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  • Including All Americans in Affordable Health Care

    Standing upon the platforms of stewardship and compassion, Rev. Linda Hanna Walling, along with the Faithful Reform in Health Care interfaith coalition, vows to continue work helping to shape a more sustainable and inclusive health care future.


  • Educate + Engage + Empower = Action

    Josephine Underwood uses her voice and compassion for others to connnect with people on a personal level -- educating, engaging and empowering specific communities to take action in their own lives.


  • Changing Health Care Implementation: As Told by the Stories of the American People

    Director of the Health Access Coalition for the North Carolina Justice Center, Adam Searing applauds the Affordable Care Act and the improvements it has granted many people; but realizes that even at this two-year anniversary, there is still work to be done. Searing uses the stories of real people to convey what the legislation means in the lives of millions of Americans.


  • Breaking it Down: The Health Law and Young Adults

    A provision in the Affordable Care Act has resulted in 2.5 million young Americans gaining insurance through their parents' plans. This new protection means that they will have the freedom to make career choices based on what they want to do, not on where they can get health insurance


  • The Affordable Care Act is Saving Lives

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made it possible for many struggling Nevadans to gain access to and afford the same health programs the rest of the nation already used. Jan Gilbert, co-founder of the Northern Nevada Coordinator of the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), has helped to publicize the positive role of ACA in individuals' lives, bearing in mind that sharing these victories will help bring light to the issues that still need improvement.


  • StevenCare: Insurance for Young Adults Under Age 26

    Thanks to the provision of the law allowing young adults to stay under their parent’s plans, Steven, a 21 year-old two-time cancer survivor, has the peace of mind that he can still have health insurance through his father’s plan at work


  • By the Numbers: 2.5 Million

    An additional 2.5 million young adults have health insurance because of the provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents’ plan until they turn 26.


  • White House: Health Care Law Protects Students After Graduation

    Health and Human Services Cabinet Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, and Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, discuss the Affordable Care Act and how it protects America's graduating students.


  • The Affordable Care Act Protects Women’s Health


  • Breaking it Down: The Health Care Law and Women

    Over 20 million women with private health insurance are receiving expanded preventive services with no cost-sharing, including mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, prenatal care, flu and pneumonia shots, and regular well-baby and well-child visits


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