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Health Coverage by Race and Ethnicity, 2010-2022

05/09/2024 - by zebra

Summary

Health coverage plays a major role in enabling people to access health care and protecting families from high medical costs. There have been longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in health coverage that contribute to disparities in health. This brief examines trends in health coverage by race and ethnicity from 2010 through 2022 and discusses the implications for health disparities. All noted differences between groups and years described in the text are statistically significant at the p<0.05 level. It is based on KFF analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data for the nonelderly population.

There were gains in coverage across

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HHS Releases Proposal to Expand Health Care for DACA Recipients

03/09/2024 - by zebra

DACA recipients would have access to health care through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), today released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, if finalized, would expand access to health care by reducing barriers for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Earlier this month, HHS announced its intention to release this rule by the end of April, and today’s announcement marks the fulfillment of that promise. The proposed change applies to the

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52% health insurance owners say premium gone up by over 25% in 12 months | Personal Finance

27/08/2024 - by zebra

3 min read Last Updated : May 10 2024 | 9:36 AM IST

There has been a slight improvement for health insurance policyholders in India, but significant concerns remain. While the percentage of people facing premium increases exceeding 25 per cent has dropped from 62% in 2022 to 52% in 2024, many are still grappling with rising costs, revealed a survey by LocalCircles.

This trend can be traced back to 2022, when insurance companies heavily increased premiums in anticipation of another major COVID wave. These high double-digit increases have continued for the past two years, leaving policyholders feeling burdened.

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Finding health insurance prices for care is an order: Shots

21/08/2024 - by zebra

Insurers are complying with federal rules aimed at price transparency that took effect July 1, but consumer use of the data may have to wait until private firms synthesize it.

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Insurers are complying with federal rules aimed at price transparency that took effect July 1, but consumer use of the data may have to wait until private firms synthesize it.

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Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much.

That’s the reaction about three weeks into a data dump of enormous proportions. Health insurers are posting their