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America’s Children Are Losing Health Insurance, Putting Their Futures at Risk: How National Lawmakers Can Help
Census numbers released yesterday tell a grim story about children’s health in America. After a generation of steady bipartisan progress, with the number of children falling by two-thirds, the last ...
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Improving Access to Oral Health Care for Adults with Disabilities Can Improve Their Health and Well-Being
Many adults with disabilities experience extraordinary barriers to good oral health. Without good oral health insurance coverage in Medicare or many state Medicaid programs, many people with disabilit...
View MoreBackground & Methodology: Repeal Bill’s Impact on Deductibles
How Senate repeal bill changes current law Current law The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides premium tax credits (PTCs) to certain people with incomes between 100 and 400 p...
View MoreStop, Shop, and Enroll for Health Insurance
Consumers can shop for health plans through the health insurance marketplace from November 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016 (open enrollment season). Many consumers have plans from 2015 and will s...
View MoreMedicaid: Health Insurance for Working Kentucky Residents
In 2014, Kentucky accepted federal funds to provide health insurance to more low-income residents through Medicaid. Medicaid expansion gives Kentucky residents with incomes below 138 percent of the fe...
View More5 Weeks Left to Choose a Marketplace Health Insurance Plan—Sprinting to the Finish Line
https://familiesusa.org/Marketplace%20Expert%20Insights%20on%20Open%20Enrollment/With five weeks left before the close of the second open enrollment period in the health insurance marketplace on Febru...
View MoreProtecting Consumers When Health Insurance Marketplaces Allow Direct Enrollment through Web Brokers
Some health insurance marketplaces allow “web brokers” to conduct direct enrollment. This means privately run web broker sites can enroll consumers in marketplace coverage and financial assistance...
View MoreThe American Health Care Act Fails America
Republicans in the House of Representatives moved forward this week to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by introducing the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Rather than build on the ACA’s histori...
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