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Coverage expansion won't increase behavioral health admissions
Expanded health insurance coverage for young adults doesn't mean they will use more hospital-based care for behavioral health, concludes a study published online yesterday in JAMA Psychiatry.
Cost of exchange insurance plans vary by region
The healthcare reform law aims to offer affordable health insurance coverage, but there are still regions where even the least costly plans are relatively expensive for various reasons--including provider market share dominance and the size of the tourist population.
Agents quit state exchange amid public need for insurance help
Many licensed insurance agents have quit trying to enroll clients in MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance exchange, due to problems with its functionality, according to a survey of 463 agents conducted by DGR Communications, Inc.
CEOs share insight into health spending, reform
In separate interviews with news outlets, former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson and Blue Shield of California CEO Paul Markovich discuss how to curb healthcare spending and where they think healthcare reform is headed.
2014 begins with slew of reform taxes for insurers
The New Year brought several healthcare reform taxes for the health insurance industry, including the health insurance tax and reinsurance fee that kicked in Jan. 1.
Study: ACA depends on state buy-in
Despite entrenched opinion that the Affordable Care Act is a costly mistake, healthcare reform is flourishing in 14 states where officials support it and deploy administrative resources to further its success, according to a Scholars Strategic Network study by Harvard University's Theda Skocpol.
Answers to 3 questions can shape healthcare reform success
The healthcare reform law aims to provide access to healthcare to more people. Whether it can achieve that goal still remains to be seen, but the answers to some key questions raised in The Atlantic could determine whether reform will succeed or fail.
Myth or fact? More Americans lost insurance under reform
Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), have argued that more Americans have lost insurance under healthcare reform than gained it. The Washington Post sets out to debunk those claims.
Increased utilization, higher costs driving up premiums, insurers say
Insurers, which must justify rate hikes of 10 percent or more, blame increasing premiums on medical costs, not healthcare reform, concluded the Commonwealth Fund.
ACA, Obama fall from grace with Hispanics
Support of the Affordable Care Act among Hispanics, a group crucial to its success, is waning--in part because of the unfinished Spanish language insurance exchange website, cuidadodesalud.gov.
