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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This fact sheet explains how the Affordable Care Act guarantees that more Americans can afford to buy health insurance by providing financial assistance to help people pay for coverage. And thanks to new consumer…
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 how businesses that…
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…
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…
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)…