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A large majority (86%) of Americans -- many of them older adults who are not yet eligible for Medicare but who are currently insured through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces or newly insured in Medicaid -- are very or somewhat satisfied with their new health care coverage, according to a just-released Commonwealth Fund report.
Nearly half of Americans lacking health insurance during the first year of the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces appeared to be eligible for government assistance, but two-thirds of them said they found the health plans too expensive or were told they didn’t qualify, according to a just-released survey.
Adults with the lowest incomes -- especially older Americans on fixed retirement incomes -- are most likely to skip needed care, research shows.
The Supremes could have announced on Monday whether they would hear the case. Instead, the case was slated for “relisting.” The next chance for the court to announce whether it will hear the case is Nov. 10.
More than three of five shoppers who tried to find out if they were eligible for premium subsidies or Medicaid had an easy time doing so.
The number of uninsured Americans fell in early 2014, according to the first federal survey estimates provided since the Affordable Care Act’s major insurance expansions went into effect.
Five and a half years ago when President Obama began the push for his landmark healthcare reform legislation, the naysayers -- and there were many of them -- predicted that enactment of the Affordable Care Act would spur a tidal wave of demand for medical services making it virtually impossible for anyone to receive quality healthcare. Millions of newly insured people were not only going to pack doctors’ offices, their ranks would be largely filled with sick people suffering from all sorts of untreated illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease.
Progress is possible when you have good scholarship documenting a really bad, solvable problem and then mobilize both the government and the private sector to take it on.
Even though President Obama concedes the glitches associated with the Oct. 1 launch of the Affordable Care Act’s website are unacceptable, he nevertheless continues standing by Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
For Medicare beneficiaries, here's everything you need to know about Obamacare but were afraid to ask.
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