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Category: Obamacare Marketplaces
ACA’s Biggest Winners: Long-Term Uninsured
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the largest expansion of health insurance coverage in the United States in the roughly fifty years since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. However, the ACA differs from prior expansions which largely targeted specific Continue Reading …
Narrow Networks Keep Costs Low
The number of insurance plans with narrow networks has increased after the implementation of health insurance exchanges (Marketplaces) of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Narrow networks may reduce costs by: (1) restricting high cost providers, (2) allowing negotiation of discounted Continue Reading …
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
The news of 25% rate hikes for health insurance has pundits screaming that the sky is falling for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Marketplaces has. Amid the tumultuous news, people should remember that these rate hikes affect fewer than 3% Continue Reading …
Without Obamacare 18.1 million would be Uninsured
Health care reform under President Obama aimed to decrease the number of uninsured in the United States via passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Though the political implications of the ACA will largely be determined by the outcomes of Continue Reading …
The Private Option is as Good as Traditional Medicaid
Recently, a group of physicians renewed their call for a single-payer system to replace the current hodgepodge of programs comprising the United States healthcare “system.” While political discourse among the Democratic presidential candidates continues to debate Medicare-for-All, the political realities Continue Reading …