Coverage

Free or Subsidized Health Coverage Available to Most Uninsured African Americans through Affordable Care Act

Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that gave more than 4 million uninsured African Americans one more ...

Families USA’s 2014 Health Action Conference Will Discuss How to Improve Marketplaces for Consumers

Throughout the past six months, the health care advocacy community has focused on outreach and enrollment in the new health insurance marketplaces. This work will continue, but with the New Year, we w...

The ACA’s Medical Loss Ratio requirement contributed to slowed growth in health care spending

Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the latest data from the National Health Expenditure Accounts, which show the portion of our economy that was devoted to healt...

Health Action 2014: Advancing the Fight for Health Equity

Health advocates share the hope that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the racial and ethnic health disparities that remain realities in today’s health care system. These disparities transcend age...

Halbig Lawsuit Dismissed: Federal Judge Upholds Health Insurance Premium Tax Credits

A Washington federal court’s recent ruling on the validity of premium tax credits confirmed what most people have assumed since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law in 2010: the original inten...

Live from Health Action 2014…Thursday 1/23/14

From: Kate Blocher 6:00pm That wraps up the first day of Health Action 2014. Make sure to join us tomorrow morning when we'll hear from Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear about his experiences implem...

Live from Health Action 2014…Friday 1/24/14

From Talia Schmidt 6:30pm Families USA’s health system reform expert, Kim Bailey, takes the stage to introduce her panel. Her energy is as evident and bright as her fiery red hair as she asks, �...

Live from Health Action 2014…Saturday 1/25/14

From: Talia Schmidt 2:30pm The ballroom is buzzing as colleagues and friends come together for the closing of Health Action 2014. Business cards are exchanged, phone numbers given out, hugs distri...

Consumers Now Have Options When It Comes to Health Insurance Plans and Carriers

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, consumers have more options for carriers and health insurance plans through their state’s marketplace. According to data from healthcare.gov, 34 states’ marke...

Congressional Conservatives Propose Alternative Legislation to Affordable Care Act

On Monday, three Republican senators released The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment Act, a proposal that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and the powerful consumer p...