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March 17, 2017 – The ACA, Taxes, and Health Insurance Literacy

March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017 – The ACA, Taxes, and Health Insurance Literacy

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Meeting Notes Analysis of AHCA - Written Report Analysis of AHCA - PPT Slides Health Insurance Literacy The ACA and Taxes Tax Assistance Resources in NC

NC Get Covered Coalition Meeting – The ACA, Taxes and Health Insurance Literacy
March 17, 2017, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Community Care of North Carolina’s Training Room,
2300 Rexwoods Drive, Ste. 100, Raleigh

Desired Outcomes

Meet NC Get Covered’s newest coalition partners and Advisory Board members, Dave Richard (NC Division of Medical Assistance) and Jennifer Grady (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC)
Get an update on ACA repeal and replace efforts
Learn about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC’s new health insurance literacy initiative and how your organization (and the consumers you serve) can be a part of it
Learn about the intersection between the ACA and taxes, how to assist consumers when problems arise, and what tax assistance resources are available in our state

Agenda

10:00 a.m. Welcome and Meeting Overview
Willona Stallings, Director, NC Get Covered

Recognition of New Coalition Partners
Kellan Moore, Executive Director, Care Share Health Alliance

Health Care Policy Update
Brendan Riley, Policy Analyst, NC Justice Center
(Additional resource, Analysis of the American Health Care Act, provided by Dr. Pam Silberman, Professor, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health)

10:10 a.m. BCBSNC’s New Health Insurance Literacy Initiative + Q&A
Alec Hoffman, Sales Manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC

10:40 a.m. The ACA and Taxes: What Assisters Need to Know + Q&A
Tara Straw, Senior Policy Analyst, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

11:15 a.m. Tax Assistance Resources in North Carolina + Q&A
Arthur Bartlett, Director, Low-income Taxpayer Clinic, Legal Services of Southern Piedmont

11:30 a.m. Adjourn

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