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Data Note: Changes in Enrollment in the Individual Health Insurance Market through Early 2019
This analysis measures changes in enrollment in the individual market, including those in both marketplace plans and off-exchange plans, before and after the ACA’s coverage expansions and market rules went into effect in 2014 through the first quarter of 2019.
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Health Care Costs as Much as a New Car
Health care for a family covered by a large employer cost, on average, $22,885 last year. That’s $2,000 more than the sticker price for a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle. Drew Altman discusses why it matters in this Axios column.
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In Their Own Voices: Low-income Women and Their Health Providers in Three Communities Talk about Access to Care, Reproductive Health, and Immigration
In this report, we summarize findings and highlight selected quotes from focus groups of low-income women and their health care providers on contraception, costs and coverage, abortion care, mental health and intimate partner violence, social determinants of health, and immigration issues.
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Data Note: Impact of New Title X Regulations on Network Participation
This data note provides estimates of the status of the Title X network following the implementation of the new regulations.
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Community Health Centers Prepare for Funding Uncertainty
With the Community Health Center Fund, a key source of federal funding, set to expire in September, community health centers across the country are considering steps to reduce staffing, close some locations and eliminate or reduce services as they cope with uncertainty about their future financing.
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KFF Medicaid Managed Care Market Tracker Updated to Include Plan-Level Enrollment and Parent-Firm Data
A new issue brief highlights key facts about states’ use of managed care in Medicaid, including data and trends related to enrollment, state spending, and market share. Plus, new data available on KFF’s Medicaid Managed Care Market Tracker illustrates the substantial role private insurers now play in the program.
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In this June 2018 post for The JAMA Forum, Larry Levitt examines the potential impact of the Trump Administration’s legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
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Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Plans: How Often Is It Used?
Medicare Advantage enrollees are encouraged to select their plan based on a number of factors, including premiums, cost-sharing, extra benefits, drug coverage, quality of care, and provider networks, but a potentially overlooked factor is access to covered services and the potential impact of prior authorization requirements. In this data note, we examine the share of Medicare Advantage enrollees that are in plans requiring prior authorization and approval before covering the costs of services.
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Health Care and the Candidates in the 2018 Midterm Elections: Key Issues and Races
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Coloradans’ Perspectives on Health, Quality of Life, and Midterm Elections
The Kaiser Family Foundation and Colorado Health Foundation conducted a survey of Coloradans examining a wide range of topics leading into the 2018 midterm elections that include voters’ top issues for candidates, residents’ future outlook and priorities for the state, quality of life in Colorado and the affordability of housing, as well as health care concerns over cost, mental health, and substance abuse.
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