The proportion of hospital emergency department visits by uninsured patients declined 2.1 percentage points per year between 2014 and 2016, just after the health insurance exchanges opened and states began expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a study reported recently in JAMA
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final report for the federal Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment Period 6, which ran from Nov. 1, 2018 to Dec. 15, 2018. To read a summary of the report, click here. To view
Read more →More than 8.4 million people, 501,271 in North Carolina, selected or were automatically re-enrolled in a health insurance plan through HealthCare.gov during the 2019 open enrollment period, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Jan. 3. That’s down from 8.7 million at the same time
Read more →Seventeen Democratic attorneys general, including North Carolina’s Josh Stein, recently appealed a federal judge’s recent ruling that the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional. “Our goal is simple: to stand up for the law of the land – the ACA – in order
Read more →Nearly 8.5 million people, 502,464 in North Carolina, selected a health plan through HealthCare.gov during 2019 open enrollment, including more than 4.3 million last week, according to preliminary data released this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. That’s down from 8.8 million at
Read more →More than 4.1 million people, 236,693 in North Carolina, selected a 2019 health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 8, including more than 934,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported this past week. Almost three-quarters of those selecting plans were
Read more →Almost 3.2 million people (184,891 in North Carolina) selected a 2019 health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 1, including more than 773,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported recently. Three-quarters of those selecting plans were renewing coverage and the
Read more →More than 2.4 million people selected a 2019 health plan (140,741 in North Carolina) through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-24, including more than 500,000 last week, according to a report from CMS. More than three-quarters of those selecting plans were renewing coverage and the rest were new
Read more →More than 1.9 million people selected a 2019 health plan through HealthCare.gov Nov. 1-17, including more than 748,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported recently. More than three-quarters of those selecting plans were renewing coverage and the rest were new consumers.
Read more →Average unsubsidized premiums for the lowest-cost bronze, silver and gold plans for 2019 at HealthCare.gov are 0.3 percent, 1 percent and 2 percent lower, respectively, than in 2018, according to new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. What a given consumer actually pays depends on
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