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The First Day of #ObamaCare Enrollment

The First Day of #ObamaCare Enrollment

It isn’t everyday you get to be on the front lines of history being made.  It isn’t everyday that you get to participate in an event that will help make people’s lives better.  When you get to do both, at the same time, it is a special occasion. On Tuesday, October 1st, CHC assisted uninsured people in enrolling in new health insurance plans made available through AccessHealthCT.  We had outreach and eligibility specialists, trained by AccessHealthCT helping people with the…

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Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology

Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology

  This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Deven McGraw, Director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology. Ms. McGraw discusses strategies to insure patient privacy and security of patient data sharing in the emerging world of Health Information Technology. 

Dr. Rishi Manchanda, Founder and President of HealthBegins

Dr. Rishi Manchanda, Founder and President of HealthBegins

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Rishi Manchanda, Founder and President of HealthBegins, an online portal to link “upstreamists” – health clinicians working on solving the social and environmental determinants of health. He discusses his new book, The Upstream Doctors, in which he promotes a movement to develop a national force of “upstream” medical professionals dedicated to transforming health care at its source, where patients live, work and play. 

Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

Dr. Kavita Patel, Brookings Institution and Bipartisan Policy Center

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Kavita Patel, Managing Director of Delivery System Reform and Clinical Transformation at the Brookings Institution, and Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Health Professional Workforce Initiative. Dr. Patel discusses their recently released reports which examine the need for better national planning strategies for projecting health care work force needs in the future

Aaron Smith, co-founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles

Aaron Smith, co-founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Aaron Smith, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles, a non-profit working to give young adults a voice in the political process. Mr. Smith discusses their impact on provisions in the Affordable Care Act affecting the “millennial” population and their national efforts to encourage young adults to participate in the Insurance Exchanges.

Ken Sperling, National Exchange Strategy Leader, Aon/Hewitt

Ken Sperling, National Exchange Strategy Leader, Aon/Hewitt

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Ken Sperling, National Exchange Strategy Leader at Aon/Hewitt. Mr. Sperling discusses the growing trend towards health insurance exchanges in the corporate benefits world, and the impact the Affordable Care Act is having on corporate health care costs and employee benefits.