Staying On Top Of Health Reform: An Early Look At Workforce Challenges In Five States
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Summary
To better understand the dynamics of the workforce challenges that factor in to the implementation of health reform, an initiative was undertaken to examine the situation in five states (Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Washington). These states represented a range of geographic and political experiences as they continued to struggle with the lingering impacts of the recession and began preparing to implement health reform. Six key findings are summarized.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; collaboration; inter-department communication; political environment; leadership transitions; insurance; state exchanges
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Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured
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