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Record Number of Americans Sign Up for ACA Health Insurance

Kaiser Health News

million in 2016, the final year of President Barack Obama’s administration. Some of the largest increases are in Florida, Texas, Georgia and nine other states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The previous marketplace enrollment record was 12.7

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One in Two Americans with Work-Based Insurance Worries That Healthcare Costs Could Lead to Bankruptcy

Health Populi

“The ACA expanded coverage to millions of poor and near-poor families between 2014 and 2016, and the obtaining of health insurance may have staved off financial ruin, perhaps. Nonetheless, the ACA has not been a panacea ridding Americans of the threat of medical bankruptcy and financial toxicity of health care costs borne by U.S.

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Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

a risk factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies filed between 2013 and 2016. Between 2013 and 2016, about 530,000 bankruptcies were filed among U.S. between 2013 and 2016. bankruptcy filers between 2013 and 2016. Medical costs in America are still the top contributor to personal bankruptcy in the U.S.,

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Affirming Nondiscrimination Rights: HHS Needs to Acknowledge a Private Right of Action for Section 1557 Violations

Bill of Health

When HHS first issued a final rule interpreting Section 1557 in 2016 , it affirmed that a private right of action and damages were available for violations to the same extent that those remedies were available under the four civil rights laws.

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The Role of Qualified Medical Interpreters in Achieving Section 1557 Healthcare Compliance

HIT Consultant

Section 1557, known as the “Health Care Rights Law,” is the main nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). When Section 1557 came into effect in 2016 under President Obama, it was a testament to the power of health equity as it was designed to support existing legislation like Title VI – the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Will CMS’s Proposed Rule on “Identified Overpayments” Increase Reverse FCA Cases?

Healthcare Law Today

In the 2016 Final Rule , CMS agreed “the 60-day time period begins when either the reasonable diligence is completed or on the day the person received credible information of a potential overpayment if the person failed to conduct reasonable diligence and the person in fact received an overpayment. § 401.305(a)(2).

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Reforming Health Insurance

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Monte Jennings , President, CEO and Enterprise Architect at Sentia Health In 2016 I read an article by Shane Snow titled “ Trickle-Down Health Care: How we could actually fix the US Health System.” His basic assertion is that nobody is minding the store. is ‘the will of this society.’