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  • ¿Qué beneficios cubren los planes de salud del mercado?

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    Todos los planes de salud calificados que se ofrecen en el mercado cubrirán los "beneficios de salud esenciales" (EHB), incluyendo: Servicios ambulatorios para pacientes (atención ambulatoria que recibe sin ser admitido en un hospital) Servicios de emergencia Hospitalización Atención materno-infantil (atención antes y después del nacimiento de su bebé) Servicios de salud mental y trastorno por adicciones, incluido el tratamiento de salud del comportamiento. Medicamentos recetados Servicios y dispositivos de rehabilitación (para ayudar a las…

  • ¿Pueden cobrarme más si tengo una afección preexistente?

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    No. Los planes de salud del mercado no permiten que se le cobre más en base a su estado de salud o a una afección preexistente. Sin embargo, algunos planes, como los de corto plazo, que se venden por fuera del mercado de seguros, pueden rechazarlo, o cobrarle más, por su condición preexistente.

  • Vivo en diferentes estados durante el año. ¿Dónde me inscribo para tener cobertura de salud? Si me inscribo en un plan en un estado, ¿cómo encuentro proveedores de salud dentro de la red en el otro?

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    Si tiene dos residencias principales donde pasa mucho tiempo, puede establecer su residencia en una o ambas. Para encontrar proveedores de atención médica dentro de la red, revise detenidamente los documentos del plan y el directorio de proveedores antes de solicitarlo. Debería explorar planes que utilizan una red nacional de proveedores para encontrar proveedores participantes en más de un estado. Un plan de organización de proveedores preferidos (PPO) puede ofrecer más flexibilidad para consultar con…

  • ¿Qué es el mercado de seguros de salud?

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    Los mercados de seguros (también conocidos como de intercambio) son mercados organizados en donde las personas y familias pueden buscar e inscribirse en un seguro médico en línea, por teléfono o en persona. Estos mercados ofrecen una variedad de planes de salud, certifican los planes participantes y brindan información para ayudar a los consumidores a comprender sus opciones y solicitar cobertura. Hay un mercado de seguros en cada estado. Algunos son administrados por el estado…

  • The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use

    Issue Brief

    This brief explores mental health and substance use during, and prior to, the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight populations that were more likely to experience worse mental health and substance use outcomes during the pandemic and discuss some innovations in the delivery of services.

  • Webinar for Journalists: Results from Survey of People Who Bought Their Own Health Insurance Under the ACA

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation held a reporters-only webinar at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 19 to release its new Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees, providing a first look at people buying their own health insurance following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The first in a series, the new survey captures the previous insurance status of marketplace enrollees and the self-reported health status of enrollees in ACA-compliant coverage purchased on or off…

  • Advancing Opportunities, Assessing Challenges: Key Themes from a Roundtable Discussion of Health Care and Health Equity in the South

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    This brief summarizes the primary themes expressed by participants of a roundtable discussion of current and future opportunities and challenges for advancing health care and health equity in the South organized by Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Survey of Health Insurance Marketplace Assister Programs

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    This survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation of Navigators and other Marketplace consumer assistance programs under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) offers a nationwide analysis of the number and distribution of assisters and people they helped. The report examines the experience of programs in conducting outreach and enrollment assistance during the first open enrollment period. It also reviews the nature of help consumers needed applying for Medicaid or premium tax credits and understanding health insurance…

  • National Survey Finds 10.6 Million People Helped By Navigators and Assisters During the Affordable Care Act’s First Open Enrollment Period

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    An estimated 10.6 million people nationally received personal help from navigators and assisters during the Affordable Care Act's first open enrollment period, finds a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey of navigators and assister programs nationally. The survey estimates that the 4,400 assister programs operating nationally had an estimated 28,000 full-time staff and volunteers, suggesting each assister would have helped more than 370 people on average during the six-month open enrollment period that ran from October…