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Category: Obamacare Marketplaces
Progress Remains in Jeopardy
Since first evaluated in 2014, gains in health insurance coverage and improvement in health care access and affordability have continued through the first quarter of 2017. These gains are particularly striking among low- and moderate-income Americans living in states that Continue Reading …
By ‘n By Hard Times Comes A-Knocking
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped people living in low-income areas of Kentucky, reducing income-related health disparities. Specifically, people living in zip codes with the highest concentrations of poverty reported the largest improvements in obtaining insurance coverage and delaying care Continue Reading …
Insurance Expansion can Improve Compliance
Out-of-pocket healthcare spending has always been an issue for Americans, especially for those with chronic health problems who have an increased need for prescription drugs. Under the ACA, uninsurance rates among patients who used prescription drugs dropped 30% due to Continue Reading …
Fixing the Family Glitch
The “Family Glitch” is a problem cited by many policy experts as a substantial flaw in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Here is how it works: if an individual has a family income between 100-400% of the federal poverty level Continue Reading …
The Implications of Health Reform
On March 9, 2017, House Republicans announced the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their bill to replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). A week later, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the impact Continue Reading …
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