ACA marketplace enrollment in Texas reached record high in 2021
Boram Kim | May 21, 2022 | Texas
5 Things Alaska: End of session, Q&A w/ Lindsey Kato, Rural hospitals
Emily Boerger | May 19, 2022 | Alaska
The health-related provisions of the revised BBB plan
James C. Capretta | Nov 1, 2021 | Federal
Financial barriers fell for some cancer survivors after Affordable Care Act
University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation | Sep 3, 2021 | Michigan
Younger cancer survivors — those between ages 18 and 64 — faced fewer financial barriers to health care after the Affordable Care Act was implemented than they did before the landmark law took effect according to Susan Goold, M.D., M.H.S.A., M.A., senior author, and Christopher Su, M.D., first author of
Five Utah hospitals reported as "noncompliant" with new ACA price transparency rule
Patrick Jones | Aug 12, 2021 | Utah
PatientRightsAdvocate.org recently released a study which randomly evaluated 500 hospitals on their compliance with a new Affordable Care Act (ACA) hospital price transparency rule, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2021. Out of the five randomly selected Utah hospitals, all were noncompliant to this new rule. The rule
Study finds 23 Texas hospitals noncompliant with federal price transparency rules
Eli Kirshbaum | Aug 6, 2021 | Texas
A recent study from PatientRightsAdvocate.org evaluated a random sample of 500 US hospitals’ compliance with Affordable Care Act (ACA)-mandated price transparency requirements. It found 23 Texas hospitals -- every surveyed hospital in the state -- to be noncompliant. The study, conducted between May 15 and July 8, 2021, assessed the
University of Michigan study finds reduced financial barriers to services for younger cancer survivors due to ACA
Patrick Jones | Jul 19, 2021 | Michigan
A recent study from University of Michigan researchers found that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reduced financial barriers for younger cancer survivors to access needed medicines and other services. Researchers found that survivors between the ages of 18 and 64 were less likely to defer care due to price and
An update on the national health policy agenda after the president’s budget submission
James C. Capretta | Jun 7, 2021 | Federal
President Biden’s first budget submission, which he sent to Congress at the end of last month, is surprising in what it omits. Several high-profile health proposals from the 2020 campaign are mentioned in the text but are not tied to specific proposals. While Congress is free to take up ideas
Part 2: Thoughts on Universal Coverage, Health, Equity and Value
John Kitzhaber | Mar 12, 2021 | Federal
Hon. John Kitzhaber is the former governor of Oregon and continues to be one of the most important thinkers on state health reform in the country. Since leaving public service, he has traveled across the country, working with organizations, leaders, and reformers in health care. This commentary is the second part