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Achieving Universal Coverage

The ACA’s Promise of Free Preventive Health Care Faces Ongoing Legal Challenges

Blog / Oct 20, 2023

Achieving Universal Coverage

Coverage of Preventive Services Without Cost Sharing in Jeopardy as Texas Court Strikes Down ACA Protection

Blog / Apr 04, 2023

A medical worker organizes antibody tests at the Transformé Medical Center in White Plains, N.Y., on Apr. 29, 2020. The Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits requirement — designed to ensure that health plans cover a standard set of benefits — is now a decade old. Photo: Pablo Monsalve/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Achieving Universal Coverage

HHS Considers Updating the Essential Health Benefits

Blog / Jan 11, 2023

Gina Flores helps Theresa Bedford sign up for a free mammogram during a health fair at Babylon Town Hall in Lindenhurst, N.Y., on Oct. 4, 2022. The Affordable Care Act’s preventive care, no cost-sharing provision is in jeopardy after parts of it were invalidated by a Texas federal court judge. Photo: John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

Millions Could Lose Access to Free Preventive Care Services

Blog / Jan 05, 2023

Sea Mar Burien Well Woman Day provides breast and cervical cancer screenings for Seattle women on April 17, 2021 in Burien, Washington.

Achieving Universal Coverage

The ACA’s Preventive Services Benefit Is in Jeopardy: What Can States Do to Preserve Access?

Blog / Nov 21, 2022

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Why the Midterm Elections Matter for Health Care

Podcast / Oct 21, 2022

Texas resident gets free COVID-19 vaccine

Achieving Universal Coverage

Texas Judge Finds ACA Requirement for Preventive Services Without Cost Sharing Invalid

Blog / Sep 14, 2022

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Achieving Universal Coverage

The Latest Legal Challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Services Guarantee

Explainer / Jul 25, 2022

Two doulas examine pregnant patient at her home

Advancing Health Equity

How Insurers Can Advance Health Equity Under the Affordable Care Act

Blog / Aug 10, 2021

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Blog / Jan 13, 2021

Affordable Care Act under the Trump Administration

Achieving Universal Coverage

The Affordable Care Act Under the Trump Administration

Blog / Aug 30, 2018

Short term plans

Controlling Health Care Costs

Do States Know the Status of Their Short-Term Health Plan Markets?

Blog / Aug 03, 2018

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