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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Blumenthal, David
• Collins, Sara R
• Hamel, Mary Beth

Titel

Health Care Coverage under the Affordable Care Act — A Progress Report

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2014-07, Vol.371 (3), p.275-281

Ort / Verlag

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Affordable Care Act encourages health insurance coverage through federal and state exchanges, Medicaid expansion, and other regulations that expand coverage. The authors estimate that so far 20 million Americans have gained coverage through one of these mechanisms. With politicians and pundits clamoring in the background, the first open-enrollment period — created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Americans seeking insurance coverage in the new individual marketplaces — came to a close on March 31. There were last-minute extensions by the Department of Health and Human Services and by certain states, but for most insurance seekers, March 31 was the last chance to enroll through the individual marketplaces until the next open-enrollment period launches in November. Americans who did not have qualified health insurance when open enrollment ended and who do not qualify for an exemption will . . .