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Insights Column
04.23.2013
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…
Insights Column
04.23.2013
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…
Insights Column
04.23.2013
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)…
Insights Column
04.30.2013
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…
Insights Column
05.16.2013
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…
Report
06.01.2013
This brief explains the option of using federal funds to expand Medicaid by purchasing health insurance for Medicaid enrollees in the state marketplaces. The practice is called "premium assistance." Some states have used premium…
Insights Column
06.05.2013
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…
Insights Column
06.11.2013
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…
Insights Column
06.21.2013
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…
Insights Column
06.21.2013
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…