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ACA Round-Up: Repeal And Replace, Additional Legislation, And Risk-Corridor Litigation

The House Ways and Means Committee approved its share of the American Health Care Act early on the morning of March 9, 2017, while the Energy and Commerce Committee voted up its provisions that afternoon. Democrats offered vigorous opposition, proposing...

Published Fri, Mar 10 2017 10:29 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA

The AHCA Gets It Wrong: Health Care Is Different

Congressman Ryan has now produced his fundamental health care reformation to support a “consumer-directed” vision in which services would be bought and sold like other goods and service in the economy . Indeed, responding to the Congressional Budget Office...

Published Wed, Mar 22 2017 8:22 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Quality, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, ACA repeal and replace, American Health Care Act

A New Health Affairs Blog Featured Topic: ‘Drugs And Medical Innovation’

Continuing in our mission to provide relevant, timely, and original content on health policy issues, Health Affairs Blog today begins a new featured topic titled “Drugs and Medical Innovation.” These areas have long been central in health care and health...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2016 8:20 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Drugs and Medical Innovation

The Human Face of Hospital Readmissions

The numbers are disturbing and disappointingly familiar. According to the federal government, one in five elderly patients winds up back in the hospital within 30 days of leaving. The cost is troubling, too. The readmission of Medicare patients alone...

Published Thu, Mar 14 2013 9:20 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Chronic Care, Health Care Costs, Medicare, Quality, Hospitals, Patient Safety

Funding Bill Prohibits Full Risk Corridor Payments, Omits Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments; HHS Takes Over CT Reinsurance Program

Democrats and Republicans have reportedly reached an agreement on an appropriations bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2017, which lasts through September. According to a summary of the portion of the legislation covering the Department of Health and...

Published Mon, May 01 2017 2:42 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA

To Increase Value in Medicare, Expand Coverage To Long-Term Care

Medicare has recently announced policy moves designed to improve the value of its spending. Few people would argue with this goal at an abstract level, but what it means in practical terms is less clear. If we assume that value is maximized when a program...

Published Fri, Jun 12 2015 5:30 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Health Reform, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Health Policy Lab, Insurance and Coverage, Long-term Services and Supports

How Could a New Administration Tackle Affordable Care Act Challenges? Look to Medicare

We’re experiencing another round of bad headlines for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces. A government report found that, on average, premiums will rise 25 percent and consumers will have fewer insurance company choices in 2017. Eighty-three...

Published Mon, Nov 07 2016 9:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Medicare Advantage, culture of health, 2016 election, public option

ACA Round-Up: Latest CDC Uninsured Data And More

On November 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics released its quarterly report on health insurance coverage , for January to June 2016. The dramatic reductions in the number of the uninsured that have...

Published Fri, Nov 04 2016 1:34 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, cost-sharing reduction payments, uninsured rate

Higher Marketplace Benchmark Plan Premiums Could Reduce Post-Subsidy Premiums For Many

Monthly premiums for Benchmark Silver plans in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Federally Facilitated Marketplaces (FFM) for individual health plans will increase by an average of 25 percent from 2016 to 2017. The magnitude of these increases has raised...

Published Wed, Nov 16 2016 8:00 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, cost-sharing reduction subsidies, silver plan

President-Elect Trump Selects Price For HHS And Verma For CMS

As has been widely reported, President-elect Donald Trump has put forward the names of Tom Price for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Seema Verma for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Price is a six-term Republican...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2016 10:26 AM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Medicare, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Medicaid and CHIP, open enrollment, risk corridors, Medicaid waivers

Examining The HHS Projections For 2017 Marketplace Enrollment

The fourth marketplace open enrollment period begins on November 1, 2016. On October 19, the Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released projections of 2017 marketplace enrollment . CMS also...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2016 2:33 PM by Health Affairs BlogHealth Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, employer coverage, advance premium tax credits, ACA Marketplaces

Essential Health Benefit Benchmarks Released; Reductions In Uninsurance

Implementing Health Reform. On November 9, 2015, the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) released the final list of Essential Health Benefit (EHB) benchmark plans for 2017. Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), all non-grandfathered...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2015 5:52 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, open enrollment, Essential Health Benefits, Benchmark plans

Interpreting New Data On Health Care Spending Growth

Health care spending growth is an important issue, especially since health care spending accounted for 17.5 percent of GDP in 2014. Health care spending growth slowed significantly during, and immediately following, the recession years. Between 2009 and...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2015 1:19 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Payment Policy, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, spending trends, national spending, payment models, long term spending

How Does The Budget Agreement Affect The ACA?

Late in the day on December 15, 2015, House Republicans released the $1.1 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2016 and a $650 billion tax extenders package . The legislation embodies an agreement among Congressional leaders that will keep the...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 11:41 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Featured, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, open enrollment, Cadillac tax, Prevention and Public Health Fund., health insurance provider fee, medical device tax, risk corridors

Court Rejects Challenge By Secular Entity To ACA Contraceptive Coverage Requirement

Implementing Health Reform. On December 10, 2015, Judge John Jones III of the federal district court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania decided yet another contraceptive coverage case . Unlike the dozens of challenges to the Affordable Care Act contraceptive...

Published Mon, Dec 14 2015 11:40 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Population Health, Following the ACA, Insurance and Coverage, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Drugs and Medical Technology, Pennsylvania, contraceptive mandate, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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