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The Patient Is Still the Payor – And May Skip Paying for Prevention (Eyes on the ACA & Texas)

Health Populi

would likely skip receiving preventive health care services if the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage for them goes away, a Morning Consult survey found. One of the key benefits embedded in the ACA was “free” without co-pay shares for preventive care. Many health citizens in the U.S.

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Recent Guidance Expands Preventive Care for Women

Compliance Now

Under the ACA, non-grandfathered group health plans must provide benefits for “preventive care” on a first-dollar basis. An update to the list of women’s contraceptives found in the FDA Birth Control Guide. By: Megan Diehl, Manager, Compliance Consulting, MZQ Consulting. no co-payments, co-insurance, or deductibles may be applied).

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DOL FAQs Address Coverage for Colonoscopies and Birth Control

Compliance Now

The ACA requires non-grandfathered health plans to pay for “preventive care” on a first-dollar basis, meaning that no copays, coinsurance, or deductibles can be charged for certain services defined as “preventive” under these rules. By: Jessica Waltman, Principal, Forward Health Consulting. Contraceptives.

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Out-of-Pocket and Prescription Drug Costs – Connecting Digital Health Dots at CES 2020

Health Populi

For overall healthcare reform, the plurality of Americans prefer improving the current system (that is, building on the Affordable Care Act) versus repealing and replacing the ACA or adopting a Medicare for All plan.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Louis hospital ‘You can’t do this to people’: Patients say they waited 12 hours to be treated at hospital Missouri health system names CEO Petitions seek to add rape, incest exceptions to Missouri abortion law Cigna exiting ACA exchanges in Kansas, Missouri for 2024 ‘It’s a win-win for everybody’: Gov.

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La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom

Kaiser Health News

Esa política de gran alcance entra en vigencia en enero y va mucho más allá de la expansión opcional de Medicaid que la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) ofreció a los estados. Florida no cuenta con un mercado estatal, ni ofrece subsidios patrocinados por el estado.

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Recent Federal Efforts to Affirm Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services

Compliance Now

First, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) released a letter at the end of June reiterating health plan responsibilities surrounding access to contraceptives under the ACA. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified.

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