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Declines in Physician Acceptance of Medicare and Private Coverage
"A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that 88 percent of physicians accepted new privately insured patients in 2008, down from 93 percent in 2005. The authors cited low ..."
Topics : Individual Coverage, Medicare, Rates/Reimbursement
Categories : Medicare, Employer and Individual Insurance
Health Coverage for the Unemployed
"On June 23, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a brief examining health coverage challenges facing unemployed individuals and outlining their options for maintaining coverage. The bri ..."
Topics : Access/Barriers, Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
Declines in Physician Acceptance of Medicare and Private Coverage
"The Archives of Internal Medicine (AIM) has published a study examining trends in physicians’ acceptance rates for different types of health coverage and self-pay patients. Employing dat ..."
Topics : Access/Barriers, Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
A United Patient Voice on Essential Health Benefits
"On August 3, the National Health Council (NHC) released an actuarial analysis estimating cost sharing requirements under the national health care reform law’s essential benefits package. ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Regulation
Categories : Legislative and Regulatory Issues, Employer and Individual Insurance
State-Based Coverage Solutions: The California Health Benefit Exchange
"On May 31, the Commonwealth Fund released a brief offering state policy recommendations for establishing a health exchange based on California’s experience. California was the first stat ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), State Data
Categories : State and Local, Employer and Individual Insurance, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
The Nuts and Bolts of Medicare Premium Support Proposals
"On June 8, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a brief examining the effect of converting Medicare into a premium support program, as outlined in the U.S. House-approved $3.5 trillion FY2012 budge ..."
Topics : Individual Coverage, Medicare, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Medicare, Employer and Individual Insurance, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
Private Health Insurance: Waivers of Restrictions on Annual Limits on Health
"On June 14, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report outlining the criteria federal officials used in determining whether to award waivers exempting health plans from the nationa ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), Regulation
Categories : Legislative and Regulatory Issues, Employer and Individual Insurance
Sources of Payment for Mental Health Treatment for Adults
"On July 7, 2011, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Behavorial Health Statistics and Quality published a report summarizing the sources of payment fo ..."
 Sources of Payment for Mental Health Treatment for Adults (PDF | 448 kb)
Topics : CHIP, Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health, Out-of-Pocket , Spending
Categories : Medicaid, Medicare, Mental Health, Employer and Individual Insurance
The Importance of the Individual Mandate — Evidence from Massachusetts
"This article published in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the need for the individual mandate, requiring U.S. residents to buy health insurance. It explores both propon ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), Medicaid, State Data
Categories : Medicaid, Employer and Individual Insurance, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
Key Considerations for Health Exchanges
"This series of briefs from Milliman, Inc. provides various considerations that states must make when designing and implementing health insurance exchanges, focusing on the structure of the exchanges ..."
Topics : Access/Barriers, Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Uninsured
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Reconciliation of Advance Payments for Health Insurance Subsidies
"On February 15, KFF released a brief examining federal health exchange subsidies available under the national health care reform law. Noting that the subsidies will be available to individuals ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), Out-of-Pocket
Categories : Legislative and Regulatory Issues, Employer and Individual Insurance
Insurance Coverage and Access to Care in Primary Care
"On February 28, the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a brief examining health coverage in areas with few health care professionals. The brief found that 33.1 million individuals, or 13 ..."
Topics : Access/Barriers, Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National)
Categories : Special Populations, Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Increased Insurance Coverage and Federal Spending on the Exchanges and Medicaid
"This report from the Urban Institute examines the increased coverage and the overall federal spending that will result from the Affordable Care Act, as predicted using the Urban Institute's Heal ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), Spending
Categories : Medicaid, Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Health Insurance Exchange Basics
"This report from the National Academy for State Health Policy reviews the language of the Affordablel Care Act to provide the basic requirements of the state healh insurance exchanges. The repo ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National)
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance, Legislative and Regulatory Issues
Children-Only Health Insurance Market Survey Results
"Based on a survey of state insurance departments, Republican staffers on the U.S. Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee have prepared a chart depicting the children-only healt ..."
Topics : Children & Adolescents, Individual Coverage, State Data
Categories : Special Populations, Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Healthy Indiana Plan: Lessons for Health Reform
"This brief from Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. explores the Healthy Indiana Plan, a state-sponsored health plan targeting low-income adults. It discusses the special characteristics of this plan ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), State Data
Categories : State and Local, Employer and Individual Insurance
The Importance of the Individual Mandate — Evidence from Massachusetts
"On January 12, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) released a study examining the role of the individual insurance mandate in Massachusetts’ 2006 health reform law. The study dete ..."
Topics : Health Care Reform, Individual Coverage, Legislation (National), State Data
Categories : Legislative and Regulatory Issues, Employer and Individual Insurance, State and Local
Findings From the 2010 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey
"An Employee Benefit Research Institute’s (EBRI) brief presents EBRI survey data finding slight enrollment increases in consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) and high-deductible health plans (HD ..."
Topics : Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Individual Coverage
Categories : Employer and Individual Insurance
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