Last month was a milestone for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as people began using the coverage they purchased through the state-based and federally run healthcare exchanges.
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Officials from Rhode Island, Kentucky, California and Washington, D.C., have said their state-based health insurance exchanges are better-equipped to deal with the challenges of healthcare reform than the federally run exchange, according to a report from The Hill.
Some of the largest, most financially stable health systems in the country share a business line — operating a health plan — but it is far from an easy task.
This year, premiums for health plans offered through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges are comparable to, and in some cases lower than, premiums for employer-sponsored policies offering similar coverage, according to a report from global…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes three main components meant to expand access to health insurance coverage: Medicaid expansion, the creation of health insurance marketplaces and market reforms such as the prohibition of lifetime limits on essential health…
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Through outreach efforts, hospitals can help connect the uninsured to coverage and reduce uncompensated care.
Health insurer WellPoint has partly attributed a 68 percent drop in net income in the fourth quarter of 2013 to consumers who used more services than expected out of fear that they would lose their plans under the reform law,…
Among uninsured Americans who plan to get health insurance, 56 percent intend to do so through a government health insurance exchange under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Gallup poll.
Because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, insurers can no longer deny people coverage or charge them higher premiums because of pre-existing conditions.
During his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama detailed how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has helped Americans and encouraged everyone to help the uninsured get health insurance, according to a transcript of the…