieman, January-February 2011

From Catholic Health World

• Mercy to offer Ohio employers options for meeting health reform's insurance mandates, January 15, 2013
• The election is over, but the work is not, December 1, 2012
• Forum advances equity in health care reform implementation, November 1, 2012
• Supreme Court takes up health reform; voters weigh in with public demonstrations, April 15, 2012
• CHA joins in position briefs supporting Affordable Care Act, March 15, 2012
• Ascension Health grooms small business leaders as health reform advocates, December 1, 2011
• Affordable Care Act spurs expansion of school-based health centers, October 1, 2011
• CHA joins partners in calling for equal access to health care for all, August 15, 2011
• New CHA videos show how health reform law helps real people, August 1, 2011
• Berwick: U.S. ripe for health care delivery improvements, July 1, 2011
• Seizing the opportunity for reform, ministry works to meet challenges, July 1, 2011
• Prepared for the challenges ahead, committed to health access for all, July 1, 2011
• Affordable Care Act providing benefits now for seniors, youth, May 15, 2011
• Health reform is one year old, April 15, 2011
• Coalition launches website to educate on health reform's benefits, March 15, 2011
• CHA provides talking points for explaining, defending health reform, February 1, 2011
• Diverse organizations support health reform law, February 1, 2011
• CHA stands by its vision for health reform, January 15, 2011

CHA Staff

Jeffrey E. Tieman Chief of Staff (202) 296-3993 jtieman@chausa.org Biography

> Realizing Our Vision for U.S. Health Care (.pdf)

> Vision Document (.pdf)
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