American Health Care Act: Key Provisions and Implications in Michigan
In March 2017, House Republicans unveiled the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). On March 13, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office projected that under the AHCA, 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance in 2018, with the number of uninsured rising to 24 million by 2026. The following summarizes key American …
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American Health Care Act: Michigan Impacts
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the American Health Care Act would have differential impacts on individuals depending on factors such as age, income, geographic location, plan choice, and overall health. In general, the CBO concluded that people who are older, sicker, or receive their coverage through Medicaid will likely see higher costs or lower levels of benefits, while …
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Changes in Health Care Cost Barriers under the Affordable Care Act in Michigan
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) not only significantly expanded access coverage starting in 2014, but also sought to improve access to services by reducing cost barriers to care and requiring coverage of certain “essential benefits”. For example, the ACA established patient annual out-of-pocket cost maximums; eliminated patient cost sharing for certain preventive care services; and prohibited annual and lifetime limits …
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Michigander’s satisfaction with health care coverage has increased since ACA implementation
Data from the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation’s (CHRT) Cover Michigan Survey describes the rate of satisfaction with health care coverage before and after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Satisfaction with health care coverage in the state of Michigan has increased since the implementation of the ACA. In 2015, 57 percent of Michiganders reported …
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Select Affordable Care Act replacement plans and implications
No single replacement for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has yet emerged. However, there are several ideas that seem to have considerable support among those in health care leadership roles in President Trump’s Administration and Congress. This brief, Select Affordable Care Act Replacement Plans and Implications, summarizes the key features of the most developed full repeal and replacement plans offered …
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ACA Repeal and Replacement: Proposals and Action
Beginning last month, both U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress began taking steps to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, a single replacement strategy has not yet emerged. In a new one-page fact sheet, CHRT summarizes the most developed ACA repeal and replacement proposals offered to date and outlines the tentative replacement process. You can …
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Rate Analysis: Michigan’s 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace
While the results of the 2016 presidential election have sparked recent debates about options to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance marketplaces created under the law continue to operate as usual. So although the future of the law remains unknown, Michigan consumers who enroll in the 2017 Health Insurance Marketplace can likely expect their coverage to …
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Insurance Churning
The uninsured rate has declined substantially since provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) came into effect. Nevertheless, many individuals continue to experience instability in insurance coverage. Transitions between different insurance plans, as well as between insured and uninsured status, are often referred to as “insurance churning.” The causes of insurance churning vary. Changes in job status …
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Potential GOP Approaches to the Affordable Care Act
A focus on changes to the Affordable Care Act is one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities, and he will enter office with a Republican-controlled Congress eager for a repeal and replace. What are the potential GOP approaches to the Affordable Care Act? In a new one-page summary, CHRT explains: What the GOP repeal and replacement plans could include What …
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Publicly Reported Hospital Quality Rankings
Publicly-reported hospital rankings are released annually and are widely publicized by both the sponsors of the rankings and hospitals that are highly ranked as indicators of hospital quality or safety. Meant to be a useful way for consumers to assess hospital quality, these ranking systems produce inconsistent, contradictory, and confusing results, as some hospitals are highly ranked in some systems …
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