The increasing proportion of the population that received treatment for a specific medical condition – called "treated disease prevalence"—along with higher spending per treated case accounted for most of the rise in ...
May 6, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—As the California Legislature prepares to consider bills relating to implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expanding Medicaid, the state has the opportunity to significantly increase health insurance ...
Jan 8, 2013
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Men with employment-contingent health insurance (ECHI) who suffer a health shock, such as a cancer diagnosis or hospitalization, are more likely to feel "locked" into remaining at work and are at greater risk for losing their ...
Nov 2, 2012
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Eighty-nine million Americans were without health insurance for at least one month during the period from 2004 to 2007, and 23 million lost coverage more than once during that time, according to researchers at Penn State ...
Aug 9, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- The cost of caring for the uninsured population who will gain coverage through the Affordable Care Act of 2014 can be reduced by almost half once the act is implemented, according to a new study from Virginia ...
Feb 9, 2012
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Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according ...
Feb 6, 2012
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If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, "that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions."
Jun 18, 2024
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Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for sweeping changes to Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to provide more consistent and equitable coverage and ensure children can access the care ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Before 2001, neither commercial health insurance companies nor Medicaid covered services for people with autism. By 2015, thanks in large part to the advocacy of thousands of parents, all but seven states had mandates requiring ...
Jul 26, 2023
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When the nation's No. 1 and No. 4 property and casualty insurance companies—State Farm and Allstate—confirmed that they would stop issuing new home insurance policies in California, it may have been a shock but shouldn't ...
Jun 7, 2023
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