Access and Health Coverage
Every day the caregivers in America’s hospitals see how not having coverage stops people from getting the right care, at the right time, in the right place.
That’s why hospitals are helping people get health coverage and ensuring access to essential services.
Key Resources
Podcast
[Special Edition]: Medicare Advantage: New Trends Raise Concerns about Access to Care
Additional Resources
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Perspective: Protecting Access to Care by Confronting Commercial Insurers’ Harmful Policies
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AHA Expresses Support for CMS Effort to Strengthen Health Insurance Coverage, Close Gaps
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AHA to IRS Re: Affordability of Employer Coverage for Family Members of Employees
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Mitigating Medicaid Coverage Loss at the End of the Public Health Emergency
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Ensuring Access in Vulnerable Communities - Taskforce Report and Resources
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Examples from the Field: Regional Networks of Behavioral Health Improving Access to Care
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CalvertHealth Medical Center's Efforts to Address Transportation Barriers and Improve Access
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AHA joins coalition to promote COVID-19 safety, health insurance enrollment
Current Resources
Explore Access and Health Coverage Topics
Medicaid
Medicaid is the nation’s largest single source of coverage primarily serving low-income populations – children and their families, adults, seniors and disabled individuals. The program provides a broad array of health care services such as primary and acute care services, as well as ...
Marketplace Issues/Stability
The Health Insurance Marketplaces have become a major source of health care coverage, and millions of low-income individuals rely on the marketplaces to access subsidies to lower the cost of their premiums and cost-sharing. However, the marketplaces in some regions have struggled to sta...
2016 Access to Care in Vulnerable Communities
For millions of Americans living in vulnerable rural and urban communities, their hospital is often the only source of care. However, many of these hospitals are fighting to survive – potentially leaving their communities at risk for losing access to health care services.
The A...
Behavioral Health
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Essential Health Benefit Issues
The Affordable Care Act mandated that health insurance plans sold on the individual and small group markets must cover 10 essential health benefits:
Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care)
Emergency services.
Hospitalization (inpatient care)
Maternity and newborn care
Me...
Drug Prices
The price of prescription drugs has skyrocketed over the past several years. These price increases are extremely troublesome throughout the health system.
Unchecked drug price increases are not sustainable, and are a serious economic threat to the patients and communities we serve. ...
Providers with Health Plans
Some provider-owned health plans cover just one market segment (e.g., Medicaid managed care) and other plans offer a full portfolio of products for the public and commercial sectors. There are increasing examples of health care systems and hospitals partnering with provider and commerci...
Related Resources
Letter/Comment
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan