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New report offers strategies for state implementation of health reform
Posted on January 14, 2011
A new report, funded by The California Endowment through a grant to Community Catalyst, proposes strategies for effective state implementation of health reform. The report, “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Strategies for Successful State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act,” is a collaborative effort between multiple national organizations and foundations, and lays out a specifc plan for succesful state implementation of the ACA.
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New Commonwealth brief estimates impact of health reform on primary care
Posted on January 10, 2011
A new brief by the Commonwealth Fund examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the country’s primary care system. The brief is part of their series, “Realizing the Potential of Health Reform,” and discusses provisions contained within the ACA that are directly aimed at improving primary care.
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CBO finds repealing health reform would add to deficit
Posted on January 7, 2011
In a letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) notified Congress that the recently-introduced bill aimed at repealing the Afforadable Care Act (ACA) would add approximately $230 billion to federal deficits during the years 2012 – 2021. CBO also estimates that the bill, H.R. 2: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 32 million over the next decade.
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CBO releases roundup of health reform documents
Posted on December 23, 2010
The Congressional Budget Office has released a collection of documents related to health reform, entitled, “Selected CBO Publications Related to Health Care Legislation, 2009–2010.”
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New Commonwealth brief examines impact of health reform on adults aged 50-64
Posted on December 16, 2010
A new brief by the Commonwealth Fund examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the country’s aging adult population. The brief is part of their series, “Realizing the Potential of Health Reform,” and discusses provisions contained within the ACA that are directly aimed at increasing access to services and providing insurance coverage to adults aged 50-64.
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New RWJF report examines insurance coverage, spending under ACA
Posted on December 14, 2010
A new report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and authored by researchers at the Urban Institute, examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on health insurance coverage and U.S. health care spending. The report, “America Under the Affordable Care Act,” estimates that the cost of uncompensated care to uninsured individuals would fall more than 60 percent if the ACA were fully implemented in 2010. The report estimates that if fully implemented in 2010, the ACA would also provide insurance to nearly 28 million currently-uninsured Americans.
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Kaiser Family Foundation report on premium increases for upper-income Medicare beneficiaries
Posted on December 14, 2010
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines Part B and D premium increases on higher-income Medicare beneficiaries under the health reform law.
Congress modifies tax credit provisions with SGR fix
Posted on December 9, 2010
The Senate and House have passed legislation amending Affordable Care Act provisions concerning the amount that must be repaid by those receiving subsidies to purchase insurance if their income goes up during the year. Under the original rule, individuals under 400 percent of poverty cannot be required to repay more than $400. Under the new [...]
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AHIP publishes analysis of MLR rule
Posted on December 6, 2010
America’s Health Insurance Plans has published a six-page analysis of the medical loss ratio rule recently released by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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MedPAC urges tighter performance measures in ACOs
Posted on December 6, 2010
In a letter to CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, the Medicare Patient Advisory Commission urged that the agency establish Accountable Care Organization demonstrations through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation that not only provide bonuses to providers for improving outcomes at reduced cost, but also penalizes those that fail to do so.
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