Facilitating State Health Exchange Communication Through the Use of Health Literate Practices: Workshop Summary

by Roundtable on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 will result in significant changes to the U.S. health care system. Among its many provisions, the ACA will extend access to health care coverage to millions of Americans who have been previously uninsured. Many of the newly eligible health insurance consumers will be individuals of low health literacy, some speakers of English and others more comfortable using languages other than English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309220297
• ISBN13: 9780309220293
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 116 Pages