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Enforcing Mental Health Parity
Nearly all insured Americans are now entitled to receive their mental health and substance use benefits at the same level as their benefits for other medical care, according to a Health Affairs health policy brief. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - November 9, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Goodell S Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Burnt Offerings?
PPOs—a popular Marketplace option for consumers—are being dropped from insurance marketplaces, or greatly reduced, in 2016 by carriers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - November 3, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Hempstead K Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Open Enrollment: One Step Closer to Coverage for All
Let’s build upon the success of the Affordable Care Act with this year’s open enrollment. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - November 2, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: John Lumpkin Tags: Health Coverage Health Care Access Source Type: news

Dental Plans Dataset
This dataset tracks a number of issues concerning dental plans sold on the marketplaces and access to dental care for underserved populations. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - November 2, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Variation in Marketplace Enrollment Rates in 2015 by State and Income
An Urban Institute report outlines the percent of people eligible for tax credits by income level and their enrollment rate, along with which states have the highest enrollment rates among those eligible for tax credits. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 29, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Buettgens M Tags: Health Coverage National Connecticut (CT) NE Florida (FL) SA New Hampshire (NH) NE Pennsylvania (PA) MA Virginia (VA) SA Colorado (CO) M Iowa (IA) WNC Minnesota (MN) WNC Washington (WA) P West Virginia (WV) SA Source Type: news

The ACA's "Cadillac" Tax Versus a Cap on the Tax Exclusion of Employer-Based Health Benefits: Is This a Battle Worth Fighting?
Repealing the "Cadillac tax" without replacing it with a workable alternative would result in $87 billion less in federal revenue over a five-year time period. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 22, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Blumberg L Tags: Health Coverage Health Care Cost and Value National Source Type: news

Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured
This brief presents trends in national estimates of uninsurance from five federal surveys, presents state-level estimates from these surveys, and describes the main reasons for variation in the estimates across surveys. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 15, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Planalp C Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Where Might Premiums Be Heading?
In an effort to provide consumers with high-value health plans, the medical loss ratio (MLR) provisions of the ACA require insurers to spend at least 80 percent of individual premium costs on patient care and quality improvement efforts. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 14, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Clemans-Cope L Tags: Health Coverage Health Care Cost and Value National Source Type: news

ACAView: Physician Practice Economics Under Coverage Expansion
According to data from ACAView, physician practice collections have increased both in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility and in those that did not, although collections growth was higher in non-expansion states, particularly for surgery. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 1, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Sung I Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Marketplace Enrollees
Since the launch of health insurance marketplaces, millions of Americans have enrolled. This RWJF study explores attitudes and behaviors of those currently enrolled in qualified health plans, as well as those who enrolled but dropped their coverage. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - October 1, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tags: Health Coverage Source Type: news

Navigators and Assisters in the Third Open Enrollment Period
This Health Affairs health policy brief reports that navigators and in-person assisters continue to play a key role in helping consumers get coverage through the insurance Marketplaces. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - September 28, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Goodell S Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Rebalancing Medicaid Long-Term Services And Supports
This brief shows how the Medicaid program is marking an important milestone in system transformation in 2015 by supporting more flexible community-based long-term services and support. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - September 17, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan J Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Division of Labor Dataset
The Division of Labor Dataset examines the role of the marketplace in Qualified Health Plan (QHP) management. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - September 14, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news

Post-Affordable Care Act Trends in Health Coverage for Small Businesses
Interviews with stakeholders from Arkansas, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Vermont, and health coverage trends, suggest 2017 may be marked by big changes in the small-group health insurance market. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - September 1, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Lucia K Tags: Health Coverage National Montana (MT) M Arkansas (AR) WSC Pennsylvania (PA) MA Vermont (VT) NE New Mexico (NM) M Source Type: news

Big Data: A New Paradigm for Health Plan Oversight and Consumer Protection?
This brief contains analysis of the reporting requirements for insurance company data under the ACA and interviews with key health insurance stakeholders is used to identify the benefits and challenges of using a big data approach. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage)
Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage - August 19, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Corlette S Tags: Health Coverage National Source Type: news