Conference Call Series: 2008
From January through December 2008, Families USA is holding a series of conference calls on a range of health care topics for state and local advocates. Interested, but can't make it? Don't worry. You can catch up on what you missed by listening to the audio playback. To listen to these conference calls, you will need RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. Not sure how to get Internet audio on your computer? Click here for instructions.
Below is a list of calls that have already taken place, with links to the audio playback as well as to materials mentioned on the call. Call playbacks are available a few days after the call.
December 17, 2008
Health Care and the Economic Recovery Package
November 19, 2008
Senator Max Baucus's White Paper; Call to Action: Health Reform 2009
November 12, 2008
Ensuring Adequate Benefits
Background Materials:
- Limited Benefit Plans: Expanding Coverage or Holding Your State Back? (Families USA, October 2008)
- Frequently Asked Questions on Minimum Creditable Coverage (Commonwealth Connector, 2008)
- Massachusetts Minimum Creditable Coverage (Commonwealth Connector, 2008)
- Massachusetts Minimum Creditable Coverage Regulations (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, October 16, 2008)
- Minimum Creditable Coverage (Affordable Care Today Coalition, 2008)
- Nowhere to Turn: How the Individual Health Insurance Market Fails Women (National Women's Law Center, 2008)
- CoverTN Does Not Meet People's Needs (Michelle Johnson, January 31, 2008)
- CoverTN Benefits and Enrollee Costs (CoverTN, 2008)
- Contraceptive Equity Laws in Your State: Know Your Rights—Use Your Rights: A Consumer Guide (National Women's Law Center, August 2007)
November 6, 2008
After the Election: Health Care Reform
October 8, 2008
Not-for-Profit Health Insurers: Surplus and Community Benefits
Background materials
June 24, 2008
Fighting Revocations of Health Insurance
May 28, 2008
Working with your Attorney General and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Background Materials:
May 22, 2008
Health Care Messaging
How to Talk About Health Care Reform (PowerPoint Presentation)
May 6, 2008
Promoting Equity in State Health Care Reform
April 9, 2008
Oversight of Health Insurance Prices
February 8, 2008
The President's Last Budget
Click here to listen to the 2007 conference calls.
Click here to see an archive of all of our conference calls.
How do I get Internet audio on my computer?
If you have a multimedia computer (one that comes with speakers and sound), you can play the audio with either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player.
RealPlayer: If you don't have a current RealPlayer on your computer, click on the "RealPlayer Free" button below. Doing so will take you to the Web site of www.real.com. When you are there, click the orange "Download RealPlayer" button. On the next screen you will see two choices. On the left-hand side of the screen, you will be offered the paid version of the RealPlayer. Toward the bottom of the right-hand column, you will see a smaller "Download the Free RealPlayer" link. The choice is yours, but the Webcast can be heard with the free RealPlayer.
The rest is simple. Let's assume you want to download the free RealPlayer. Click on the link below and follow the download instructions.
Windows Media Player: If you don't have a current Windows Media Player on your computer, click the link below to download a free player. Simply choose the player appropriate to your computer's operating system (e.g., Windows XP) and press the download button. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
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