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Category: Affordable Care Act
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 …
How the ACA Impacted Emergency Room Visits
Prior studies have demonstrated that when , specifically Medicaid, they visit the emergency department (ED) more frequently. A recent study in Health Affairs analyzed the effect of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance expansion on overall ED volume and payer Continue Reading …
Policy Trends in 2016
http://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/Episode25.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 at the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks with Jessie 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 …
How Might Obamacare Change in 2017?
A great analysis by Dr. Vivian Ho of Rice University’s Baker Institute.
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