This issue brief reviews how the Affordable Care Act is expected to affect access to care and affordability of health coverage for women. It also explains the provisions in the new law related to preventive screening services, reproductive health, maternity care and women on Medicare. The brief also includes national and state-level estimates of the percentage of uninsured women ages 18-64 who are likely to qualify for federal help under the law and a summary of key coverage and benefits provisions in the law that affect women.
This brief reports on a case study of Georgia's Money Follows the Person demonstration program, describing key features of the program and highlighting recent program experiences.
This brief profiles several Georgia residents who have participated in the state's Money Follows the Person demonstration program, which helps transition people from institutional long-term care back into their homes or the community.
This paper examines various aspects of the Medicaid program that can expand access to home and community-based services (HCBS) and rebalance long-term care spending in favor of HCBS.
The briefing examines the relatively high use of hospital and other Medicare-covered services for Medicare beneficiaries who live in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities, and the potential for delivery reform to improve quality of care while reducing costs.
Report from the Congressional Budget Office that examines budgetary outcomes in 2011 and 2012 and provides baseline projections for 2013 through 2022. The report has an updated baseline "to remove collections and expenditures related to" the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) long-term program would not be implemented. "In its August 2011 baseline projections, the agency anticipated that the CLASS program would begin collecting premiums in fiscal year 2012 and that net receipts from the program between 2012 and 2021 would total $76 billion. In the absence of that program, the government will not receive that income."
Cost estimate from the "budgetary impact of repealing the CLASS legislation," from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). " That request was made in light of the October 14, 2011, announcement by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that she did not 'see a viable path forward for CLASS implementation at this time...'"
A summary of coverage provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A comprehensive source of links to federal government documents related to health reform.