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Health Insurance Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Public Policy

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GOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.

Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing with clients’ risks. This is one point to keep in mind...more

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Summer’s discontent: Evidence defies partisans on ACA, Medicaid expansion

The evidence accumulates that partisans’ persistent attacks on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid run counter to their constituents’ needs and wishes, but will Republicans course-correct or will voters soon force them to?...more

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Connecticut District Court Provides Interpretation of ACA Provision - Decision Allows Insurers to Circumvent Hospitals in...

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• The ACA does not prevent insurers from declining to directly reimburse out-of-network hospitals for emergency care, and instead adjudicate and administer claims directly with individual patients, the U.S. District Court for...more

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Congressional Budget Office Releases Report on American Health Care Act

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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its cost estimate of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) as reported by the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce. CBO estimates that AHCA would reduce federal...more

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Rhetoric and reality: Will GOP strip up to 32 million of health insurance?

As partisans race to fulfill their seven-year political pledge to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, their rhetoric has collided with reality, posing huge questions as to how responsibly they will...more

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Obama Signs Bill Making Changes to Affordable Care Act

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On October 7, President Obama signed into law H.R.1624, the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act. The act amends a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to allow states to opt out of the scheduled expansion...more

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Healthcare Costs for the Average Family Have Risen Dramatically

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According to consulting and actuarial firm Milliman’s “2015 Milliman Medical Index,” which measures the cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four receiving coverage from an employer-sponsored preferred provider...more

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