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Two-thirds of the uninsured and those with a low income say they don't understand how the ACA will impact them.
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A central goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to significantly reduce the number of uninsured by providing a continuum of affordable coverage options through Medicaid and new Health Insurance Exchanges.
Following the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, states face a decision about whether to adopt the Medicaid expansion. These decisions will have enormous consequences for health coverage for the low-income population.
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Apr 2013 | Drew Altman
Can We Learn From ACA Implementation and Improve the Law?
In his latest column, Kaiser's President looks beyond the current debate about how the initial implementation of the ACA will fare to whether our political system has the capacity to learn from experience and make improvements in the law.
Mar 2013 | Policy Insights
The Flip Side of Higher Premiums: Better Coverage
Kaiser’s Larry Levitt and Cynthia Cox explain what the recent Time magazine cover story on high hospital prices reveals about the inadequacy of bare-bones health insurance plans on the market today.
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