The New Model:
About our Healthcare Reform Initiative
The healthcare reform work of the Westchester County Association is carried out by our WCA Healthcare Consortium, which is currently developing a new model to deliver high-quality, cost effective healthcare to residents of Westchester County and the region.
Scroll down to keep up with what’s happening.Healthcare Reform
Big Changes Ahead in Westchester Healthcare
FEB 01, 2012 | HEALTHCARE REFORM | 0 COMMENTS
At Tuesday's meeting of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Healthcare Reform, some of the region's most important healthcare leaders, representing over $1 billion in annual revenue, gathered at WCA's headquarters to discuss changes...
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What is The Healthcare Exchange?
JAN 19, 2012 | HEALTHCARE REFORM, NYS GOV'T, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS
The whole way employers and employees purchase health insurance will change with the creation of the exchange...
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Non-Partisan Leadership
DEC 28, 2011 | HEALTHCARE REFORM, NYS GOV'T, REGULATORY ISSUES, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS
With Washington in the midst of a historic partisan paralysis, the Westchester County Association is stepping up to the plate by offering business' point of view in the healthcare debate...
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Tort Reform
DEC 27, 2011 | HEALTHCARE REFORM, NYS GOV'T, REGULATORY ISSUES | 0 COMMENTS
Right out of the gate, WCA's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Healthcare Reform is addressing a major issue: physician flight. As doctors in Westchester begin to retire (the average age is now 52), the next generation of physicians is not...
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Fixing Healthcare
DEC 27, 2011 | HEALTHCARE REFORM, NYS GOV'T, REGULATORY ISSUES, US GOV'T | 0 COMMENTS
On September 26, 2011, the Westchester County Association's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Healthcare Reform invited national, regional, and local leaders in the healthcare debate to discuss healthcare reform at our first annual summit: Healthcare Reform: What You're Not Hearing in the National Debate. Panelists...
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