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The new health reform law will expand health insurance coverage to nearly all uninsured women and will make health care more affordable for millions of women through premium subsidies beginning in 2014 and new rules, some already in place, that will protect women from high costs, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today… View [...]

Ninety percent of American families living above the federal poverty level will be able to afford health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report by Jonathan Gruber and Ian Perry of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical [...]

A new analysis by Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, reveals on a state-by-state basis the huge number of small businesses, Medicare beneficiaries, children, and young adults that have benefited from the Affordable Care Act in its first year… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News [...]

A major benefit of the Affordable Care Act is the introduction of annual caps on out-of-pocket expenses. These caps will protect families from the high costs that can be associated with unexpected injuries or illnesses, such as accidents, sports injuries, cancer, diabetes, and other diseases… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News [...]

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published proposed consumer disclosure notices, required by the Affordable Care Act, that insurers would be required to complete and report electronically when they propose rate increases over 10 percent… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today

Today, Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson ruled that implementation of the Affordable Care Act can continue while the federal government appeals his earlier decision, which declared the Act to be unconstitutional. Families USA, the national organization for health care consumers, participated in a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the law… View full post on Health Insurance [...]

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report showing that the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) created by the Affordable Care Act is reducing health care costs for early retirees… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a new report showing that the Affordable Care Act provides states with significant flexibility and resources to improve health care benefits and protect consumers. Already, the law has provided or offered $2.8 billion in funding to states… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made new resources available to the media, consumer groups, states, health care providers, and others to increase awareness of the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), a health plan for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions created by the Affordable Care Act… View full post on Health Insurance [...]

A new proposed regulation announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would ensure students enrolled in health insurance coverage through their college or university benefit from critical consumer protections created by the Affordable Care Act… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical News Today