Kaiser Family Foundation will hold a phone call for journalists with some of their top experts to answer questions on cost and coverage provisions of the legislation, and its effect on both the individual market and Medicaid.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) hosts a one-hour webinar on “Food Insecurity and the Role of Hospitals” starting at noon ET. 

This Alliance for Health Policy briefing will examine the real-world implications of proposed policy changes to Medicaid and the impact on populations such as children, the disabled, and those who need long-term services and supports. 

The Affordable Care Act and the basic structure of the 52-year old Medicaid program remain front and center in today’s policy and political discussions. But what comes next? How will the gargantuan health sector be affected across multiple dimensions, including long-term care, prices, jobs, coverage, quality, and equity? And what is the outlook for health care cost control and sustainability in the medium- and long-term?

The National Academies of Science’s Health and Medicine Division (formerly the Institute of Medicine) holds a one-day public workshop to discuss community-based health literacy interventions.

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) will co-host a congressional briefing titled, “Progress in Immunotherapy: Delivering Hope and Clinical Benefit to Cancer Patients,” to highlight innovations in the field of immunotherapy, illustrate the hope that these advances are bringing to patients, and note the challenges that need to be overcome so that even more patients can benefit from these revolutionary treatments.

Healthy People 2020, a federal government initiative aimed at improving Americans’ health by the year 2020, holds an online discussion to look at progress regarding social determinants of health.

The second in a series of educational forums on comparative effectiveness research that will discuss federal funding levels, private sector leadership, regulatory barriers, dissemination and uptake of research results, and new areas for research.

States increasingly see oral health as important to overall health. Oregon in particular has been working toward integrating oral health into its Medicaid coordinated care model. Learn about the state’s Medicaid system transformation and share the state’s experience integrating oral health into it, including key policy considerations.