More than 10 years ago, a very close loved one told me that he was HIV positive. As you can imagine, it was shocking and devastating news. Shocking, because I never thought that HIV… Read more.
06.21.2013 /
Insights Blog
On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision, 77.8 million Americans paid $3.4 billion less in health insurance premiums in… Read more.
06.21.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
According to a recent report released by Community Catalyst, dental therapists provide cost-effective, high-quality care, and they enable dental practices to expand the number of people they serve. Placing dental therapists in dental practices is… Read more.
06.18.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
This April, the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services released the enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. With implementation of… Read more.
06.11.2013 /
Sascha Murillo,
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Insights Blog
Last Week, Covered California, the health insurance marketplace that California is establishing under the Affordable Care Act, released premium rates for 2014 health insurance plans. Before the release, rumors of “rate shock” were swirling, with predictions of… Read more.
06.07.2013 /
Megan Salzman,
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Insights Blog
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act claim that the law will lead employers to drop employee health coverage, forcing workers to obtain coverage on their own. A recent fact sheet by Families USA refutes this myth… Read more.
06.05.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
How the Law Has Already Helped More young adults have coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. As of September 2010, young adults have been able to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans… Read more.
05.16.2013 /
Sarah Bagge,
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Insights Blog
New findings from the Oregon Health Study reaffirm that Medicaid is good health coverage: The study showed that Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely than the uninsured to receive needed health care services (including preventive… Read more.
05.08.2013 /
Amy Traver,
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Insights Blog
This post is a guest blog by Staurt Berlow, Public Policy Manager, at The DC Cancer Consortium. The DC Cancer Consortium and our 75 organizational members are committed to reducing the toll of cancer… Read more.
04.30.2013 /
Insights Blog
New health coverage options under the Affordable Care Act promise to help millions of uninsured Americans. Currently, 48.6 million Americans are uninsured. But under the Affordable Care Act, 25.7 million Americans will qualify for new tax credits to… Read more.
04.23.2013 /
Sarah Bagge,
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Insights Blog
This post was originally from Georgetown Center for Children and Families' Say Ahhh! blog By Maureen Hensley-Quinn, National Academy for State Health Policy As state and federal government officials race to meet Affordable Care Act (ACA)… Read more.
04.23.2013 /
Insights Blog
This blog was originally posted on HuffingtonPost.com Obamacare was designed to give peace of mind to hard-working American families. And starting in January, it will do just that for millions of Americans. In fact, according… Read more.
04.23.2013 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
With spring comes another crop of college graduates. For many, graduation can bring a flood of widely varying emotions. On one hand, there’s the fist-pumping, cap-in-the-air celebration of a diploma in hand: Four years… Read more.
04.19.2013 /
Ron Pollack,
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Insights Blog
Today President Obama released his proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. Unlike the austerity budget passed by House Republicans last month, his proposal protects and strengthens our nation’s health care priorities, including Medicaid, the… Read more.
04.10.2013 /
Ben D’Avanzo,
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Insights Blog
Lately, some employers, such as Wendy’s and a Five Guysfranchise in North Carolina, have started to grumble about having to pay a penalty if they do not provide quality, affordable health coverage options to their employees starting… Read more.
04.01.2013 /
Amy Traver,
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Insights Blog
Paul Ryan's budget, which was passed in the House of Representatives, includes nearly $2.6 trillion in cuts to health care programs that millions of poor and middle-class Americans rely on, while providing tax breaks and… Read more.
03.22.2013 /
Ben D’Avanzo,
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Insights Blog
