Summary: HEALTH ACTION 2013: DAY ONE: HOUR 1. This is the first hour of a special edition broadcast live from the Health Action 2013 Conference on Capitol Hill. This year is crucial for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. States are pushing forward with plans for health insurance market exchanges, as well as the expansion of Medicaid, the health program for the poor. This edition looks at these and other developments coming this year under the health reform law. Guests: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, United States Senator for Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., www.baldwin.senate.gov (audio of speech); Mayra Álvarez, Director of Public Health Policy in the Office of Health Reform, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C., www.healthreform.gov ; Josephine Mercado, Founder and Executive Director, Hispanic Health Initiatives, Casselberry, FL, www.hhi2001.org ; María Cardona, Public Policy Advocate and Political Strategist, Dewey Square Group, Washington, D.C., http://deweysquare.com/maria-cardona
