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Opinions Improved After Medicaid Expansion, Particularly Among Coloradans in the Lowest Income Group
This Valentine’s Day, let’s show a little love for the large drop in medical bankruptcies that came with expanded health coverage.
The odds were long. At the start of the fifth open enrollment period for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces last November, there was every reason to believe that enrollment would fall off a cliff in 2018.
It’s been more than a month since Congress missed the September 30 deadline to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), leaving health coverage for 75,000 children and pregnant women in Colorado hanging in the balance.
Now the clock is ticking as states spend down their CHIP savings.
Data: Individual income tax return statistics, including ACA-related itemsUnits of Measurement: State, countiesTime: 2014, 2015 Source: Internal Revenue Service
A critical moment has arrived for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
We say that every few months, it seems, but it’s still true. The law survived multiple attempts to repeal it in Congress this year. Now, its fifth open enrollment period is about to begin, amid attempts by the White House to degrade the law.
An Analysis of Affordable Care Act Tax Penalty Data
The Denver Post invited CHI to write the centerpiece article for a special Perspective section titled Fixing Obamacare.
Efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) moved from Congress to the Oval Office this week, and they could spell big changes for Colorado’s insurance market and higher prices for many Coloradans.
For the first time in nearly 11 months, it’s probably safe for advocates of health coverage to exhale. At least for a moment.
Back in July, the last time Republicans in the U.S. Senate nearly repealed major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but failed at the last minute, the Colorado Health Institute published a blog title “Obituary for the Undead.” The blog warned that the repeal bill was still alive and could be taken up again at any moment.