Access & Health Coverage

“The recent Modern Healthcare article ‘Top not-for-profit hospitals offer less charity care, study finds,’ does not tell the full story of how hospitals and health systems improve community health,” writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a letter to the editor.
The Department of Veterans Affairs offers a host of materials to help community partners, including health care organizations, prevent suicide among veterans.
California’s health insurance exchange added 418,052 new enrollees in 2020, a 41% increase from last year, the exchange announced.
AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton responds to a research letter on charity care published JAMA Internal Medicine.
AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton responds to a research letter on charity care published JAMA Internal Medicine.
If you continue building, will they still come? In a nutshell, that’s what some analysts wanted Humana Inc. President and CEO Bruce Broussard to answer on a recent earnings call regarding his company’s $600 million joint venture with private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe to help…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a district court decision that blocked Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas. 
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to the President's FY 2021 budget proposal.
The House of Representatives voted 224-193 to pass a non-binding resolution denouncing recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidance that gives states the option to request a defined amount of federal Medicaid funding to cover certain healthy adults.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack provides perspective on Medicaid and details potential cuts to the program which threaten millions of America’s most vulnerable patients.