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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or, colloquially, Obamacare, is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act amendment, it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. Under the act, hospitals and primary physicians would transform their practices financially, technologically and clinically to drive better health outcomes, lower costs and improve their methods of distribution and accessibility.
The ACA was enacted to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance, lower the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reduce the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. It introduced mechanisms like mandates, subsidies, and insurance exchanges. The law requires insurance companies to cover all applicants within new minimum standards and offer the same rates regardless of pre-existing conditions or sex. In 2011, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the ACA would lower both future deficits and Medicare spending.
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, often abridged as Last Week Tonight, is an American late-night talk and news satire television program airing on Sundays on HBO in the United States and HBO Canada, and on Mondays (originally Tuesdays) on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. The half-hour long show premiered on Sunday, April 27, 2014, and is hosted by comedian John Oliver. Last Week Tonight shares some similarities with Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where Oliver was previously featured as a correspondent and fill-in host, as it takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events on a weekly basis.
Oliver has said that he has full creative freedom, including free rein to criticize corporations. His initial contract with HBO was for two years with an option for extension. In February 2015, it was announced that the show has been renewed for two additional seasons of 35 episodes each. Oliver and HBO programming president Michael Lombardo have discussed extending the show from half an hour to a full hour and airing more than once a week after Oliver "gets his feet under him".
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Under the new health care reform law, Medicaid will cover more low-income, disabled, and elderly people. This short infographic video explains how Medicaid will expand as a part of health reform.
The election in 2016 decides our new president, but the one this year could determine whether many Americans will have healthcare. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: http://Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: http://Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: http://www.hbo.com/lastweektonight
Battles over whether to expand Medicaid under the federal health care law are still being waged. In Virginia, Republicans prevented Gov. Terry McAuliffe from opting the state into the expansion. Meanwhile, Republican governors in a handful of states are considering participation, but with added restrictions and requirements. Judy Woodruff learns more from Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News.
So often, when we implement new policy, I wish we had better ways to capture its effects so that we could expand our knowledge base as to how decisions change health and health care. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and its older brother the RAND HIE, were RCTs designed to look at how insurance affected utilization and health. While these were impressive studies, they had their flaws. RCTs are hard to do, though; they're also expensive. Sometimes, other designs are necessary. Recently, in Annals of Internal Medicine, Laura Wherry and Sarah Miller looked at how the Medicaid expansion has changed things. Let's discuss. This is Healthcare Triage News. This was adapted from a post Aaron wrote for AcademyHealth: http://blog.academyhealth.org/so-what-did-the-medicaid-expansion-actually...
https://advisory.com/research/health-care-advisory-board/primers/medicaid-expansion The Medicaid expansion makes for great political theatre, but there's a real story behind the drama: If, when, and how states choose to expand Medicaid has huge ripple effects on providers and patients. Originally, Obamacare required that every state expand its Medicaid program to Americans who made up to 138% of the federal poverty level. That meant 17 million Americans would end up getting covered. But the Supreme Court in June 2012 said that wasn't constitutional—that states got to choose whether they wanted to expand Medicaid or not. Our models show that hospitals in states that don't expand Medicaid will see a few percentage-point drop in their margins by 2021. For many, that could be the differenc...
In negotiating the creation of the Affordable Care Act, hospitals took a big gamble, with the expectation that they would soon have millions of new Medicaid customers. Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News reports on financial gains made by some hospitals as more patients are able to pay their bills, and the heavy price being paid by hospitals in states that opted against expansion.
The Affordable Care Act has brought insurance coverage to millions of low-income Americans. But with President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress vowing to repeal the law, its future is uncertain. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Chris Bury traveled to Kentucky, a state with one of the biggest drops in uninsured residents since the law went into effect.
Across the country, state governments have been considering whether to expand Medicaid coverage as envisioned by the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"). To help break down what's at stake, a new video—based on a recent study by Mercatus Center scholar Charles Blahous—reviews the key factors states must consider in this complex decision. View the study and learn more at Mercatus.org http://mercatus.org/publication/affordable-care-acts-optional-medicaid-expansion-considerations-facing-state-governments Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CNAf/
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV-R) insists that Medicaid expansion be preserved in the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill, highlighting the persistent divisions among conservatives over how to address the health law.
Doctors, nurses, and school board members know that every dollar spent on Medicaid expansion means money from other budgets and less access to care for the truly vulnerable.
Under the new health care reform law, Medicaid will cover more low-income, disabled, and elderly people. This short infographic video explains how Medicaid will expand as a part of health reform.
The election in 2016 decides our new president, but the one this year could determine whether many Americans will have healthcare. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/user/LastWeekTonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: http://Facebook.com/LastWeekTonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: http://Twitter.com/LastWeekTonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: http://www.hbo.com/lastweektonight
Battles over whether to expand Medicaid under the federal health care law are still being waged. In Virginia, Republicans prevented Gov. Terry McAuliffe from opting the state into the expansion. Meanwhile, Republican governors in a handful of states are considering participation, but with added restrictions and requirements. Judy Woodruff learns more from Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News.
So often, when we implement new policy, I wish we had better ways to capture its effects so that we could expand our knowledge base as to how decisions change health and health care. The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, and its older brother the RAND HIE, were RCTs designed to look at how insurance affected utilization and health. While these were impressive studies, they had their flaws. RCTs are hard to do, though; they're also expensive. Sometimes, other designs are necessary. Recently, in Annals of Internal Medicine, Laura Wherry and Sarah Miller looked at how the Medicaid expansion has changed things. Let's discuss. This is Healthcare Triage News. This was adapted from a post Aaron wrote for AcademyHealth: http://blog.academyhealth.org/so-what-did-the-medicaid-expansion-actually...
https://advisory.com/research/health-care-advisory-board/primers/medicaid-expansion The Medicaid expansion makes for great political theatre, but there's a real story behind the drama: If, when, and how states choose to expand Medicaid has huge ripple effects on providers and patients. Originally, Obamacare required that every state expand its Medicaid program to Americans who made up to 138% of the federal poverty level. That meant 17 million Americans would end up getting covered. But the Supreme Court in June 2012 said that wasn't constitutional—that states got to choose whether they wanted to expand Medicaid or not. Our models show that hospitals in states that don't expand Medicaid will see a few percentage-point drop in their margins by 2021. For many, that could be the differenc...
In negotiating the creation of the Affordable Care Act, hospitals took a big gamble, with the expectation that they would soon have millions of new Medicaid customers. Sarah Varney of Kaiser Health News reports on financial gains made by some hospitals as more patients are able to pay their bills, and the heavy price being paid by hospitals in states that opted against expansion.
The Affordable Care Act has brought insurance coverage to millions of low-income Americans. But with President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress vowing to repeal the law, its future is uncertain. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Chris Bury traveled to Kentucky, a state with one of the biggest drops in uninsured residents since the law went into effect.
Across the country, state governments have been considering whether to expand Medicaid coverage as envisioned by the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"). To help break down what's at stake, a new video—based on a recent study by Mercatus Center scholar Charles Blahous—reviews the key factors states must consider in this complex decision. View the study and learn more at Mercatus.org http://mercatus.org/publication/affordable-care-acts-optional-medicaid-expansion-considerations-facing-state-governments Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/CNAf/
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (WV-R) insists that Medicaid expansion be preserved in the GOP's Obamacare replacement bill, highlighting the persistent divisions among conservatives over how to address the health law.
Doctors, nurses, and school board members know that every dollar spent on Medicaid expansion means money from other budgets and less access to care for the truly vulnerable.
The first panel discusses the debate over the expansion of Medicaid, the future of Obamacare after the King vs Burwell decision, and how Certificate of Need laws are restricting competition amongst health care providers and driving up costs. Speaking on this panel are Goldwater Institute Director of Healthcare Policy Naomi Lopez Bauman, Foundation for Government Accountability Senior Fellow Christina Herrera, and Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward. Moderating this panel is Heartland Government Affairs Director John Nothdurft.
If the Affordable Care Act is repealed and Medicaid expansion ends, how will this impact the people your agency serves? How do states and their Medicaid offices consider different populations and the services offered to each population. This 30-minute segment will explore these topics and what your agency needs to know as an increasing number of decisions about Medicaid are left to the states.
This webinar looks closely at Medicaid Expansion: how states are implementing it, who is enrolling and how to reach this new population. We will hear from experts about Medicaid expansion and discuss how to best reach new Medicaid enrollees with public health messages.
February 16th, 2015 - The North Carolina Forward Together Moral Movement holds a People's Grand Jury at the General Assembly in Raleigh to give a platform to the sick and the poor who have been ignored by their Governor and Legislature when it comes to the need for healthcare.
February 12th, 2015 - As the Moral March on Raleigh approaches, North Carolinians gather at the General Assembly - the People's House - to dramatize the fatal effects of the Governor and Legislature choosing not to expand Medicaid to help the sick and the poor in the state.
President Obama intended to make government-subsidized insurance for the poor through Medicaid a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act. But in June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not force states to expand their programs. Now each state must decided whether to grow its Medicaid rolls, turning what once seemed like a story about process into a high-stakes game of political brinksmanship. Is it worth it for states to forgo generous federal subsidies for the expansion in order to hold steadfast in opposition to "Obamacare?" Even once strident opponents of the ACA have relented rather than turn down vast sums that would subsidize a historic expansion. Where does your state stand? And what are the stories you can tell about it? Panelists in this one-hour Webin...
Tens of thousands of Virginians fall into the healthcare coverage gap because they do not qualify for Medicaid or another public program, do not receive coverage through their job, and do not qualify for subsidies to purchase insurance in the private market. In this panel, five distinguished speakers from government, business, and the health sector discuss the impact of the coverage gap on Virginians and the state's economy. Speakers (in order of appearance): Massey Whorley (Commonwealth Institute), Joe Flores (Virginia Secretariat of Health and Human Resources), Sheila Ryan (Arlington Free Clinic), Joe Vidulich (Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce), and Mary Margaret Whipple (Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association). The event - held September 10, 2015 - was sponsored by the League of...
Related atricle: Kansas Senate committee takes up Medicaid expansion bill http://www.workingjournalistpress.com/articles/170320/Kansas-Senate-takes-up-Medicaid-expansion-bill.php TOPEKA, KS – The Public Health and Welfare Committee of the Kansas Senate held a first hearing for proponents on HB 2044, the Medicaid expansion bill that was passed in the Kansas House by a nearly 2 to 1 margin in February. The bill, called the "Bridge to a Healthy Kansas Act," would expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Kansas by extending the state's existing KanCare program to include healthcare coverage for approximately 150,000 lower income citizens who do not qualify for the existing Medicaid program but have incomes below the level necessary to qualify for a federal tax credit subsidy to...