Where the uninsured live; OFA items; Rising costs

1) 
Anna Gorman ‏@annagorman 6m

Cool new uninsured map. http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/18/uninsured-map/ … One census tract in LA has nearly 75% uninsured. Any guesses where?

 2) OFA

a) OFA 2014 Spring Fellows Application Due 1/14.

 b) from the white house: 15 reasons to like ACA

3)
Charles Ornstein ‏@charlesornstein 5m

RT @ddiamond: Wow. Single-day enrollment in @CoveredCA exchange this week: • Monday: 13,653 • Tuesday: 19,351 • Wednesday: 20,506

4)

The Commonwealth Fund

Rising medical costs are the reason for recent health insurance premium hikes, not the Affordable Care Act (ACA),

 5) 

“@RWJF_Coverage: 93% of hospital executives think #Obamacare will make health care better and cheaper http://ow.ly/rVY27 ”

6)

The Health Reform Monitoring Survey How do the uninsured choose a plan? What’s been their experience with Medicaid? Get the latest data on Affordable Care Act implementation in the first briefs from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey.

Provides info on how well uninsured understand basic insurance concepts.