High perceived healthcare costs are the biggest barrier to health insurance for the uninsured population, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Florida Blue.
The online survey polled uninsured...
More than 150 million people receive health insurance through public programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), according to the latest enrollment...
In its analysis of Cigna-HealthSpring of Tennessee’s risk adjustment program payments, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that 195 of the 279 unique enrollee-years did not have medical...
The share of beneficiaries who switched from traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage in 2020 exceeded the switching rate from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare, contributing to Medicare...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollment has grown 18 percent from last year, with 11.5 million people signing up for coverage as of December 15, 2022, HHS announced.
“Unprecedented...
Continuous eligibility policies can help reduce Medicaid churn and disenrollment among children, according to an issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
The year-end spending legislation...
Avoiding public programs due to the public charge rule, such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), was linked to higher rates of delayed healthcare among immigrants in...
The dual eligible market is changing, creating new challenges and opportunities that health plans should take into account when considering entering the market, experts from Manatt Health found in a...
Better Medicare Alliance (BMA) has called on CMS to improve the Medicare Advantage program by auditing all health plans annually, creating best practices for in-home health risk assessments, and...
The number of uninsured children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Medicaid’s continuous coverage requirement, with 12 states seeing significant decreases, according to a report from...
If the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends in April 2023, 18 million people may lose Medicaid coverage in the 14 months following its expiration, according to a brief from the Robert Wood...
Almost two-fifths of US states—particularly those that have avoided Medicaid expansion—will need to change their Medicaid vaccine coverage policies in order to align with the Inflation...
Among Californians enrolled in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, perceptions about plan value and expectations about how often they would need healthcare services were more likely to motivate them...
The CMS proposed rule to streamline the Medicaid eligibility process could potentially prevent coverage losses for around a third of dual eligible beneficiaries, according to data from the Kaiser...
Elevance Health announced that 21 Medicaid plans have achieved health equity accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
“Advancing health equity is a priority for...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased access to Medicaid and group health insurance, but the family glitch created a barrier to non-group coverage, leading to variations in health insurance coverage...
Immigrants’ premium contributions in 2017 were $58.3 billion higher than what private insurers and public programs spent on their healthcare, suggesting that immigrants help subsidize the US...
Since enrollment season began on November 1, the number of signups on the Affordable Care Act marketplace for the 2023 plan year has significantly outpaced the enrollment levels from the same timeframe...
More than half of adults who are enrolled in or have a family member enrolled in Medicaid were unaware of upcoming Medicaid renewals set to resume after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends,...
Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will have more health plan options available to them now than they have at any point in over a decade, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation....