WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2012. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today announced that seven Consumer Oriented and Operated Plans (CO-OPs) will receive repayable loans to help them establish private non-profit, consumer-governed health insurance companies. Created by the Affordable Care Act, CO-OP plans will give consumers and small businesses more[Read More…]
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HHS Ensures Consumers Get Better Value for Their Health Insurance Dollar
Administration actions saved consumers up to $323 million WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2012. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that consumers will soon begin receiving unprecedented information on the value of their health insurance coverage, and some will receive rebates from insurance companies that spend less than 80[Read More…]
Fact Sheet: President Obama’s Budget Expands, Simplifies Small Business Health Care Tax Credits
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. The Affordable Care Act includes a Small Business Health Care Tax Credit to help small businesses afford the cost of covering their workers. For tax year 2011 alone, the existing tax credit will benefit an estimated 360,000 small employers who provide health insurance to two million[Read More…]
Affordable Care Act Extended Free Preventive Services to 54 Million Americans with Private Health Insurance in 2011
Free preventive care also provided to 32.5 million in Medicare Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2012. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Affordable Care Act provided approximately 54 million Americans with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans. Secretary[Read More…]
New Health Care Law Helps Expand Primary Care Physician Workforce
National Health Service Corps awards $9.1 million to place physicians in medically underserved communities WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2012. The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) awarded $9.1 million in funding to medical students in 30 States and the District of Columbia who will serve as primary care doctors and help strengthen[Read More…]
Health Reform to Require Insurers to Use Plain Language in Describing Health Plan Benefits, Coverage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. People in the market for health insurance will soon have clear, understandable and straightforward information on what health plans will cover, what limitations or conditions will apply, and what they will pay for services thanks to the Affordable Care Act – the health reform law –[Read More…]
Health Reform Law Saves $2.1 Billion for 3.6 Million Americans with Medicare
New data show average American with Medicare to save nearly $4,200 through 2021 thanks to health reform Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2012. 3.6 million people with Medicare saved $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the Affordable Care Act according to data issued today by the Department of[Read More…]
Affordable Care Act Will Save States and Taxpayers $17.7 Billion on Prescription Drugs
Proposed Rule Cuts Costs and Increases Transparency in Medicaid Prescription Drug Pricing WASHINGTON, D.C. – Provisions in the health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, will save taxpayers and States an estimated $17.7 billion over five years on prescription drugs bought through Medicaid, according to estimates in a proposed[Read More…]
New Report: States Moving Forward to Implement Health Reform’s Affordable Insurance Exchanges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2012. Twenty-eight States are on their way toward establishing a key component of health care reform—Affordable Insurance Exchanges—according to a report issued today by the White House. “States are taking strong steps to implement health reform,” said White House Deputy Chief of Staff Nancy-Ann DeParle. “The Obama[Read More…]
CAP and MIT’s Gruber Team Up to Create Video Illustrating Affordable Care Act Successes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2012. Today, the Center for American Progress released a package of products illustrating how millions of families, small business owners, and seniors have already benefited from the passage of the Affordable Care Act, with millions more standing to gain from increased access to coverage in the next[Read More…]
