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ACA
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Need help navigating the current health care premium controversy?
Buying health insurance – or understanding what our plans cover and how much we have to pay – isn’t easy.…
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‘Young Invincibles’ create a headache for ACA enrollment goals
The “Young Invincibles” are back in the news. The Obama administration expected – and needed – large numbers of younger…
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Efforts proceed slowly to expand the mental health coverage gains made in ACA
Congress recently passed a bill to combat opioid abuse (although it’s still fighting over funding it), and there’s a good…
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Just how “narrow” are the ACA networks – and how much do the insured care?
We all hear stories (and perhaps have personal experience) of people having trouble accessing one of their regular physicians or…
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Those who assist with health plan enrollment now have expanded roles – are they prepared?
One clear lesson that health law advocates have drawn during the first two enrollment seasons under the Affordable Care Act…
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Data raises questions: Is health exchange churn an affordability challenge, or the result of a new job?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported this fall that the number of people covered – that is,…
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New ACA funding to expand dental care at health centers
Even as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extends public and private health benefits to millions of Americans, the new beneficiaries…
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The ACA and patient satisfaction: Does it improve care?
The ACA made many changes to Medicare. One of them involves linking part of hospital pay to patient satisfaction. In…
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State waivers and the next Supreme Court ACA challenge
A recent Health Affairs blog post by Heather Howard (a familiar name to AHCJ members who have attended the panels…
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Why do rural hospitals close and what does it mean to communities?
Jayne O’Donnell and Laura Ungar had an interesting story recently in USA Today about rural hospital closures. The pace of closures…