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Health Care Delivery Reform: Will the ACA’s Changes Stick?
The Affordable Care Act has been a driver for health care delivery system transformation, particularly in the long-term care sector. But experts say only time will tell if these reforms will work.
The ACA and Telehealth: Mutually Beneficial?
The Affordable Care Act’s implementation is helping to accelerate telehealth adoption, and observers say the technology could be crucial to achieve the health reform law’s goals.
One of the most-publicized tax effects of the Affordable Care Act involves subsidies that many U.S. residents received to help them purchase insurance. But that’s not the only change: Tucked within the thousands of pages that make up the ACA are a number of other tax implications.
Are State Innovation Waivers the Future of Health Care Reform?
Some experts say that state innovation waivers, which will be available in 2017 under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, could move health reform efforts forward — particularly in states that have been reluctant to support the law. Are such waivers the future of health reform, or, as critics contend, a slippery slope that could weaken the ACA?
The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of Americans get access to health insurance. It’s credited with lowering the nation’s uninsured rate to record lows. But what promises has the law failed to keep?
The Quiet Threats to Obamacare
The Supreme Court case King v. Burwell has drawn a lot of attention because of its potential to hobble the Affordable Care Act. Even if the law survives the high court challenge, there are a number of other, less-obvious challenges facing Obamacare.
The Measles Outbreak Is a Big Story. This One’s Bigger.
Vaccination news has dominated the headlines, but there’s a much bigger health policy story that stands to shake up the industry, experts say: Medicare’s new proposal to shift how it pays hospitals and doctors, which could ultimately transform health care’s decades-old fee-for-service system.
What a GOP-Controlled Congress Could Mean for the Affordable Care Act
Most analysts predict that Republicans will take control of the Senate in the upcoming midterm election. If the GOP is the majority in both chambers of Congress, how will party members address their proverbial punching bag, the Affordable Care Act? California Healthline spoke to several experts to find out.
Californians Want It. Insurers Don’t. So Why Are Top Officials Fighting Over Prop. 45?
The contentious battle over Proposition 45 — a ballot measure that would give the state government the ability to control health premium rates — has pitted California’s insurance commissioner against the state’s health plans and even Covered California.