• NASW Action on Affordable Care Act Implementation (2010-present)
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NASW Advocacy

NASW Member Communication (March 2010 - present)

Guidance for NASW members on social work implications of various components of the Affordable Care Act.

NASW Practice Perspectives:

• What Consumers Should Know About Health Reform (pdf format | 11/14/2012)
• State Health Insurance Exchanges: What Social Workers Need to Know (pdf format | 3/16/2011)
• The Affordable Care Act: Implications for Low - and Moderate - Income Women’s Health and Well Being (Jan 2012)
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): Opportunities for the Social Work Profession (pdf format | 9/29/2011)
• The Medical Home Model: What Is It And How Do Social Workers Fit In? (May 2011)

Presentations:

• HHS and NASW presentation on the Affordable Care Act’s Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) (pdf) 

Social Work Policy Institute Reports

• Investing in the Social Work Workforce
• Children at Risk: Optimizing Health in an Era of Reform

NASW Health Care Reform Updates (blog posts):

• NASW Submits Comments on State Health Insurance Exchanges – An Essential Feature of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (9/29/11)
• NASW Comments on ACOs: Professional Social Workers Essential to Patient-Centered, Coordinated Health Care (6/9/2011)
• On The Two-Year Anniversary of the ACA: Social Workers Speak About the Benefits of the Law For Families And Young Adults
• The Affordable Care Act from an oncology social work perspective: What’s in it for Patients and families?
• NASW Responds to HHS Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Bulletin with a Call For a Strong National Benefit Package
• NASW member honored as a Champion of Change at White House, for promotion of ACA
• Benefits of the ACA – New Resources:
• The Affordable Care Act and Women’s Health

NASW News Articles on Health Reform and the Affordable Care Act:

• State Health Insurance Exchanges Explained (May 2012)
• Social Workers and Health Care Reform (April 2011, LDF Article)
• More Than ‘Value-Added’ Pieces (October 2011)
  A social worker’s bio-psychosocial approach can reduce readmissions to hospitals under the Affordable Care Act, says NASW Executive Director Elizabeth J. Clark.
• Law Recognizes Social Workers as Leading Providers of Health Care in the U.S. (May 2010)               
  Demand for social workers is likely to increase under the Affordable Care Act.