The Massachusetts Medicaid program can use a variety of strategies that it might implement in order to reduce coverage loss after the public health emergency lifts, according to a brief from the Blue...
CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2023 Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters Final Rule, which includes standardized plan options, changes to network adequacy...
California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts pursued different Affordable Care Act marketplace strategies in order to improve health equity for underserved populations,...
Medicaid expansion was associated with a significant increase in health insurance coverage for low-income individuals with recent criminal legal involvement, according to a study published in JAMA...
The uninsured population may increase by more than 3 million if policymakers do not extend the premium tax credits under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), according to an Urban Institute issue...
If federal officials do not extend the enhanced premium subsidies under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), state-based marketplace enrollees will face higher premiums and may lose coverage in 2023,...
As the Affordable Care Act turns 12 years old, CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) commemorate the law’s impact on the US healthcare system.
“On the...
The Affordable Care Act marketplace’s tobacco surcharge might decrease enrollment and dissuade tobacco users from entering the marketplace, according to a Health Affairs article.
Health plans on...
Over nine in ten counties boasted a medium- or high-quality health plan as their highest-rated plan on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2020, according to a Health Affairs article.
Researchers...
With misinformation about the public charge rule still circulating and affecting immigrants’ access to coverage, Medicaid programs, Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, and CHIP programs can...
Low-cost behaviorally informed letters sent to individuals seeking healthcare coverage on HealthCare.gov helped increase Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollment, a study published in JAMA...
After Congress zeroed out the Affordable Care ACct's individual mandate, the Latino community experienced a rise in uninsurance that coincided with a deterioration in other important quality of...
Major payer organizations are reacting to payer-related aspects of the State of the Union address, including making permanent the American Rescue Plan Act premium subsidies and lowering drug...
With the understanding that the public health emergency will eventually come to an end, experts from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) are asking what will happen if the US does not have a plan in place...
The Affordable Care Act may have led to reduced the uninsurance rate among Black Americans since it went into effect, according to a report from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and...
State and Medicaid coverage for obesity treatments is not uniform, despite the epidemic-level impact of the condition and the selection of tested treatment options, according to a report from the Urban...
CMS and HHS have announced that the Affordable Care Act marketplace gained 5.8 million new enrollees in the 2022 open enrollment season, contributing to a record-breaking 14.5 million...
An explosion in enrollment on the Affordable Care Act marketplace coincided with higher payer Affordable Care Act marketplace participation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF)...
From 2013 to 2020, small group coverage has maintained a fairly stable environment, researchers from the Urban Institute found.
The researchers used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance...
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated the preventive healthcare guidelines under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to expand low-cost coverage of preventive care services for...