Public, private health insurance expansion improves care for low-income adults : healio

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Public, private health insurance expansion improves care for low-income adults

Public, private health insurance expansion improves care for low-income adults

Kentucky's Medicaid program and Arkansas' private option resulted in significant improvements in health care quality during their second year of expansion, as well as increases in preventive care, outpatient utilization and self-reported health, according to recent data."The Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has led to gains in coverage for millions of low-income adults in more than 30 states.But in several states, policymakers continue to debate whether to expand Medicaid and are weighing alternative approaches, such as using private insurance, increased cost-sharing, or work requirements for beneficiaries," Benjamin D. Sommers, MD, PhD, from the department of health policy and management at Harvard T.H.


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Oregon, Oracle settle lawsuit over botched rollout of Cover Oregon health insurance exchange

Oregon, Oracle settle lawsuit over botched rollout of Cover Oregon health insurance exchange

PORTLAND — Oregon settled with a California software giant in a lawsuit that accused Oracle America Inc. of collecting tens of millions of dollars to create a state health care exchange website that didn't work.The state initially asked for more than $6 billion in punitive damages when it filed the lawsuit in 2014 against the Redwood Shores, California company, but Oregon ultimately accepted a package that included $35 million in cash payments and software licensing agreements and technical support with an estimated upfront worth of $60 million.The state paid Oracle $240 million to create its Cover Oregon website but ultimately abandoned the site and joined the federal exchange to comply with the Affordable Care Act.


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Union takes Ozarks Coca-Cola contract dispute public over health insurance

Union takes Ozarks Coca-Cola contract dispute public over health insurance

Buy Photo This flier was distributed at Springfield's Labor Day Parade last week.(Photo: Thomas Gounley/News-Leader)Buy PhotoSpringfield union members have gone public in the midst of contract negotiations with Ozarks Coca-Cola Bottling Company, saying the firm "is attacking us and our families" by asking employees to pay increased health-care costs."Tell Coca-Cola destroying Springfield jobs is tasteless," read a flier distributed by Teamsters Local 245 at Springfield's Labor Day parade last week.


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Employers want workers to cover rising health insurance costs: Is this progress?

Employers want workers to cover rising health insurance costs: Is this progress?

According to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, insurance premiums are rising at 'historically low rates.'Part of the reason for this: Healthcare costs are increasingly shifting to the employee, in the form of higher deductibles.Robert Bruns of Colfax, Iowa, poses for a photo at the CareMore clinic in Des Moines, Iowa.


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Why California wants health insurance for undocumented immigrants

Why California wants health insurance for undocumented immigrants

State lawmakers in California want a waiver on an Obamacare ban that prohibits undocumented immigrants from purchasing care on the exchanges.People gather for information during a Planned Parenthood Affordable Care Act outreach event for the Latino community in Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 28, 2013.California officials are petitioning the federal government to sign off on a plan that would allow an estimated 50,000 undocumented immigrants living there to buy health insurance through the state exchange.