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This JAMA Forum discusses how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ended the denial of coverage to people with preexisting conditions and the potential ramifications if the ACA is repealed or replaced in the future.
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This JAMA Forum discusses the uncertain aspects of Trump's agenda, including potential changes to the Affordable Care Act, abortion and reproductive health, prescription drugs and health care services, and immigration.
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Atenção à Saúde , Instalações de SaúdeRESUMO
This JAMA Forum discusses the complexity of the US health care system, including the types of coverage and many plans offered, denial or other problems accessing coverage, and confusion regarding explanations of benefits and billing issues.
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Atenção à Saúde , Custos e Análise de CustoRESUMO
This JAMA Forum discusses the viewpoints of the presidential candidates on the topics of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, abortion, and other health care issues.
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Atenção à Saúde , Seguro Saúde , PolíticaRESUMO
This JAMA Forum discusses the increasingly privatized public health insurance programs in the US and the current debates over payment reform and prior authorization.
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Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde , Seguro SaúdeRESUMO
This JAMA Forum discusses upcoming debt ceiling debates in the US Congress and potential cuts to entitlement programs within the context of the current wider reach of Medicaid than Medicare, Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, and the possible end to the COVID-19 public health emergency and a recession.
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Medicaid , Medicare , Estados Unidos , PolíticaAssuntos
COVID-19 , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Custos e Análise de Custo , Humanos , Pandemias , Políticas , SARS-CoV-2Assuntos
Pessoas sem Cobertura de Seguro de Saúde , Medicare , Adulto , Idoso , Humanos , Cobertura do Seguro , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Atenção à Saúde , Política , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Teste para COVID-19 , Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico , Infecções por Coronavirus/diagnóstico , Infecções por Coronavirus/epidemiologia , Custos de Medicamentos , Emigração e Imigração/legislação & jurisprudência , Humanos , Liderança , Negociação , Pandemias , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/economia , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislação & jurisprudência , Pneumonia Viral/diagnóstico , Pneumonia Viral/epidemiologia , Medicamentos sob Prescrição/economia , Serviços de Saúde Reprodutiva/legislação & jurisprudência , SARS-CoV-2 , Estados Unidos/epidemiologiaRESUMO
To mark the 25th anniversary of the journal, each issue in 2020 will include an interview with a healthcare thought leader. For the May issue, we turned to Larry Levitt, MPP, executive vice president for health policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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COVID-19/epidemiologia , Atenção à Saúde/organização & administração , Política de Saúde , Atenção à Saúde/economia , Humanos , Medicaid/economia , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2 , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has taken numerous blows, both from the courts and from opponents seeking to undermine it. Yet, due to its policy design and the political forces the ACA has unleashed, the law has shown remarkable resilience. While there remain ongoing efforts to undo the ACA, the smart money has to be on its continued existence.