With enrollment starting for year two of the federal Health Insurance Marketplace, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell paid a visit Nov. 17 to the community outreach and enrollment event hosted by USF Health navigators. Sec. Burwell toured the “Nav-Lab” set up in the USF Marshall Student Center with […]
Once again, the University of South Florida is stepping up to help people enter the health insurance marketplace. Signing up people for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act had its share of complications the last time, but it’s time to do it again. “We want a navigator that consumers are comfortable […]
The University of South Florida has been awarded by far the largest grant in the state to hire “navigators” who help uninsured people sign up for health insurance coverage through the federal Marketplace, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday. Only two other Florida organizations won navigator grants: the […]
Jodi Ray, Florida Covering Kids & Families project director, participated on a congressional panel hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation on Aug. 6. The discussion was carried live on CSPAN2. Florida Covering Kids & Families is a program of the USF College of Public Health’s Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies under the Department of Community and Family Health. Held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., the panel discussion addressed the topic of navigators and other in-person […]
Tamina Johnson, a USF engineering sciences doctoral student, knows a lot about the complexities of proteins, but she needed a little help when it came to choosing healthcare insurance for the first time. Johnson, 29, was among the consumers from across campus and the surrounding community, including 15 USF students, […]
“Nav-Lab” open to USF campus, community; anyone with questions about coverage welcome An on-site community outreach event to help consumers learn more about their enrollment options in the federal Health Insurance Marketplace will be held 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday March 6, in the USF Health Computer Lab at […]
From who should enroll to how to enroll to what they are enrolling in, implementation of the Affordable Care Act provided health policy experts in the USF College of Public Health with a plethora of opportunities to inform the public, engage with media, and interact with elected officials. Jodi Ray, […]
Chris Dawson, 20, reared by his grandparents, lost health insurance when he “aged out” of the state foster care system at age 18. So, the University of South Florida College of Public Health student said he was eager to be one of the first Tampa Bay consumers to seek navigator […]