Kansas State University

Extension Programming Approaches for Farmers Under the Affordable Care Act

Submitted by Roberta Ripportella

WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT
Soshanah Inwood (University of Vermont), Adam Kantrovich (Michigan State University), Barbara O’Neill (Rutgers University), Roberta Riportella (Kansas State University)

November16, 2015 – 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time

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About the webinar: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) changed how Farmers and Ranchers might insure themselves, their families, and their workers. What are the new options under the act? How do operators decide whether it makes sense to participate? How can they make informed decisions about their options? This webinar will feature innovative approaches from three Extension professionals actively delivering ACA-related programming for farmers and ranchers, and engage participants about perspectives from their stakeholders. Participants will obtain a road map of existing resources for Extension professionals to use in their programming.

Presented by:

Shoshanah Inwood is rural sociologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics at the University of Vermont. Shoshanah holds degrees in rural sociology, environmental science and biology. Shoshanah is currently co-leading the USDA-NIFA funded project Health Insurance, Rural Economic Development and Agriculture (HIREDnAg), examining how health insurance decisions impact farm and ranch families. Outside of academia.

Dr. Adam J. Kantrovich is a Farm Management Educator with Michigan State University Extension. He received his undergraduate and Masters degrees from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and his Ph.D from Virginia Tech. Adam presently works with farms of various sizes in areas of economic intelligence with specialty areas in agricultural tax management and the Affordable Care Act for agricultural employers and farm families.

Dr. Barbara O’Neill holds the rank of Distinguished Professor in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, and is Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Specialist in Financial Resource Management. She also provides national leadership for the Cooperative Extension program Small Steps to Health and Wealth™. Dr. O’Neill received her Ph.D. in family financial management from Virginia Tech and has received over three dozen awards for program excellence and over $985,000 in funding to support her financial education programs and research.

Roberta Riportella is the Kansas Health Foundation Professor of Community Health in the School of Family Studies and Human Services, College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University and K-State Research and Extension; and Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Riportella has spent over 30 years analyzing health policy and teaching about it. She has a long and varied career working with many state based agencies, non-profits, and health care provider groups focused on issues related to how individuals, families and communities can best create opportunities for health and accessing health care.

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North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Michigan State University, Justin S. Morrill Hall of Agriculture, 446 W. Circle Drive, Room 66, East Lansing, MI 48824 517/355-3373