The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has significantly reduced hospitals’ uncompensated care costs . . ... Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), childless, nondisabled adults were ineligible for Medicaid in most states. ..…
These policies include eliminating the penalty for people who opted not to carry insurance, cutting funding for outreach and marketing related to Affordable Care Act, to tighten eligibility restrictions for Medicaid.. ... the nation's uninsured rate was between 14% and 16% from..…
., cutting taxes for the middle class while raising the corporate tax, restoring Affordable Care Act with option to expand access and rejoining Paris Accord to combat climate change, among other things. ..…
It was the year-to-year increase in the percentage of uninsured people since Great Recession, and reverses the expansion of coverage since Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014.. ..…
By contrast, in 2013, before the Affordable Care Act took full effect, 13.3% were uninsured. ... By contrast, in 2013, before the Affordable Care Act took full effect, 13.3% were uninsured. ..…
The in people with insurance is apparent side effect of Trump administration's efforts to gut Affordable Care Act, k Obamacare. ..…
Texas is one of 14 states that have not expanded Medicaid, -federal program that provides health care to low-income individuals, since the passage of Affordable Care Act — better known as Obamacare. ..…
A troubling turn: While the uninsured rate is still well below where it was a decade ago, the increase is the first since coverage began expanding under the Affordable Care Act, which introduced government subsidies for private insurance plans for millions of Americans and allowed..…