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Seven Reasons the Trump Administration’s Short-Term Health Plans Are Harmful to Families
The Trump Administration wants to turn back the clock on protections for health care consumers established by the Affordable Care Act. This latest act of sabotage on the health law came in the form of...
View MoreJob-Based Health Coverage and the Affordable Care Act: Why the Law Won’t Cause Employers to Drop Coverage
If you're wondering how the Affordable Care Act will affect businesses that offer health insurance to their employees, you'll want to read this fact sheet full of data that demonstrate...
View MoreTexas v. United States: The Latest Court Case to Threaten Health Coverage for Millions
Update: Judge O’Connor heard oral arguments in Texas v. United States on September 5, summarized in this Health Affairs article. It is not clear how quickly the judge will rule on a preliminary i...
View MoreSpecial Enrollment Period for New Fathers
Father’s Day is a good time to let new fathers know they may qualify to buy health insurance for their family on the marketplace. Use our graphics to spread the word on social media! Having a bab...
View MoreKeeping Coverage Affordable: Addressing CHIP “Premium Stacking”
This fact sheet examines the difficulty some low-income families will face with affording health coverage in the health insurance marketplaces. While the Affordable Care Act was designed ensure tha...
View MoreHow the Midterm Elections Could Impact People in America with Preexisting Conditions: National and Key State Fact Sheets, Infographics, and Tables
This midterm election season, some candidates want to take away health insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions. This would allow health insurers to return to abusive practices tha...
View MoreThe Promise of Care Coordination: Transforming Health Care Delivery
The Affordable Care Act includes opportunities for creativity in health care coordination programs. Care coordination is the concept of health care professionals working with patients to ensure that p...
View MoreSeven State Options to Reduce the Number of Uninsured (and Stabilize Insurance Markets)
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added 20 million people to the ranks of the insured, comprising our country’s largest coverage expansion since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid more than 50 years ...
View MoreDoes Your Candidate Actually Support Protections for People With Preexisting Conditions? The Three-Part Test
Many members of Congress and other policymakers have taken actions that do not support protections for people with preexisting conditions, and instead support policies that would let insurance compani...
View MoreBeware! New Guidance on Section 1332 Waivers Opens the Way for Serious Harm
Under Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act, states are allowed to apply for state innovation waivers that waive certain parts of the act’s requirements1 for private health insurance and marketpl...
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