H&HN April 25, 2017
Paul Keckley outlines where the insurance market is and where it might be headed.
Insurance coverage that’s affordable and the plight of the uninsured is certain to be the central focus of partisan debate now that the GOP’s American Health Care Act has been set aside, at least temporarily. The Affordable Care Act expanded coverage by mandating that nearly everyone purchase insurance, expanding state Medicaid programs and subsidizing coverage for individuals through the health insurance marketplaces. The AHCA would have halted Medicaid expansion, repealed the individual mandate and cut funding for Medicaid.
The issue of expanded coverage is especially relevant to hospitals and health systems, which, along with physicians, shoulder the lion’s share of financial responsibility for those who...
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