CMSM and CHA Come Togheter to Help Explain Affordable Health Laws

CMSM CHA Helps Explain Affordable Health Law The following message from Catholic Health Association is being sent to all CMSM Major Superiors, Councilors, and JP Directors by Paul Lininger OFM Conv., CMSM Executive Director. The Catholic Health Association is pleased to announce a new resource to help inform your patients and communities about benefits of the Affordable Care Act. This new resource complements the other health reform information and resources that CHA creates and updates for the ministry. Health reform is often in the news, but many people aren't sure how the law affects them. That's why CHA recently joined with other leading national organizations to form the Health Care and You Coalition. Bringing together groups that represent consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals, and pharmacists, the coalition's goal is to provide easy-to-understand information about the health care law to help individuals and families understand what it means for them. Members of the coalition are AARP, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, National Community Pharmacists Association, and CHA. The coalition's new website is now live at www.HealthCareAndYou.org. The website features information on the law in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, an interactive timeline of when different parts of the law take effect and current health coverage options for people in various situations. We encourage you to post a link to the new website on your organization's home page or website. If you are interested in adding the coalition's web button, visit www.chausa.org/healthreform for information on how to download the graphic. In the months and years ahead, HealthCareAndYou.org will continue to provide an up-to-date resource on the health care law. We hope you will visit often and encourage people in your networks to do the same. In the meantime, we invite you to view CHA's additional health reform resources at www.chausa.org/ or contact me at jtieman@chausa.org whenever we may be of help. Thanks so much for your important contributions each day to the Catholic health ministry. Thank you, Jeff Tieman Senior Director, Health Reform Initiatives Catholic Health Association jtieman@chausa.org 1875 Eye St. NW, Ste. 1000, Washington, DC 20006-5440; 202-296-3993 4455 Woodson Road, St. Louis, MO 63134-3797; 314-427-2500 Pax et bonum... Paul Lininger, OFM Conv. Executive Director Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) Phone: 301-588-4030; Fax: 301-587-4575 www.cmsm.org  |  plininger@cmsm.org ______________________________________________________________________________________________