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Category: Affordable Care Act
Debunking “FloozyCare”
As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues, controversy remains around requiring contraception coverage as part of minimum preventive benefits. This study examined whether providing free reversible contraception was associated with a change in sexual behavior. Using data from Continue Reading …
Insuring Our Nations Veterans
Myth: All United States military veterans receive health insurance. Fact: More than 1.5 million U.S. veterans were uninsured in 2010. A recent article in the American Journal of Public Health examined the impact of the Affordable Care Act on military Continue Reading …
ACA Sign Up Deadline Looming
Have you signed up for health care on HealthCare.Gov? Or do you have your own through your employer or spouse? Covered under your parents’ plan? Let us know your experiences in the comments! And in the meantime, watch this Snoop Continue Reading …
The ACA, Medicaid, and the ED: What’s the Bottom Line?
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode14Edited.mp3 In this Policy Prescriptions® edition of the AAEM Emergency Physician Advocates: Legal and Policy Issues in Emergency Medicine Podcast, Cedric Dark, MD MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks Continue Reading …
Medicaid expands for adults
As of January 1st, the Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid eligibility requirements to include adults living at or below 138% of the federal poverty level (about $15,000 per year for an individual). However, several state and local governments, including California, Minnesota, Connecticut, and Washington D.C., took advantage of Continue Reading …
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