A newly released report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that 46 percent of uninsured young adults (ages 18-34) in single-person households who may be eligible for marketplace coverage can enroll in… Read more.
11.14.2013 /
Erin Snyder,
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Insights Blog
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a report showing that 6.8 million Americans have saved an estimated $1.2 billion on health insurance premiums in the individual and small group markets in… Read more.
09.24.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
There seems to be a catch-22 when it comes to enrolling young, healthy people in the new health insurance marketplaces (sometimes called exchanges): They are critical to the success of the marketplaces, but experts… Read more.
09.19.2013 /
Shannon Attanasio,
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Insights Blog
The Affordable Care Act improves access to mental health care by offering people with mental illness the opportunity to get affordable health insurance, as well as by including mental health care and substance use… Read more.
09.09.2013 /
Shannon Attanasio,
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Insights Blog
In 2011, young adults aged 19 to 34 made up roughly 38 percent of the nation’s uninsured population. While some have argued that this is because young adults, often referred to as “young invincibles,” think… Read more.
07.12.2013 /
Caitlin McNeil,
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Insights Blog
The Senate passed an historic immigration reform bill last Thursday. While the House of Representatives still must pass a bill, this legislation could have far-reaching effects on the health of the millions of currently… Read more.
07.02.2013 /
Ben D’Avanzo,
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Insights Blog
Prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, more than one quarter of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 in the United States did not have health insurance. However, since a… Read more.
06.28.2013 /
Megan Salzman,
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Insights Blog
More than 10 years ago, a very close loved one told me that he was HIV positive. As you can imagine, it was shocking and devastating news. Shocking, because I never thought that HIV… Read more.
06.21.2013 /
Insights Blog
On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s medical loss ratio (MLR) provision, 77.8 million Americans paid $3.4 billion less in health insurance premiums in… Read more.
06.21.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
According to a recent report released by Community Catalyst, dental therapists provide cost-effective, high-quality care, and they enable dental practices to expand the number of people they serve. Placing dental therapists in dental practices is… Read more.
06.18.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
This April, the Office of Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services released the enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. With implementation of… Read more.
06.11.2013 /
Sascha Murillo,
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Insights Blog
Last Week, Covered California, the health insurance marketplace that California is establishing under the Affordable Care Act, released premium rates for 2014 health insurance plans. Before the release, rumors of “rate shock” were swirling, with predictions of… Read more.
06.07.2013 /
Megan Salzman,
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Insights Blog
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act claim that the law will lead employers to drop employee health coverage, forcing workers to obtain coverage on their own. A recent fact sheet by Families USA refutes this myth… Read more.
06.05.2013 /
Kate Blocher,
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Insights Blog
How the Law Has Already Helped More young adults have coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. As of September 2010, young adults have been able to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans… Read more.
05.16.2013 /
Sarah Bagge,
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Insights Blog
New findings from the Oregon Health Study reaffirm that Medicaid is good health coverage: The study showed that Medicaid beneficiaries were more likely than the uninsured to receive needed health care services (including preventive… Read more.
05.08.2013 /
Amy Traver,
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Insights Blog
This post is a guest blog by Staurt Berlow, Public Policy Manager, at The DC Cancer Consortium. The DC Cancer Consortium and our 75 organizational members are committed to reducing the toll of cancer… Read more.
04.30.2013 /
Insights Blog
