Health Insurance
An estimated 9.2% of U.S. residents, or 30 million people, lacked health insurance when surveyed in 2021, according to preliminary estimates from the National Health Interview Survey.
Six national organizations, including the AHA, today urged congressional leaders to permanently expand access to the Affordable Care Act’s advance premium tax credits.
HHS will continue to include certain telehealth services in its risk adjustment program for qualified health plans in plan year 2022.
The AHA is committed to further identifying ways to improve health care system efficiency while providing the highest quality of care.
Policymakers should strengthen Medicare payment rates rather than hold them up as the gold standard, argues Benjamin Finder, AHA’s director of policy research and analysis.
CMS today issued a final rule that will implement for 2023 the standards governing health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.
Commercial health insurance, also referred to as private insurance, is the most common form of health insurance in the United States, covering nearly two-thirds of Americans, most of whom receive coverage through their employer.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a March 1 call for stakeholders on its recent request for information on barriers to accessing health care coverage and services through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
In a statement submitted to the House Education & Labor Committee for a subcommittee hearing on “pathways to affordable, universal health coverage,” the AHA called for continued efforts to expand Medicaid in non-expansion states; permanent federal subsidies for lower- and middle-income individuals…
The Centers for Medicare…