In pondering lessons to be drawn from the ACA experience, the president predictably criticizes partisanship and special interests. But he also stresses the lesson of appreciating pragmatism in legislation and implementation. That is a good lesson, yet it does not contradict the importance of also bei...
Improving the population’s health: the Affordable Care Act and the importance of integration. J Law Med Ethics 2011; 39 ( 3 ):317–27Hardcastle LE, Record KL, Jacobson PD, Gostin LO. Improving the population's health: the Affordable Care Act and the importance of integration. J Law Med...
Abstract Importance The effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent coverage provision on pregnancy-related health care and health outcomes is unknown. Objective To determine whether the dependent coverage provision was associated with changes in payment for birth, prenatal care, and birth outcome...
Before 2010’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect in 2014, we talked to an insurance agent who gathered our medical histories and submitted them to insurers for consideration. Despite two major surgeries, I was deemed insurable. My wife, due to a congenital condition that had never caused...
The impact of the affordable care act on access to bariatric surgery in Maryland The implementation of the Affordable Care Act led to increased utilization and access to bariatric surgery, specifically Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, among mi... OA Akinyemi,TA Weldeslase,M Fasokun,... - 《American...
Learning From Change: The Importance of Knowing What Works The new policies and programs launched or stimulated by the ACA are beginning to radically restructure care through coverage expansion, payment reform, and workforce innovation. While the coverage and tax provisions of the ACA are under deba...
they'll stay away from health care period. It is not a winning campaign issue for them," Curtis said. "With Harris' campaign, we will see a continued drive for affordable coverage being key, particularly drug costs. In neither party will you hear much about the importance of extending the...
A recent study published in CANCER indicates that for patients with both HIV and cancer, implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) improved insurance coverage, both in states that expanded Medicaid coverage and in states that did not.1...
Therefore, focused efforts are needed to explain the importance of health coverage, facilitate enrollment in coverage, address structural barriers to care, and support their engagement with the health system once they obtain coverage. With the ACA developing new systems of care and new ways of ...
doi:10.1001/jama.2015.8421 Abstract Importance The Affordable Care Act (ACA) completed its second open enrollment period in February 2015. Assessing the law’s effects has major policy implications. Objectives To estimate national changes in self-reported coverage, access to care, and health during ...