Search results for "Affordable Care Act"
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/05/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 May 2024
New ACP paper offers recommendations to strengthen the Affordable Care Act
Recommendations of the paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine include stabilizing the health insurance market, expanding Medicaid, increasing competition in the marketplace, and amplifying awareness about how the ACA works.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/04/23/4.htm
23 Apr 2019
Practice tips on the Affordable Care Act
With the bulk of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) coverage provisions having gone into effect on Jan. 1, the College has updated its resources on ACA enrollment.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/07/8.htm
7 Jan 2014
Health policy 'valentines' from ACP
ACP actively worked to improve the lives of members and their patients in 2023 by addressing several key issues, such as reducing administrative burdens and calling for Medicare to be able to negotiate prescription drug prices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/health-policy-valentines-from-acp.htm
1 Feb 2024
CMS to hold call on reporting provision of Affordable Care Act
Assistance available to pay for oral colchicine
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/5.htm
14 Sep 2010
ACP commits to finding health care for unhoused people
Amid an increasing housing crisis, ACP developed a policy paper to address this population's health care needs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/04/acp-commits-to-finding-health-care-for-unhoused-people.htm
1 Apr 2024
Did the Affordable Care Act make the grade?
Four years since health care reform became law, there is finally enough information to grade how well enrollment is going. It will be many more years before the program can be judged an overall success, however.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2014
Past is present: Rising premiums, high deductibles, and gaps in coverage before the ACA
Yul Ejnes, MD, MACP, blogs that the Affordable Care Act has not adequately addressed high deductibles, coverage limitations, restricted networks, and rising premiums, but neither did it introduce these problems.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/03/6.htm
3 Oct 2017
Preserving the Affordable Care Act despite the headwinds
Despite a treacherous political environment that posed a direct threat to ACP's efforts to preserve the historic gains in coverage from the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a group of six medical societies was able to preserve key components of the program.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/02/preserving-the-affordable-care-act-despite-the-headwinds.htm
1 Feb 2018
Four things that would improve the Affordable Care Act
After reflection on the first year of health care reform, and the conclusion of the first enrollment period, 4 aspects could make the program work even better.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2014/05/washington.htm
1 May 2014