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Another Example of ACA Innovation

An example of the kind of innovation that might be lost if the Affordable Care Act is repealed is reflected in an announcement by the Quantum Foundation which used $3 million to make awards to local nonprofits helping more than 250,000 people become enrolled and available to afford health insurance plans under the ACA.

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White House Encourages Insurance Coverage Competition

The White House launches a “health communities” challenge targeting a number of cities that are still seeing relatively high levels of uninsured residents.

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Nearly 18 Million Gain Health Coverage Via Obamacare

The Department of Health and Human Service releases data showing about 17.6 million uninsured people have gained health coverage as the Affordable Care Act’s coverage provisions have taken effect.

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Commonwealth Fund: ACA Reduced Uninsured Rate

A new study by the Commonwealth Fund finds that the number of uninsured Americans declined by 8.8 million in 2014, the first year the major insurance reforms of the Affordable Care Act were in place.

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Medicaid Expansion Would Help Workers

A new report by Families USA finds that if state's which haven't yet expanded Medicaid would do so -- as authorized under the Affordable Care Act -- a majority of people who would gain coverage as a result of such action would be working adults.

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HHS Tries to Help Taxpayers Avoid ACA-related Penalties

Recognizing that many Americans still don't fully understand their tax obligations under the Affordable Care Act – i.e., arrange coverage or face a penalty -- the Department of Health and Human Services is opening a special enrollment period for coverage under the ACA.

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Uninsured Organ Donors Give Insured Strangers Ultimate Gift

A new study by Harvard University researchers finds that the uninsured are much more likely to be organ donors, while the insured are most likely to be organ recipients. The study published in the International Journal of Health Services finds that 17% of organ donors were uninsured at the...

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U.S. Has 8.6 Million Uninsured Children With Texas No.1

There are 8.6 million uninsured children in the United States-- and Texas is No. 1, according to a new report released today by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers. The report, based on new Census Bureau data, reflects the three-year period 2005-2007 and there...

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Public Spends $45 Billion Annually on Healthcare for Uninsured Workers

Health insurance coverage and unpaid healthcare for full-time workers andtheir family members without employer coverage costs the U.S. public $45billion a year, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund. This includes $33 billion in the cost of public coverage such as Medicaidand the State Ch...

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Number of Uninsured Increasing in Tandem with Unemployment

For every one point rise in the U.S. unemploymentrate, the number of uninsured is projected to increase by 1.1 million people.So says a new analysis by the KaiserFamily Foundation Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.The report, conducted by researchersat the Urban Institute's Health Policy Cent...

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