After decades of consignment to the periphery of the health care system, substance use treatment is poised to become part of mainstream medical care alongside other health specialties. The passage of the ACA (Affordable Care Act 2010) accelerated the trend toward greater integration of behavioral health (including substance use) with primary health care. Under ACA, substance use treatment was s...

The Affordable Care Act has the potential to reshape health care in America. The expansion of medical insurance coverage, a move toward more integrated care delivery, and significant changes to how health care is financed are some of the main changes expected. Several aspects of the ACA have important implications for dentists as oral health care professionals and small business employers, as w...

Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) was part of the CLASS Act, established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although this initiative is on hold, at least 70 percent of people over 65 will eventually need long-term care, either at home or in a nursing home, and that can be very expensive. This Editorial looks at the basics of LTCI. State-specific laws are applicable with LTCI.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) introduces enormous policy changes to the health care system with several anticipated benefits and a growing number of unanticipated challenges for child and adolescent health. Because the ACA gives each state and their payers substantial autonomy and discretion on implementation, understanding potential effects will require state-by-state monitoring of policies an...

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states can expand Medicaid eligibility for nonelderly adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). As of May 2016, 19 states had not expanded Medicaid. Based on reported Medicaid and marketplace data, we estimate that in 2017, even without the Medicaid expansion, the major coverage provisions of the ACA will have reduced the numb...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, contained a number of provisions with potential to directly or indirectly affect cancer care.[1] Value for patients was widely discussed throughout the bill, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicated that CMS embraces value as a priority. Nonetheless, serious questions remain as to whether the ACA has...

It is important to recognize the political and policy accomplishments of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), anticipate its limitations, and use the levers it provides strategically to address the problems it does not resolve. Passage of the ACA broke the political logjam that long stymied national progress toward equitable, quality, universal, affordable health care. It exten...

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states can expand Medicaid eligibility for nonelderly adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). As of May 2016, 19 states had not expanded Medicaid. Based on reported Medicaid and marketplace data, we estimate that in 2017, even without the Medicaid expansion, the major coverage provisions of the ACA will have reduced the numb...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) turns to a nontraditional mechanism to improve public health: employer-provided financial incentives for healthy behaviors. Critics raise questions about incentive programs' effectiveness, employer involvement, and potential discrimination. We support incentive program development despite these concerns. The ACA sets the stage for a broad-bas...

This study investigates the effects of Affordable Care Act (ACA) policies (Medicaid expansion, health insurance premium subsidy, and tax penalty) on farmworkers' coverage healthcare utilization. Using National Agricultural Worker Survey, we find that ACA substantially raised share seasonal farmworkers with medical insurance. It significantly increased workers' use preventive services decreased ...