Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. With the December 15 deadline for coverage starting in January 2016 fast approaching, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced partnerships with key national organizations to support LGBT outreach and enrollment efforts during 2016 Open Enrollment. As part of LGBT Week of Action[Read More…]
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National Patient Safety Efforts Save 87,000 Lives and Nearly $20 Billion in Costs
Report shows hospital-acquired conditions decline by 17 percent over a four-year period Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015. A report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today shows that thanks in part to provisions of the Affordable Care Act, an estimated 87,000 fewer patients died in hospitals and[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Second Attack on Affordable Care Act Birth Control Benefit
Nonprofits fighting to interfere with employees’ access to affordable health care despite existing accommodation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear seven cases brought by nonprofit organizations seeking to deny their employees affordable health insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act, despite the[Read More…]
White House Announces ‘Healthy Communities Challenge’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015. As the Affordable Care Act’s coverage provisions have taken effect, 17.6 million Americans have gained coverage, and, since 2010, we’ve reduced the uninsured rate in this country by 45 percent. The nation’s uninsured rate now stands at its lowest level ever. But still, in communities across[Read More…]
10 Million People Expected to have Marketplace Coverage at End of 2016
HHS aims to sign up more than 1 out of every 4 uninsured consumers eligible for coverage Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today that she expects 10 million individuals to be enrolled in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplaces and[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement On Replacing the ‘Cadillac Tax’ As Part Of Her Plan To Defend and Improve Affordable Care Act
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Hillary Clinton, who has announced a series of proposals this month to defend and build upon the Affordable Care Act, released the following statement Tuesday calling for the repeal of the law’s so-called “Cadillac Tax” provision: “The Affordable Care Act is working, plain and simple.[Read More…]
Fewer U.S. Women of Reproductive Age Were Uninsured in 2014
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015. The percentage of women of reproductive age who were uninsured dropped sharply between 2013 and 2014, the first full year of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decrease among women aged 15–44, calculated by the Guttmacher Institute, mirrors broader national trends reported by the[Read More…]
Sanders, Brown and Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Stop Cadillac Tax
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 24, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and seven of their colleagues introduced legislation today to repeal a tax on certain health plans. Sanders opposed the provision when it was included in the Affordable Care Act, which was passed in 2010. “What was true then[Read More…]
Building on Affordable Care Act Reforms, Hilllary Clinton Outlines Proposals to Further Tackle Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2015. Hillary Clinton is outlining her aggressive new proposals to tackle the rising out-of-pocket medical costs American families are facing. Just yesterday, the Kaiser Foundation released a survey that found the average deductible for covered workers this year has grown nearly seven times faster than workers’ wages[Read More…]
New Census Health Coverage Data Confirm Dramatic Impact of the Affordable Care Act
A man using two canes is helped in the waiting area at Nuestra Clinica Del Valle in San Juan, Texas. Source: AP/Eric Gay Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today provide more support that the Affordable Care Act is working. The Census reported[Read More…]
