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(ACA) ended the denial of coverage to people with preexisting conditions and the potential ramifications if the ACA is repealed or replaced in the future.
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.
Delivery of Health Care , Health Facilities
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.
Delivery of Health Care , Costs and Cost Analysis
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.
Delivery of Health Care , Insurance, Health , Politics
This JAMA Forum discusses the increasingly privatized public health insurance programs in the US and the current debates over payment reform and prior authorization.
Health Care Reform , Insurance, Health
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.
Medicaid , Medicare , United States , Politics
Medically Uninsured , Medicare , Adult , Aged , Humans , Insurance Coverage , Middle Aged , United States
Delivery of Health Care , Politics , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Laboratory Techniques , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Drug Costs , Emigration and Immigration/legislation & jurisprudence , Humans , Leadership , Negotiating , Pandemics , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/economics , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislation & jurisprudence , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Prescription Drugs/economics , Reproductive Health Services/legislation & jurisprudence , SARS-CoV-2 , United States/epidemiology
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.
COVID-19/epidemiology , Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration , Health Policy , Delivery of Health Care/economics , Humans , Medicaid/economics , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , United States
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.
Health Care Reform/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Care Reform/standards , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislation & jurisprudence , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/standards , Politics , Health Care Reform/history , Health Policy , History, 21st Century , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/history , United States
