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After tumultuous Medicaid unwinding, another insurance shakeup on way with loss of Superior HealthPlan in Central Texas. Here's what you should know.
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
A variety of different types of health plans serve Medicaid managed care programs, including for-profit and not-for-profit, Medicaid-focused and commercial, independent and owned by health care providers such as community health centers. In 2007, 350 health plans offered Medicaid coverage. Of those, 147 were Medicaid-focused health plans that ...
A 2021 study found that Medicaid expansion as part of the Affordable Care Act led to a substantial reduction in mortality, primarily driven by reductions in disease-related deaths. [15] A 2018 study in the Journal of Political Economy found that upon its introduction, Medicaid reduced infant and child mortality in the 1960s and 1970s. [113]
More than 700,000 Texas kids have lost their Medicaid health insurance this year. Some will go without any type of insurance. Texas becomes ‘ground zero’ for kids losing their Medicaid health ...
CHART #1: SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF LEADING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATESÕ HEALTH PLANS By Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., Jessica B. Rubin, Michelle E. Treseler, Jefferson Lin, and David Mattos* Hillary Clinton John Edwards Barack Obama Stated Goals for Coverage ! Provide affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans11! Decrease costs, promote ...
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Health insurance coverage is provided by several public and private sources in the United States. Analyzing these statistics is challenging due to multiple survey methods [13] and persons with multiple sources of insurance, such as those with coverage under both an employer plan and Medicaid.