Author Frequently asked questions. 525 items Posts navigation Newer 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 53 Older CMS: Enrollment in unsubsidized ACA plans declined by 45% October 13, 2020 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, October 9, 2020 Introduction This report provides data on enrollment trends for people who purchased on- and off-Exchange individual market health insurance plans, both with and without federal advanced premium tax credit (APTC) subsidies. These data are based on an analysis of individual market plans that participated in the […] Quote of the Day Three years of declining health coverage for children October 12, 2020 By Joan Alker, Alexandra Corcoran Georgetown University, Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, October 8, 2020 Introduction For many years, the United States was on a positive trajectory in reducing the number and rate of uninsured children; in 2016, the nation attained a historic low of 3.6 million uninsured children. This progress occurred […] Quote of the Day China helps the world; we hardly help ourselves October 9, 2020 The vaccine partnership would help ensure equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine—including in the United States—but Trump won’t participate. By Eric A. Friedman, Lawrence O. Gostin, Matthew M. Kavanaugh, John T. Monahan, Harold Hongju Koh Foreign Policy, September 15, 2020 In one of its latest strikes against global solidarity in the midst of the COVID-19 […] Quote of the Day NEJM: Dying in a Leadership Vacuum October 8, 2020 By The Editors The New England Journal of Medicine, October 8, 2020 Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With no good options to combat a novel pathogen, countries were forced to make hard choices about how to respond. Here in the United States, our leaders […] Quote of the Day CBO: Achieving near-universal coverage October 7, 2020 Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, October 2020 In this report, CBO describes the key features—specifically, the enrollment process, premiums, cost sharing and benefits, and the role of private insurance, public programs, and employment-based insurance—of four general approaches that could achieve near-universal coverage by using premium subsidies and different forms of automatic coverage […] Quote of the Day Support for a single national health program is increasing October 6, 2020 By Bradley Jones Pew Research Center, September 29, 2020 A majority of Americans continue to say the federal government has a responsibility to make sure all Americans have health care coverage. And since last year, there has been an increase – especially among Democrats – in the share saying health insurance should be provided by […] Quote of the Day Pope Francis: A better kind of politics October 5, 2020 Encyclical Letter of the Holy Father, Francis Chapter Five: A Better Kind of Politics 168. The marketplace, by itself, cannot resolve every problem, however much we are asked to believe this dogma of neoliberal faith. Whatever the challenge, this impoverished and repetitive school of thought always offers the same recipes. Neoliberalism simply reproduces itself by […] Quote of the Day President Trump could still come to the rescue October 2, 2020 By Jonathan Martin, Maggie Haberman and Matt Stevens The New York Times, October 2, 2020 President Trump’s announcement early Friday that he had contracted the coronavirus upended the presidential race in an instant, inviting significant questions about his cavalier attitude toward the pandemic and the future of his campaign just 32 days before the election. […] Quote of the Day Investors extracting assets from hospitals October 1, 2020 Prospect Medical, which mostly serves low-income patients, has suffered a litany of problems: broken elevators, dirty surgical gear, bedbugs and more. Its owners, including Leonard Green & Partners and Prospect’s CEO, have cashed in. By Peter Elkind with Doris Burke ProPublica, September 30, 2020 In the decade since Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity […] Quote of the Day Reasons for being uninsured September 30, 2020 By Amy E. Cha, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D. CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, September 2020 Data from the National Health Interview Survey Key findings In 2019, 14.5% of adults aged 18–64 were uninsured in the United States. Among uninsured adults aged 18–64, the most common reason for being currently uninsured was […] Quote of the Day Posts navigation Newer 1 … 14 15 16 17 18 … 53 Older