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SUMMARY:How the ACA’s employer requirements and related provisions affect businesses and workers
DESCRIPTION: Web briefing for journalists\nDec. 18\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET \nOn Jan. 1\, the ACA’s employer mandate goes into effect\, requiring large employers to offer health insurance to workers or face penalties. During this web briefing exclusively for journalists\, Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt\, co-executive directors of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance\, will discuss how the penalties will work\, what options employers have for meeting the mandate\, how employers might respond\, and how these provision could affect coverage and costs for employers and workers. \nThey will also address the possible implications for employers of King vs. Burwell\, which the U.S. Supreme Court added to its decision docket last month. Also\, Claxton and Levitt will take questions. To register\, journalists can RSVP online. Each participant will get a confirmation email with information about how to join the briefing. 
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-the-acaaes-employer-requirements-and-related-provisions-affect-businesses-and-workers/
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SUMMARY:Press Conference: New Report Card on Infectious Disease Outbreaks
DESCRIPTION:New Report Card on Infectious Disease Outbreaks\, Including Ebola\, Enterovirus\, Superbugs\, to be Released\, Includes National & State-by-State Info \nAudio press conference on Dec. 18\, 10-11 a.m. ET \nPress briefing conference call to release “Outbreaks: Protecting Americans from Infectious Diseases\,” which includes a report card for how well states scored on 10 indicators of strategies to prevent and control infectious disease outbreaks in addition to national and global concerns. \nSome topics featured in the report include emerging new diseases like Ebola\, Chikungunya and Chagas; antibiotic-resistant Superbugs; healthcare-associated infections such as MRSA; the resurgence of old threats like whooping cough and tuberculosis; HIV/AIDS and hepatitis; and the ability to respond to bioterrorism attacks. \nThe Outbreaks report-which found troubling errors\, lapses and scrambles- will be released by the Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. \nWHEN: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (ET)\, Thursday\, December 18\, 2014 \nWHO: Jeffrey Levi\, PhD\, Executive Director\, Trust for America’s Health \nEric Toner\, MD\, Senior Associate\, UPMC Center for Health Security \nHOW: Please contact Albert Lang at (202) 864-5941 or alang@tfah.org at TFAH to reserve a line for the audio conference and to access embargoed materials. To access the call\, dial 1-888-329-8862 and use passcode 3753589. \nThe call will be moderated. Please call in a few minutes before the scheduled start time to avoid delays. The call is for credentialed media only.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/press-conference-new-report-card-on-infectious-disease-outbreaks/
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