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Category: Affordable Care Act
An Ounce of Prevention
The projected benefits of the (ACA) are based on several central tenants inherent to the law, such as the expected improvement in utilization of cost-saving preventative medicine when access to insurance is increased and cost to patients is decreased. The Continue Reading …
ACA Contraception Mandate is a Success
One of the most impactful aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on public health is the mandate that insurers cover all contraceptive methods. The mandate predictably caused push-back from faith-based corporations, but there has been little discussion in public Continue Reading …
The Dynamics of Health Insurance Post-ACA
We know that the number of uninsured in the United States has decreased significantly (by 16.9 million) since the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but how are people moving between different types of insurance coverage? Despite intense focus on Medicaid expansion Continue Reading …
The First Five Years of the ACA in Review
This article is the second of a two part series. See article one . Cost of Care: The ACA encouraged the creation of (ACOs) to integrate and coordinate patients’ health care experiences. Under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), providers Continue Reading …
The First Five Years of the ACA in Review
The (ACA) turned five in March of this year and the authors of this Health Policy Report in The New England Journal of Medicine describe the milestones that the law has reached so far: Since the implementation of the ACA, Continue Reading …
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