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Health Steering Committee

All matters pertaining to health care delivery and financing including indigent care; health care for the uninsured; Medicaid; Medicare; long term care; local public health programs; mental health; substance abuse; and developmental disabilities.

NACo President Lenny Eliason’s inaugural speech laid out plans for his presidential initiative over the next year. His main focus will be on healthy lifestyles and prevention of chronic diseases

Counties play role in creating health insurance exchanges

Counties are playing an active part in their states’ efforts to create the insurance exchanges required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Workshops examine course changes to which counties must adjust

Workshop participants examined the rapidly changing federal landscape in several arenas, including the Affordable Care Act, Clean Water Act, Americans with Disabilities Act and how the new Republican congressional majority will affect legislation.

Steering committees, tech summit mark pre-conference sessions

The Legislative Conference traditionally serves as a marker for other NACo-related activities such as policy deliberations and associated meetings. These auxiliary events feature specialized topics and speakers.

FY13 House budget delays billions in cuts

The recently-passed House FY13 budget blueprint would delay the $110 billion in cuts mandated for FY13, and instead offer just about $18.3 billion in cuts with budget caps set at $1.03 trillion.

Cuts in federal funding threaten public health emergency response

Bay County, Mich.’s health department was able to vaccinate only 10 percent of its population during the H1N1 flu pandemic of 2009.

Board adopts new policy positions at conference

The NACo Board of Directors adopted a variety of policy positions at the 2011 Legislative Conference.

NACo leaders explore health reform, criminal justice systems

A delegation of NACo members participated in discussions in Washington, D.C. last month about how the new health reform law may provide opportunities to improve the jail health system and community health in counties.

Obama names Brown to health promotion panel

President Obama appoints NACo Immediate Past President Valerie Brown to the White House Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health.

Senators decry Medicaid block-granting

U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and six of his colleagues rallied with NACo Large Urban County Caucus members against possible block-granting of Medicaid.

House passes Continuing Resolution

H.R. 1 targets many programs of interest to counties for deep cuts or elimination such as water and waste water loan funds, Community Development Block Grant and Community Health Centers.

Health care reform one year later: What to expect

One year after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many insurance reform provisions have gone into effect, including ones related to health benefits that counties provide to their employees.

Counties promote ‘living well’ to fight chronic diseases

It’s been said that living well is the best revenge. It may be an even better prescription for people coping with chronic medical conditions.