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Category: Uninsured
Decreasing Disparities in Health Coverage
Implemented in 2010, the ’s major coverage expansion was designed to improve the accessibility and affordability of health insurance. Although the ACA’s coverage expansion should decrease disparities in health care coverage among racial and ethnic minorities, both immigration status and Continue Reading …
The Doctor will see you Now (For $160)
Although the Affordable Care Act sought to expand health insurance to near universal levels, this has not occurred. In the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v Sebelius, the court ruled Medicaid expansion to be optional. Subsequently, 20 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 …
It Costs More to be Poor
Uninsured patients are the most financially vulnerable to hospital charges. Hospitals bill a high charge for medical services, with the expectation that a fraction of that is actually paid by insurance companies. With a large consumer base, commercial and government Continue Reading …
Coverage that Doesn’t Cover It
As a medical student living in Texas, two things are very familiar to me: having uninsured family members and being solicited by said family members for medical advice. A few weeks ago, a relative approached me at a family BBQ Continue Reading …