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Panelists talked about how homelessness affects the health and health care options of individuals.

Health care insurance policy experts talked about various health insurance plans available to consumers amid changes due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Topics included health literacy, to…

The Alliance for Health Reform hosted a discussion on health care insurance enrollment. Panelists talked about coverage trends from the previous open enrollment period, including who gained …

Panelists talked about the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula, also known as “doc fix,” for paying doctors who treat Medicare patients. Panelists included the Center for Medicare and Med…

Panelists talked about the basics of the Affordable Care Act, its implementation, and legal challenges to some of the law’s provisions. . Specific topics addressed included Medicaid expansio…

Panelists talked about the opening of the second annual open enrollment period for health care plans at the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare.gov website. They focused on improvements made to…

Corrections officials talked about the challenges in providing health care services to the growing population of inmates. Topics included using principles of managed care, including implemen…

Former inmates talked about the challenges of providing health care to prison populations. They shared their personal experiences with prison health care. One of the main topics in the discu…

Panelists talked about the roles of navigators, in-person assistants, and brokers in helping Americans purchase health insurance through both federal and state health insurance exchanges. Th…

Panelists used slides as they talked about provider networks, health care costs, and access to care under health plans sold through insurance marketplaces. They discussed whether networks ha…

Panelists talked about factors influencing health insurance insurance premiums, state and federal regulatory roles in reviewing rates, and what could be expected in 2015. Jonathan Gruber, an…

Speakers talked about the findings from the Commonwealth Fund study on the state of community health centers. They offered recommendations for improving technology, revenue streams, and acce…

Panelists talked about state Medicaid expansion, including the federal waiver process, and the scope of state approaches. Panelists focused on Michigan and Arkansas, two states that have med…

Health care executives talked about admission policies for Medicare patients in hospitals. The panelists focused on what happens when patients are give “observation status” rather than forma…

The Alliance for Health Reform held a panel discussion with health insurance professionals about health care costs. Specifically, panelists asseessed health care price caps and the use of “r…

Ed Howard of the Alliance for Health Reform led a panel discussion on the overall user experience with health insurance exchanges, including a look at a recent consumer survey conducted by t…

Panelists talked about challenges rural communities face in accessing health care coverage. They focused on federal initiatives to enhance health care access and an effort to hire and train …

Telemedicine officials from the government and from medical facilities from around the country talked about ways to save money and time, and to make health care more accessible through telem…

Health care policy experts debated the impact of a new government regulation, beginning in 2014, that allow employers to offer workers who participate in wellness programs up to 30 percent l…

Mental health experts and advocates talked about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or the health care law, on mental health care coverage, behavioral health care organizations, a…