Access & Health Coverage
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced refinements to the Medicare Advantage Valued-Based Insurance Design Model for calendar year 2019, the third year of the demonstration program. The model is designed to test whether giving MA plans flexibility to offer鈥
Nearly 2.3 million people selected a 2018 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-18, including nearly 800,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today. Three-quarters of those selecting plans were renewing coverage and the rest were new consumers. Thirty-nine鈥
The House of Representatives Nov. 16 passed its version of legislation to reform the tax code. Meanwhile, the full Senate is poised to begin debate on its bill, which cleared the Senate Finance Committee Nov. 16, when it returns to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 27. Outlined are several provisions of鈥
An estimated 28.8 million U.S. residents, or 9%, lacked health insurance when surveyed in the first six months of 2017, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That鈥檚 about the same as in 2016, but 19.8 million fewer people than in 2010, the鈥
Please contact your senators and urge them to oppose inclusion of repeal of the individual mandate in the tax bill.
The AHA today released a guide to help hospital and health system board members and leaders implement an emerging strategy to ensure continued access to emergency and outpatient services in vulnerable communities.
A cancer survivor is alive because doctors diagnosed her disease in time and got her the treatment she needed immediately. A man with diabetes learns how to monitor his blood sugar to avoid the amputation of his leg. These miracles happened because these patients had meaningful access to care as a鈥
Find out why health insurance is important and what the importance of medical insurance coverage in the United States is to Americans. U.S. health insurance facilitates access to care and is associated with lower death rates, better health outcomes, and improved productivity. Why is it important to鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon released a proposed rule that would make programmatic and operational changes to the Medicare Advantage and prescription drug benefit programs for contract year 2019. According to the agency, the rule would revise program鈥
Today is National Rural Health Day , an annual event spotlighting the unique health care needs and access and delivery challenges of America鈥檚 rural and frontier communities. 鈥淲ithout action from Congress, critical programs that protect health care in rural communities will expire,鈥 notes a new AHA鈥