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Your Call: How has the Affordable Care Act changed healthcare coverage?

On the June 29th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the ACA’s federal subsidies. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 million Americans have purchased insurance through ACA exchanges, with 6.4 million people receiving tax credits. How has the ACA affected your coverage? Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Dr. Paul  Song, faculty at the Samuel Oschin Cancer Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, and a member of Physicians for a National Health Program

Trudy Lieberman, contributing editor of the Columbia Journalism Review, and the author of slanting the Story: The Forces That Shape the News

Web Resources:

Physicians for a National Health Program

Greeley Tribune: Thinking About Health: Prescription drug prices climb into the stratosphere

Harper’s: Wrong Prescription?: The failed promise of the Affordable Care Act

NY Times: Insurance Subsidies Remain, but So Do Health Law Questions

The Fiscal Times: The Next 5 Hurdles for Obamacare