The Affordable Care Act is a reformation of the health care law. It was referred to in the news as the Obamacare Act, named after the president in office at the time. The Affordable Care Act’s history timeline starts with its three goals. Those are affordability, medical care that is i...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandated the expansion of Medicaid in order to increase access to health care services. We examined the effect of the ACA on breast cancer screening and diagnosis at a Los Angeles safety net hospital. We performed a retrospective review of breast cancer patients ...
health care accesshealth care utilizationObjectives: We examined changes in health care access and utilization associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for different Asian American subgroups relative to non-Latino whites (whites). Research design: Using 2003-2017...
The Affordable Care Act has no effect on tax returns for veterans with health coverage through a VA program. The premium tax credit applies to insurance obtained through the Health Care Marketplace, so it does not apply to VA coverage. For tax years from 2014 through 2018, uninsured indivi...
What is the Affordable Care Act tax penalty? Under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), if you can get health insurance and choose not to, and you aren't exempt for other reasons, you may have to pay a tax penalty. Beginning in 2019, although you are sti
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has garnered a lot of debate since its implementation in 2010. The market continues to change as the healthcare reform debate continues. Initially, many health insurance companies—lacking the information they needed to ensure their financial stability—left the ACA’...
Affordable Care Act CMS Price Transparency Rule: Is it Working? – #HITsm Chat Topic July 14, 2021 We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/16 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by......
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, allows you to buy health insurance through federal and state Health Insurance Marketplaces. The ACA provides subsidies to most people who buy Marketplace plans. The ACA created new consumer protections, like prohibiting discrimination if you have a pre...
Since its passage in 2010, theAffordable Care Act(ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, has expanded health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. However, nearly 30 million Americans — over 9% of the population —still lacked health insurancein 2019. This included 5.7% of all children und...
Passed in December 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act included a permanent repeal of the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act, as of the 2019 tax year.20 Additional Repeals of ACA Taxes Three additional provisions, the Cadillac tax, the medical device tax, and health insurer...