Medicaid is the nation’s largest single source of coverage primarily serving low-income populations – children and their families, adults, seniors and disabled individuals. The program provides a broad array of health care services such as primary and acute care services, as well as ...
The Health Insurance Marketplaces have become a major source of health care coverage, and millions of low-income individuals rely on the marketplaces to access subsidies to lower the cost of their premiums and cost-sharing. However, the marketplaces in some regions have struggled to sta...
For millions of Americans living in vulnerable rural and urban communities, their hospital is often the only source of care. However, many of these hospitals are fighting to survive – potentially leaving their communities at risk for losing access to health care services.
The A...
This web page is designed to provide easy access to information and tools that will assist AHA member hospitals and health systems in navigating the changing behavioral health care system and understanding national, state and local activities affecting behavioral health.
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The Affordable Care Act mandated that health insurance plans sold on the individual and small group markets must cover 10 essential health benefits:
Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care)
Emergency services.
Hospitalization (inpatient care)
Maternity and newborn care
Me...
The price of prescription drugs has skyrocketed over the past several years. These price increases are extremely troublesome throughout the health system.
Unchecked drug price increases are not sustainable, and are a serious economic threat to the patients and communities we serve. ...
Some provider-owned health plans cover just one market segment (e.g., Medicaid managed care) and other plans offer a full portfolio of products for the public and commercial sectors. There are increasing examples of health care systems and hospitals partnering with provider and commerci...