[acb-hsp] FW: [leadership] FW: TOMORROW at 10 am - Conference Call on Steps toMake it Easier for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions toGet Health Insurance

[Peter Altschul]

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From: leadership-bounces at acb.org [mailto:leadership-bounces at acb.org] On
Behalf Of Denny Huff
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:07 PM
To: leadership at acb.org
Subject: [leadership] FW: TOMORROW at 10 am - Conference Call on Steps
toMake it Easier for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions toGet Health
Insurance
Importance: High

 

Subject: TOMORROW at 10 am - Conference Call on Steps to Make it Easier for
Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions to Get Health Insurance
Importance: High

 

People with disabilities and the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan

 

Conference Call on Steps to Make it Easier for Americans with Pre-Existing
Conditions to Get Health Insurance 

 

The United States Department of Health and Human Services will be holding a
conference call on the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), a
program made possible by the Affordable Care Act, for people who are unable
to purchase coverage due to their medical condition. 

 

The program covers a broad range of health benefits and is designed as a
bridge for people with pre-existing conditions who cannot obtain health
insurance coverage in today's private insurance market. In 2014, all
Americans regardless of their health status will have access to affordable
coverage either through their employer or through new competitive
marketplaces called Exchanges, and insurers will be prohibited from
discriminating against anyone with a pre-existing condition. 

 

For more information about the PCIP, please visit www.pcip.gov.

 

 

 

WHO:    Henry Claypool, Director, Office on Disability 

Jay Angoff, Senior Advisor to the Secretary

Ann Widger, Director, Office of External Affairs, Office of
Intergovernmental and External Affairs

 

                              

WHEN:  Thursday August 4 11:00 am EST     

 

DIAL IN:   888-790-1809        

 

PASSCODE: PCIP         

 

This call is not intended for press purposes and is off the record. 

 

 

 

 

 

Julie Brookhart 
Public Affairs Specialist 
Director of Communications: My Health My Medicare 
Kansas City Regional Office 
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
816-426-6312 
julie.brookhart at cms.hhs.gov 

"Do you know someone who has been denied medical insurance because of a
pre-existing condition?" If so, they may be eligible for the new
Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan.  Call toll free 1-866-717-5826 (TTY
1-866-561-1604) or visit www.pcip.gov and click on "Find Your State" to
learn more.

 

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Denny Huff- President

Missouri Council of the Blind

P: (636) 262-1383

TF: (888) 362-1383

F: (314) 558-0298

 

DHuff at MoBlind.Org

www.moblind.org

The purpose of Missouri Council of the Blind shall be to promote the general
well-being of our members and legally blind people in Missouri, and to
support

or participate in other programs promoting the best interests of legally
blind people everywhere.

 

 

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THE JOURNEY

Your host: Denny Huff

Listen live,

SUNDAY MORNINGS AT 8:00 AM CST

WWW.KLPW.COM

 

 

 

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