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Quality, Not Size: How to Ensure Health Insurance Marketplace Plans Have Adequate Provider Networks for Consumers
For many years prior to the Affordable Care Act, we’ve encountered stories from consumers who have trouble finding health care providers who are in their insurance company’s network or who can’t...
View MoreNew Survey Finds That Most Consumers Oppose Penalties in Employee Health Insurance Wellness Programs
Earlier today, the Kaiser Family Foundation released findings from a new survey on consumer sentiment around the role of employee wellness programs. The poll found that, while 76 percent of the publ...
View MoreMinority Enrollment in Health Insurance Marketplaces During the First Open Enrollment Period
The success of the Affordable Care Act’s first enrollment period is clear: More than 8 million people have signed up for health insurance coverage through the health insurance marketplaces since las...
View MoreFive Trends in Health Insurer Premium Rate Filings for 2015: Twelve States
Open enrollment for the health insurance marketplace begins this November. As a result, health insurers are filing their proposed health insurance premium rates for 2015. To examine how rates may chan...
View MoreThe New Paul Ryan Poverty Plan’s Impact on Health Care
Last week, Paul Ryan—House Budget Chairman and the likely incoming chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee—released a plan proposing the broad reform and streamlining of the nation’s s...
View MoreMedicare Should Increase Income and Asset Thresholds for Low-Income Programs
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved insurance affordability and access for all Americans, including those eligible for Medicare, Medicaid, and private coverage offered through the health insurance ...
View MoreTrending: Tackling Affordability Barriers in the Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act did a lot to help uninsured consumers get health coverage, but it did not entirely resolve the very real problems with insurance affordability for low- and moderate-income cons...
View MoreHow State Advocates Push Health Insurance Companies to Lower Premium Increases for 2015
Proposed health insurance premium rates for 2015 varied greatly among states and insurers. To limit unreasonable rate increases,Families USA encourages state advocates to engage in the rate review pro...
View MoreAffordable Care Act Update [9/17/14]: Consumers Should Keep Submitting Paperwork
The Obama administration announced on Monday that 115,000 consumers will lose their health coverage under the Affordable Care Act on October 1 because they did not submit the proper paperwork provin...
View MoreNonprofits Can Help Consumers Who Are Struggling to Pay Health Insurance Premiums
The Affordable Care Act has made immense strides in expanding access to affordable health coverage. But some lower and moderate-income consumers may still struggle to afford coverage and care, even wi...
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