BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Association of Health Care Journalists X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20130310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20131103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140101T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160223Z CREATED:20231103T153237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160223Z UID:25844-1388538000-1388538000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Affordable Care Act: Individual requirement to have insurance DESCRIPTION:This is the date on which health benefits under the Affordable Care Act become available. But people still have until March 31 to sign up to avoid the mandate\, although their benefits won’t start Jan. 1. Learn more about the “individual mandate.” URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/affordable-care-act-individual-requirement-to-have-insurance/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140110T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154503Z CREATED:20231103T154323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154503Z UID:25916-1389315600-1389315600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Deadline: Pay for insurance plans DESCRIPTION:This is the last day most consumers can pay for a health plan that they enrolled in by  Dec. 23\, 2013.  (Coverage would be retroactive to Jan. 1\, as long as the enrollment was on time). \nThis is a voluntary deadline many health  plans have agreed to but some states\, and some health plans\, have earlier dates.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/deadline-pay-for-insurance-plans/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140113T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154502Z CREATED:20231103T154323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154502Z UID:25915-1389574800-1389574800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Commission to Build a Healthier America Recommendations Release Event DESCRIPTION:The RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America will release new recommendations in a live online event. Speakers include Alice Rivlin\, who served as OMB director during the Clinton administration\, and Mark McClellan\, a former CMS administrator and former FDA commissioner.  \nJan. 13\, 2014 (2:30 p.m. ET) \nRegister in advance. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/commission-to-build-a-healthier-america-recommendations-release-event/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140116T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160221Z CREATED:20231103T154237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160221Z UID:25913-1389834000-1389834000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Immigrant communities and access to health care DESCRIPTION:Congress has stalled on immigration reform\, but that doesn’t mean the story of the health of immigrants\, and the health care needs of immigrants in the country without authorization\, goes away.  \nThe Affordable Care Act will make undocumented immigrants a larger proportion of the uninsured\, and many undocumented immigrants live in so-called multistatus families\, in which some members are citizens and some are undocumented. Evidence shows that the stigma of immigration status pervades immigrant communities\, meaning that even people with green cards or citizens sometimes do not pursue the healthcare they need\, or the care they’re entitled to. \nThis panel will describe the issue and help health care reporters cover the immigration effects on health in a balanced\, thoughtful way that gets beyond the talking heads and into the communities. \nPanelists: \nJirayut New Latthivongskorn is co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers\, a group of young undocumented students interested in working in healthcare. New emigrated from Thailand to the Bay Area when he was 9 and is a recent graduate of the University of California-Berkeley\, with a bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology. His experience in scientific research includes two years at the School of Public Health at Cal\, studying the essential genes of the murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) and\, most recently\, a summer research fellowship in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College\, examining the kidney’s functions. New aims to become a physician who practices medicine through a public health lens\, using primary care\, research\, and policy to shape health for the individual and the community. He helped start Pre-Health Dreamers in hopes of alleviating the barriers he has faced for future undocumented students pursuing their dreams in the health and sciences. \nDavid Bacon is a veteran reporter and photojournalist and author of Illegal People—How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. According to Beacon Press\, Bacon’s publisher\, “Bacon powerfully traces the development of illegal status back to slavery and shows the human cost of treating the indispensable labor of millions of migrants-and the migrants themselves-as illegal. Illegal People argues for a sea change in the way we think\, debate\, and legislate around issues of migration and globalization\, making a compelling case for why we need to consider immigration and migration from a globalized human rights perspective.” \nModerator: \nHeather Boerner is a freelance health care journalist based in San Francisco. She recently completed the Dennis A. Hunt Grant for Health Journalism through the USC California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships on health care access for undocumented immigrants. Her work appeared as radio/TV/web pieces for KPBS.org and as a feature in National Nurse Magazine. Another article\, on the mental health effects of deportation on children\, ran on Al Jazeera America. \n6-8 p.m. (light refreshments and networking 6-6:30; program begins at 6:30) \nLocation: New America Media offices\, 209 9th Street (near Howard St.)\, San FranciscoNearest BART: Civic Center station / street parking \nPlease RSVP: BayAreaAHCJ@gmail.com \nThis event is free. You don’t have to be an AHCJ member to attend. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/immigrant-communities-and-access-to-health-care/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140122T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154501Z CREATED:20231103T154325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154501Z UID:25919-1390352400-1390352400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:The Affordable Care Act's Insurance Marketplaces: What's the Experience So Far? DESCRIPTION:In this Commonwealth Fund–sponsored webinar on the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces\, hosted by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, experts working with the three marketplace models — federal\, partnership and state — will assess progress in their states.  \nWhen: Wed.\, Jan. 22\, 2:00–3:30 p.m.\, Eastern  \nWho: \n\n\nErin Klug\, health insurance exchange program manager\, Arizona Department of Insurance \n\n\nJennifer Koehler\, J.D.\, director\, Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace \n\n\nMichael Marchand\, director of communications\, Washington Health Benefit Exchange \n\n\nThe moderator will be Kevin Lucia\, J.D.\, project director of the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms. \n In addition\, Sara Collins\, Ph.D.\, vice president for coverage and access at The Commonwealth Fund\, and Sarah Dash\, a research faculty member at the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute\, will address the national rollout of the marketplaces. \n Register now for this free webinar. \n Join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #ACATracking.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/the-affordable-care-acts-insurance-marketplaces-whats-the-experience-so-far/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140129T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160219Z CREATED:20231103T154354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160219Z UID:25925-1390957200-1390957200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Meet the Editors: Science & Medicine DESCRIPTION:A panel of featured editors opens the event. A reception follows\, where writers\, panelists and more editors can mingle and talk shop. The evening aims to foster new connections between editors and writers covering science\, medicine and related areas. \nPanel: \n\n\nScott Armstrong\, The Christian Science Monitor \n\n\nDavid Corcoran\, New York Times \n\n\nTim De Chant\, Nova Online \n\n\nMark Fiscetti\, Scientific American \n\n\nGideon Gil\, Boston Globe \n\n\nSusannah Locke\, Popular Science \n\n\nMichael Reilly\, New Scientist \n\n\nPanel moderator: Carey Goldberg\, WBUR CommonHealth \n\n\nRegister online by noon on Jan. 24. \nFees:  \n\n\n$15 for NESW members \n\n\n$15 for editors seeking writers \n\n\n$25 for nonmember guests \n\n\nWhen: \nJan. 29 at Northeastern University Visitors Center\, Boston \n5:30 p.m. – Pre-event schmoozing6-8:30 p.m. – Panel presentation and discussion\, followed by reception to meet and chat with editors \nLocation: The Northeastern University Visitors Center is easy to reach near the main campus entrance — a half block from the “E” Green Line Northeastern subway and two blocks from the Ruggles station (commuter rail and orange line service). Detailed directions for driving and public transportation\, as well as free parking permits\, will be sent in the registration confirmation email.  \nOrganized by Noelle Swan\, Angela Herring\, Deborah Halber\, and Carol Cruzan Morton. Thanks to Northeastern University for hosting the event and reception. \nAnnouncement from the New England Science Writers: \nWeb site/blog: http://neswonline.com \nFacebook: http://facebook.com/NEsciWriters \nTwitter: @NEsciWriters URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/meet-the-editors-science-medicine/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140131T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T160217Z CREATED:20231103T154352Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T160217Z UID:25924-1391130000-1391130000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Media-Only Breakfast on Health Insurance Exchanges DESCRIPTION:Where We Are Now? State of Exchanges and Enrollment\nSusan Dentzer\, senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – and on-air analyst for the PBS NewsHour – will convene an informal\, news media-only discussion on states’ progress in implementing health insurance exchanges. The discussion will include an update on states’ 2013-14 enrollment efforts and exchanges’ role in transforming the health insurance market. \nSpeakers: \n\n\nChristine Ferguson\, Director – Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange \n\n\nAudrey Haynes\, Secretary – Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services \n\n\nHeather Howard\, Director – State Health Reform Assistance Network \n\n\nMila Kofman\, Executive Director – DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority \n\n\nPeter Lee\, Executive Director – Covered California \n\n\nDate: Jan. 31 \nTime: 9–10 a.m. (Breakfast available at 8:30 a.m.) \nLocation:  National Press Club\, Fourth Estate Room                    529 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC 20045 \nRSVP: Please reserve your space by replying to Genevieve Rupp at grupp@gymr.com\, 202-745-5118. \nThis discussion is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/media-only-breakfast-on-health-insurance-exchanges/ LOCATION:Florida CATEGORIES:None END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR