The Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual report focuses this year on youth mental health and provides a look at the health, economic and other challenges affecting American children. Arizona ranked 44th in the country.
One positive note from the study, which measures between 2016 and 2020: Arizona stood out among the...
This year's Open Enrollment Period (OEP) is outpacing all others - nearly 92% of people who purchased a plan during the OEP received a premium tax cut and the Biden Administration just released proposed rules for 2023 Marketplace plans to expand access and equity next year.
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) expanded...National News
Medicaid plays an important role in providing health insurance to low-income adults, children, people with disabilities, and others who would otherwise face significant financial barriers to healthcare. New briefs from Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) analyze the current differences in healthcare access between...News
According to the Harvard Business Review, the fastest-growing states - including Texas, Florida, and Georgia, consistently rank last when it comes to health and health care.
The reasons for this include:
States have large numbers of uninsured adults
High levels of premature death from treatable conditions
Less investment...National News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new rules for ACA-plans expecting to participate in exchanges in 2021.
The underlying factor uniting the various updates seems to be a push to reduce premium subsidy outlays. Among the proposals: no longer automatically renewing the ACA-plans of low-income people with...National News
It's the second consecutive year the uninsured rate has risen after several years of declines under the Affordable Care Act, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey shows.
Efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to challenge and loosen requirements of the Affordable Care Act probably played a role in some going...National News
All residents would receive direct access to NYC Care services and the program is priced on a sliding scale. Offerings are slated to launch this summer in the Bronx and be fully rolled out to all the city's five boroughs by 2021.
Two programs available: NYC Care, for those city residents ineligible for health insurance, and the city's...Arizona News
Provide a self-pay pricing tool to uninsured, low-income patients and make it work.
“Copa Care” was created. Self-pay prices to be posted on its website for the 10 most frequently requested inpatient and outpatient procedures. The policy was fully implemented in March 2013, making MIHS the first system in Arizona to post their...