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Medicaid: It’s Role Today and Under the Affordable Care Act. JAMA, August 22/29, 2012
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Oral Health: Putting Teeth into the Health Care System
The Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored an August 17 briefing to discuss oral health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). While PPACA ensures dental coverage for children, challenges remain to improve dental health access and coverage for adults. Speakers will…
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August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: A Look At The GOP As The Republican Convention Draws Near
Despite the ongoing focus on Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the ACA is not the top health care priority among Republicans. While jobs are still the number one issue, when asked about the health care issues that will impact…
Perspective Read MoreTransparency and Complexity
This fall a new rule takes effect requiring all private health plans to offer a uniform, simple to read, summary of benefits and coverage (SBC). The SBC will provide consumers with standardized information about how plans cover essential health benefits and what coverage limits and cost sharing applies. The SBC…
Perspective Read MoreMedicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports: Are More Caution and Oversight Needed?
The Alliance for Health Reform and AARP sponsor an August 3rd briefing to discuss who is being served by Medicaid managed care, how enrollment is determined, and whether sufficient oversight of the programs exist. Speakers will explore such questions as: Does Medicaid managed care cover a full range of long-term…
Event Read MoreJAMA Forum: The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About
“The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone Is Talking About,” Larry Levitt’s August 2012 post for The JAMA Forum, is now available online.
Perspective Read MoreImplementing the ACA’s Medicaid-Related Health Reform Provisions After the Supreme Court’s Decision
On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A majority of the Court also found the ACA’s Medicaid expansion unconstitutionally coercive of states, while a different majority of the Court held that this issue was fully remedied by limiting the Health…
Issue Brief Read MoreOverview of Health Coverage for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
This brief provides an overview of the population of people in the United States with limited English proficiency (LEP) and describes their access to health coverage and care. There were 21.1 million such individuals in 2010, accounting for nearly 9 percent of the nonelderly population. Most are Hispanic, Spanish-speaking adults.…
Fact Sheet Read MoreA Guide to the Supreme Court’s Decision on the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion
On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court upheld the constitutionality of the ACA’s individual mandate, which requires most people to maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage beginning in 2014. A majority of the…
Issue Brief Read MoreHow Five Leading Safety-Net Hospitals Are Preparing For The Challenges and Opportunities of Health Care Reform
This study, published in the journal Health Affairs, examines how five leading safety-net hospitals are preparing for major changes expected to result from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including less government support for uncompensated care and the need to compete for newly insured people. The hospitals studied are Bellevue Hospital…
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