Covering Children Under the Affordable Care Act: Minding the Gaps
While millions of children and their families stand to gain access to affordable coverage through the Affordable Care Act, a significant subset of children is vulnerable to being excluded. Nearly 20 million children live in nontraditional family arrangements that potentially create barriers to accessing health coverage.
Investing in Health Care Quality and Patient Safety
This webinar described the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “Partnership for Patients” Campaign and the Michigan Keystone Intensive Care Unit Project (recently evaluated in both the Archives of Internal Medicine and the British Medical Journal).
Connecting Kids to Coverage
State Medicaid programs and CHIP play a crucial role in providing coverage for low- and moderate-income children. Together, they provide access to preventive and primary care services to over one-third of all children and nearly 60 percent of low-income children.
Reaching Out to Employers About Health Reform’s Potential
The Affordable Care Act offers an unprecedented opportunity to increase health insurance coverage and access for many Americans. The new law is particularly relevant to the business community as the timeline for implementation moves forward.