Health Reform Implementation Timeline
The health reform implementation timeline is an interactive tool designed to explain how and when the provisions of the Affordable Care Act will be implemented over the next several years.
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Many Elements Of Health Reform Law Continue To Be Popular Across Parties
FeatureMany Elements Of Health Reform Law Continue To Be Popular Across Parties Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted February 29-March 5, 2012)…
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What’s in There? The New Health Reform Law and Private Insurance
Event Date:EventThis briefing focuses on how the reform law affects access to private coverage, including the new federal high-risk pools, tax credits for small businesses, health insurance exchanges, the individual mandate and employer obligations. This briefing, cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation, explored these and other issues.
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Updated FAQs Provide New Answers as the Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace Enters Its Second Year
News ReleaseToday, the Kaiser Family Foundation released an updated collection of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) providing detailed answers for consumers, and the navigators and brokers who assist them, as the Nov. 15 start date nears for the Affordable Care Act's second open enrollment period.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Premium Subsidy Scenarios Under Obamacare
OtherThis month’s Visualizing Health Policy infographic shows 3 scenarios that illustrate the cost of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for families in different circumstances, both before and after premium subsidies (in the form of a tax credit).
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Affordability and Health Reform: If We Mandate, Will They (and Can They) Pay?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund co-sponsored this briefing to explore the health reform proposals being considered which may impose responsibilities on both individuals and employers to have and help pay for coverage and whether they will be able to pay the amounts above the subsidies.
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Understanding Health Insurance
VideoThe YouToons help consumers understand health insurance by explaining health insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and provider networks. These three videos are excerpts from the 2014 YouToons video, Health Insurance Explained – The YouToons Have It Covered.
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Navigating the Health Insurance Landscape: What’s next for Navigators, In-person Assisters and Brokers?
Event Date:EventOn August 5, 2014, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform hosted a briefing to discuss navigator and other in-person assistance programs under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation.
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At Tax Time, No Public Backlash Over Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
From Drew AltmanThis was published as a Wall Street Journal Think Tank column on April 21, 2015. Tax season has come and gone with no great outbreak of protest about the Affordable Care Act’s least popular provision: the individual mandate.