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Will This State Be the First To Expand Obamacare — and Then Take It Away?
About 100,000 residents of Arkansas have gotten coverage through the “private option,” a unique application of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. But the program only runs through June, and Republicans — concerned by costs and emboldened by state legislative victories — are threatening to kill it after just six months.
The CARE Act: A New GOP Approach to the ACA or a Missed Opportunity?
The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment Act — released last week by three GOP senators — would keep some of the Affordable Care Act’s provisions, making it different than other plans to replace the law. Here’s a look at how health policy experts are viewing the proposal.
Poll of State College Students Breaks Stereotypes of ‘Young Invincibles’
The big barrier for health care insurance among young people is price not indifference, according to a new poll of state college students. The findings seem to contradict a common theme about “young invincibles” who don’t think they need health insurance.
Looking Back, Some Obamacare Glitches Didn’t Matter. These Four Still Do.
For all the talk about broken websites, some of the high-profile problems with the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges turned out to be surmountable. But other complications have emerged and remain concerning.
This Program Was Bigger Than Covered California. Why Did We Ignore It?
By December 2013, nearly 700,000 people had obtained health coverage through California’s Low-Income Health Program, the state’s early expansion of Obamacare coverage — and the “most overlooked” part of health reform, one expert tells California Healthline. Here’s a look at lessons to be learned from the LIHP.
Big-Picture Issues Center Stage at Clinton’s Health Matters Conference
Health care experts, technology innovators and celebrities weighed in on challenges and opportunities in reshaping health care last week at the 3rd annual Health Matters Conference organized by the Clinton Foundation.
Three of the Most Overlooked Health Care Reform Stories of 2013
This edition of Road to Reform explores Affordable Care Act news stories — including accountable care organizations and the new medical-loss ratio provision — that were mostly overlooked in 2013.
Most Small Health Plans Aren’t Thriving in Covered California. Meet Two Exceptions.
One small health insurer dropped out of Covered California. Another was kicked out, and a third is openly hunting for business. But a pair of plans are successfully competing with the big players dominating the exchange and carving out a slice of the market for themselves.
Three of the Most Over-Hyped Health Care Reform Stories of 2013
This edition of “Road to Reform” explores three Affordable Care Act news stories that got more attention than they deserved in 2013, including the debate over the fairness of delaying the employer mandate but not the individual mandate.
Early data suggest that customers are using the new health insurance exchange to pick plans from large, familiar companies like Anthem and Kaiser, even if plans from smaller companies are comparable in price.