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Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

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Under Health Care Act, Millions Eligible for Free Policies

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101166468

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The availability of the zero-premium plans varies across the country. McKinsey found that about 40 percent of the uninsured in Missouri will be able to select a no-cost bronze plan, for example, compared with 2 percent of the uninsured in New Jersey.

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comment by jap69

We need to get this information out across the nation.

Cloward Piven the affordable care act.

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The ObamaCare Awakening, Americans are losing their coverage by political design.

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The ObamaCare Awakening
Americans are losing their coverage by political design.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/
SB10001424052702304200804579163541180312658

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The law is systematically dismantling the individual insurance market, as its architects intended from the start.

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The political problem for the White House is that these choices are a threat to ObamaCare. If too many people keep these policies instead of joining the government exchanges, ObamaCare could fail.

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TITLE V--HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE ( affordable care act )

Do as search for your topic of interest and read bill for yourself

H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590/text

 

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TITLE V--HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE

Subtitle A--Purpose and Definitions

        Sec. 5001. Purpose.

        Sec. 5002. Definitions.

Subtitle B--Innovations in the Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5101. National health care workforce commission.

        Sec. 5102. State health care workforce development grants.

        Sec. 5103. Health care workforce assessment.

Subtitle C--Increasing the Supply of the Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5201. Federally supported student loan funds.

        Sec. 5202. Nursing student loan program.

        Sec. 5203. Health care workforce loan repayment programs.

        Sec. 5204. Public health workforce recruitment and retention programs.

        Sec. 5205. Allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs.

        Sec. 5206. Grants for State and local programs.

        Sec. 5207. Funding for National Health Service Corps.

        Sec. 5208. Nurse-managed health clinics.

        Sec. 5209. Elimination of cap on commissioned corps.

        Sec. 5210. Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps.

Subtitle D--Enhancing Health Care Workforce Education and Training

        Sec. 5301. Training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship.

        Sec. 5302. Training opportunities for direct care workers.

        Sec. 5303. Training in general, pediatric, and public health dentistry.

        Sec. 5304. Alternative dental health care providers demonstration project.

        Sec. 5305. Geriatric education and training; career awards; comprehensive geriatric education.

        Sec. 5306. Mental and behavioral health education and training grants.

        Sec. 5307. Cultural competency, prevention, and public health and individuals with disabilities training.

        Sec. 5308. Advanced nursing education grants.

        Sec. 5309. Nurse education, practice, and retention grants.

        Sec. 5310. Loan repayment and scholarship program.

        Sec. 5311. Nurse faculty loan program.

        Sec. 5312. Authorization of appropriations for parts B through D of title VIII.

        Sec. 5313. Grants to promote the community health workforce.

        Sec. 5314. Fellowship training in public health.

        Sec. 5315. United States Public Health Sciences Track.

Subtitle E--Supporting the Existing Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5401. Centers of excellence.

        Sec. 5402. Health care professionals training for diversity.

        Sec. 5403. Interdisciplinary, community-based linkages.

        Sec. 5404. Workforce diversity grants.

        Sec. 5405. Primary care extension program.

Subtitle F--Strengthening Primary Care and Other Workforce Improvements

        Sec. 5501. Expanding access to primary care services and general surgery services.

        Sec. 5502. Medicare Federally qualified health center improvements.

        Sec. 5503. Distribution of additional residency positions.

        Sec. 5504. Counting resident time in nonprovider settings.

        Sec. 5505. Rules for counting resident time for didactic and scholarly activities and other activities.

        Sec. 5506. Preservation of resident cap positions from closed hospitals.

        Sec. 5507. Demonstration projects To address health professions workforce needs; extension of family-to-family health information centers.

        Sec. 5508. Increasing teaching capacity.

        Sec. 5509. Graduate nurse education demonstration.

Subtitle G--Improving Access to Health Care Services

        Sec. 5601. Spending for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

        Sec. 5602. Negotiated rulemaking for development of methodology and criteria for designating medically underserved populations and health professions shortage areas.

        Sec. 5603. Reauthorization of the Wakefield Emergency Medical Services for Children Program.

        Sec. 5604. Co-locating primary and specialty care in community-based mental health settings.

        Sec. 5605. Key National indicators.

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