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Tag: aca

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Administration Sends Mixed Signals On State Health Insurance Waivers

ALISON KODJAK, NPR

Posted on October 19, 2017 · When states applied for waivers from Obamacare rules to reduce premiums and strengthen their insurance markets, they didn't get the answers they wanted, prompting some to suggest a conspiracy

Tags aca Affordable Care Act CMS health care insurance insurance markets Trump administration waivers

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Trump Warns Against ‘Bailouts’ For Insurance Companies In Bipartisan Health Care Deal

ALISON KODJAK, NPR

Posted on October 17, 2017 · The deal from the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee is aimed at stabilizing insurance markets. The president had encouraged the short-term fix on Tuesday.

Tags aca Affordable Care Act health insurance insurance insurance markets Trump

Podcast

Party Politics, National Edition Ep. 23: What Next For Dreamers?

HPM Digital Team

Posted on September 8, 2017 · The episode where Professor Brandon Rottinghaus makes a case for Willie Nelson to be the face on the $20 dollar bill and the profs talk about what happens next with DACA.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Holds Rally In Houston To Defend The ACA

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on July 10, 2017 · The Democratic lawmaker stresses the bill the Republican Party is trying to get through in the Senate would make big cuts to Medicaid.

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Affordable Care Act

For Fourth Year Of Affordable Care Act, Feds Will Focus On Young Adults

Carrie Feibel

Posted on June 21, 2016 · Federal health officials will roll out new strategies over the coming months to convince more young adults to enroll in health insurance in 2017.

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Health & Science

Last Chance To Get Insured Through Affordable Care Act For 2016

Carrie Feibel

Posted on January 31, 2016 · Today is the deadline to get individual health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act for all of 2016.

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Health & Science

Feds Hopeful Hispanics Will Respond During Third Round of Affordable Care Act

Carrie Feibel

Posted on January 29, 2016 · January 31, a Sunday, is the final deadline to buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Federal officials are reaching out to previously uninsured individuals, with a special focus on Hispanics, to encourage them to enroll for the first time.

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Affordable Care Act

Last Two Deadlines Looming For Health Insurance Coverage In 2016

Carrie Feibel

Posted on January 15, 2016 · Uninsured Americans have until Jan. 31 to enroll in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. But if you do it by Friday, January 15, there’s the added benefit of the coverage starting on February 1.

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Affordable Care Act

Critical Obamacare Deadline On Dec 15 For Uninsured Houstonians

Carrie Feibel

Posted on December 15, 2015 · The first major deadline for 2016 insurance through the Affordable Care Act is Tuesday, December 15.

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Affordable Care Act

Narrow Networks Frustrate Houstonians Shopping For Individual Health Plans

Carrie Feibel

Posted on December 11, 2015 · In an individual health market bereft of "out of network" options, Humana has offered a last-minute health plan for 2016.

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Health & Science

Houston-Trained Doctor Leads Push For Single-Payer Health Plan

Carrie Feibel

Posted on October 21, 2015 · Dr. Robert Zarr, president of Physicians for a National Health Program, says the Affordable Care Act didn’t go far enough. He says only “Medicare for all” will cover everyone and stop medical bankruptcies.

Tags aca healthcare obamacare single payer uninsured

Affordable Care Act

Texas Employers Stop Dropping Health Benefits Under Affordable Care Act

Carrie Feibel

Posted on October 9, 2015 · Rice University healthcare economist Vivian Ho attributes a slight uptick in the number of Texans who get their health insurance through their jobs to the Affordable Care Act.

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Harris Health Will Restrict Financial Aid and Push 15,000 Patients Towards Obamacare

Carrie Feibel

Posted on September 25, 2015 · Harris County’s publicly-funded hospital and clinic system, which includes Ben Taub, is restricting the number of people who qualify for free healthcare. The new eligibility rules will affect almost 20,000 uninsured patients.

Tags aca harris health obamacare uninsured

Affordable Care Act

Houston’s Public Hospital Will Encourage More Patients To Enroll In Obamacare

Carrie Feibel

Posted on September 24, 2015 · Harris Health will restrict financial aid to about 15,000 patients in an effort to push them to enroll in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act.

Tags aca harris health health science news obamacare

Health & Science

Uninsured Rate Drops 14% In Texas, But Still The Highest Rate In US

Carrie Feibel

Posted on September 16, 2015 · New census numbers released Wednesday show a 3 percent increase in the number of Texans who have health insurance.

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