MEDIA ADVISORY: Get Covered, African American Health Alliance Releases ACA Anniversary Public Service Announcements Sign up, Spread the Word, Help Others Enroll by March 31st Deadline

These "Sign Up for Coverage" public service announcements encourage enrollment in the health insurance marketplace plans before the March 31, 2014 deadline.

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African American Health Alliance

Mar 25, 2014, 03:50 ET

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

WHAT: Joining other Healthcare.gov Champions of Change, the African American Health Alliance released Get Covered PSAs urging enrollment by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) March 31^st deadline.

Sign up, get covered, spread the word and help others sign up. Don't be left out. Don't let time run out as the March 31^st deadline nears. The PSAs highlight the importance of signing up for coverage that provides access to medical and prevention benefits through the health insurance marketplace. The PSA effort responds to the fact that among the leading causes of illness and death including cancer, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, stroke and diabetes African Americans and other communities of color are among the hardest hit. The majority of these conditions are preventable, treatable and manageable with early detection and appropriate treatment and management. The key is getting the quality affordable, culturally and linguistically appropriate care provided for by the ACA.

As the nation marks ACA's fourth anniversary, the African American Health Alliance (AAHA) and the Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Coalition (REHDC) applaud expansions in coverage, access to prevention services and the many other ACA advances. A Champion for Coverage, AAHA has dedicated its website to ACA awareness and enrollment, visit africanamericanhealthalliance.org. AAHA and REHDC are proud of the provisions they help champion for furthering elimination of health disparities. Ms. Fredette West (Chair, REHDC and Director, AAHA) participated in President Obama's 2009 White House Summit on Health Care and Health Reform. AAHA and REHDCs work is steadfast in ACA implementation.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz3-TuBf3vI&list=UUzU4ugW_EWxv_bePRyxgsDQ&feature=share&index=1

AUDIO: http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/ENR/FX-NY90592-20140325-1.mp3

WHO: African American Health Alliance
Fredette West, AAHA/REHDC

CONTACT: Sredette West
301-576-0845
202-215-3100

About the African American Health Alliance
The African American Health Alliance is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization working to help eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare and to address the social determinants thereof. The Alliance strengthens advocacy, outreach and awareness for the purpose of furthering improvements in the quality of life. The Alliance has helped to make considerable progress on behalf of the African American community, other communities of color and vulnerable populations.

Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz3-TuBf3vI
Audio - http://origin-qps.onstreammedia.com/origin/multivu_archive/ENR/FX-NY90592-20140325-1.mp3

SOURCE African American Health Alliance