The Obama administration is reconsidering its enrollment target for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges next year, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell told reporters Wednesday, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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Coverage for medications used to treat rare diseases varies widely across health plans sold through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to a study published in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy.
Significantly fewer uninsured adults and children are eligible for Medicaid coverage in states that are not implementing the Medicaid expansion at this time, resulting in large populations remaining uninsured within "coverage gaps" according to a recent report by the Kaiser…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Rate Review Program has reduced total premiums for consumers and employers in the individual and small group health insurance markets by an estimated $993 million in calendar year 2013, according to an HHS…
Small-group health insurance premium fluctuations have resembled something of a roller coaster ride over the past 13 years.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently released its annual ranking of private health insurance plans.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently released their lists of top Medicare and Medicaid plans for 2014-15.
As of mid-August, 7.3 million people had officially enrolled in health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner told the House Oversight Committee yesterday, according to a report from The Hill.
The average Medicaid acceptance rate in 15 different metropolitan markets surveyed decreased roughly 10 percent from 2009 to 2013, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2014 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times and Medicaid and Medicare Acceptance Rates.
The majority (68 percent) of people who purchased Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage during the first open enrollment period are happy with their plans, according to a survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund.
