September 2, 2010
- More than 16 million employees work in small businesses that could benefit from provisions in the Affordable Care Act, starting this year. The credits are designed to offset health insurance premium costs and help small businesses afford and maintain health insurance coverage for their employees.
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July 30, 2010
- This issue brief analyzes how, over the next decade, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is likely to stabilize and reverse women's growing exposure to health care costs. Up to 15 million women who now are uninsured could gain subsidized coverage under the law. In addition, 14.5 million insured women will benefit from provisions that improve coverage or reduce premiums.
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July 26, 2010
- Nearly nine of 10 leaders in health care and health care policy believe current financial interests and lack of incentives for integration are barriers to the growth of accountable care systems, according to the latest Health Care Opinion leaders survey. Also see blog posts by HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius and former U.S. Senator David Durenberger.
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August 20, 2010
- The authors of this issue brief find that quality improvement initiatives are rarely reviewed by an institutional review board or another independent body charged specifically with ethical oversight.
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August 3, 2010
- This Commonwealth Fund-supported study found that investing in infrastructure and health information technology is important, but not sufficient, for creating a patient-centered health system.
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