Affordable Care Act (ACA)
2017 Certain to Be Year of Change in Health Care
The year ahead will be one of great change. We will have a new president and will elect a new governor. The shifting political landscape will change the world of health care in ways that are still evolving. I believe our voices, as members of the Quality Institute, will be more critical than ever. Here’s…Read More…
ACA: Reflect, Repair, Repeal, Replace
Last night I gave a talk at a community gathering in Princeton. My topic was: Repeal, Replace, Reform: where the ACA is going and how it impacts you. Back in August, when I agreed to give this talk and created this title, I was planning to talk about ACA fixes to make health care affordable….Read More…
NJ Poised to Benefit from Major Federal Funding for Healthcare Innovation
Published on NJ Spotlight by Lilo H. Stainton Garden State could tap into billions of dollars in new investment for research, drug reviews, mental health, and more A new federal program pledges to invest more than $6 billion to promote cutting-edge healthcare initiatives, including research on cancer and brain disorders, and improve access to treatments…Read More…
N.J. health care community reacts to Trump election, future of Obamacare
Published by Anjalee Khemlani in NJBIZ Donald Trump and his fellow 2016 Republican candidates ran on the platform of repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and replacing it with cross-state-border health insurance options (rather than strictly state-by-state market exchanges), as well as increasing tax-deductible premiums and health savings accounts. However, many experts…Read More…
How President Trump will alter New Jersey’s policies and programs
It may be too early to get a sense of the specifics, but it is incontrovertible: Change is coming to the Garden State Published by Lee Keough on NJ Spotlight The election of Donald Trump to the presidency, together with a Republican-led Congress, will impact many of the programs New Jerseyans have either come to…Read More…
Expert: No Pain, No Gain Applies to Healthcare Innovation, Too
Published by Mary Caffrey on AJMC.com Healthcare is going through a period of innovation—and while some experiments will work, some will fail, and that’s normal, according to a health economist and antitrust expert who appeared in New Jersey last week. Cory S. Capps, PhD, of the Washington, DC-based consulting firm Bates White, was the keynote…Read More…
New Jersey Left with Just Two Obamacare Health Providers for 2017
NorthJersey.com The options for New Jersey consumers who buy health coverage through the Affordable Care Act will dwindle to two next year, from five in 2016, after state regulators take over Health Republic Insurance of New Jersey. The non-profit company, a start-up established through President Obama’s signature health law, has 35,000 members. The state Department…Read More…
Keeping Competition in the ACA Marketplace
Oscar Health Insurance just announced plans to withdraw from the Affordable Care Act marketplace in New Jersey next year. The company joins UnitedHealthcare, also exiting the marketplace in 2017. Aetna, meanwhile, has scrapped plans to provide coverage here next year. Are the exits a sign the ACA is failing? And what can we do to…Read More…
More New Jerseyans gaining health insurance coverage
Published by Michael Catalini in The Washington Times. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that more than 500,000 New Jersey residents now have health insurance coverage under Medicaid as part of the expansion under the Affordable Care Act. The Republican governor’s announcement came during a statehouse news conference and as Republicans across…Read More…
NJ Left with Three Obamacare Insurance Providers
Published by Brenda Flanagan on NJTV News. “I can’t afford it,” said Milagros Martinez. Martinez works temp jobs, part-time. She can’t swing $350-a-month premiums for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. “Or else I can’t pay my rent and my bills. So the only thing I could afford is the penalty,” she said. But…Read More…