Medicaid Expansion

Prescription Drug Medical Costs Less Problematic due to ACA

by Vera Gruessner

Recently, criticism popped up against the pharmaceutical company Mylan from the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign for its significant price increase for the life-saving EpiPen product. The EpiPen...

OIG: CMS Overpaid Colorado Medicaid Program More than $38M

by Vera Gruessner

The Office of the Inspector General discovered in an audit that the state of Colorado received millions of dollars in unallowable payments from operating the Medicaid Program and the Children's...

Both Political Parties Seek to Replace the Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

As previously reported, the major health payer Aetna is leaving the majority of health insurance exchanges it is currently operating in. Some critics have pointed at the failure of the Affordable Care...

Kentucky Governor Proposes Waiver for Medicaid Expansion

by Vera Gruessner

The status of Medicaid expansion has floundered around the nation ever since the Supreme Court ruled that individual states will have the option to choose whether or not to expand their Medicaid...

Aetna, UnitedHealth Take On California’s Medicaid Program

by Vera Gruessner

The two major health payers UnitedHealth and Aetna plan to join California’s Medicaid program called Medi-Cal managed care, according to Kaiser Health News. Aetna and UnitedHealth will serve...

How Presidential Election will Impact the Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

For months now, the media has been broadcasting 24 hours per day, seven days a week news related to the upcoming presidential election. Many have postulated on how the nation will be impacted if either...

Democratic Party’s Predictions for the Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

The future of the healthcare industry and the health insurance space is very much dependent on the upcoming presidential elections and the two parties' stances on the Patient Protection and...

One-third of Hispanic Texans Lack Medical Insurance in 2016

by Vera Gruessner

There is still more work that needs to be done to ensure all American citizens have access to healthcare coverage. The Episcopal Health Foundation and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public...

1.5M Workers Gained Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Coverage

by Vera Gruessner

The number of employees who have gained healthcare coverage through employer-sponsored health plans has been rising in recent years as the economy recovered and more Americans gained a foothold in the...

California’s Health Insurance Exchange Premiums May Spike 13%

by Vera Gruessner

Premium rates on the state health insurance exchanges are expected to continue rising over the next year due to some of the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Since the ACA has brought more...

President Obama Highlights Progress from Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

When it comes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the media has reported on a variety of opinions among healthcare experts and regulators regarding the benefits and disadvantages of the...

Why GOP Should Hold Off on Replacing the Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed into law, it has had a variety of proponents as well as opposition from the GOP with many calling on the healthcare law to be repealed....

Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Need Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has undergone both an opposition and an embrace by healthcare experts and politicians around the country. Now that this healthcare law has become embedded...

Republicans Release Plan to Replace the Affordable Care Act

by Vera Gruessner

It is well-known the the GOP base has attempted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for years since its passage. However, the big question that everyone has always wondered is what...

How the Affordable Care Act Changed the Face of Health Insurance

by Vera Gruessner

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has revolutionized the health insurance industry in a number of ways. Its impacts have been vast and wide. One of the most significant impacts of the landmark legislation is the upward...

What Repealing the Affordable Care Act Would Mean for America

by Vera Gruessner

While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed into law six years ago, there is still plenty of controversy that surrounds this landmark legislation. For instance, the Senate and House...

Affordable Care Act Brought Healthcare Coverage to Rural Areas

by Vera Gruessner

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has brought a fair amount of healthcare access and coverage to the American people. This does not just include those living in urban areas or the suburbs....

Affordable Care Act Brought 30% Drop for Texas Uninsured Rate

by Vera Gruessner

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a significant difference for the average American citizen when it comes to ensuring greater medical coverage and healthcare access. The uninsured...

Affordable Care Act Brought the Uninsured Rate to 9.1%

by Vera Gruessner

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has made a tremendous impact on healthcare coverage among Americans. An extra 20 million people now have healthcare access  do due to the health...

How the ACA Increased Enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP Programs

by Vera Gruessner

Last Friday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report covering the state Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and enrollment data for...