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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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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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Three Ways Healthcare Insurers Can Engage Younger and Diverse Populations

Electronic Health Reporter

After a record drop in the uninsured rate from 2008 to 2016 in response to […]. Now that the 2019 health insurance Open Enrollment period has concluded, healthcare industry stakeholders are watching closely for any shifts in consumer behavior regarding enrollment and the overall uninsured rate.

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A Tale of Two America’s for Health

Health Populi

The top-line of this national health scorecard is that “deaths of despair” are surging, due to suicide, alcohol, opioids, and other drugs whose use has grown by 50% since 2005 to 2016. The top row illustrates that the ACA covered a lot of people with health insurances between 2012 and 2016.

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Más de 100 millones de estadounidenses viven acosados por las deudas médicas

Kaiser Health News

La deuda de los pacientes se acumula a pesar de la histórica Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) de 2010. ACA amplió la cobertura de seguro a decenas de millones de estadounidenses. Esto hace que la enfermedad sea un factor de predicción de deuda médica más poderoso que la pobreza o el seguro.

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Payor-Led Initiatives to Strengthen Mental Health Resources

Healthcare Law Blog

3] California Department of Insurance, Health Insurance Benefits ; Approaches in Implementing the MHPAEA: Best Practices from the States , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2016). [4] November 2022. [2] 2] See, e.g., The Behavioral Health Care Affordability Problem , Center for American Progress (May 26, 2022). [3]