Stepping into the Breach
November 9, 2017 | Report
The Urban Institute reports that state regulators and health care insurers worked to successfully ensure all counties in the U.S. will have at least one health insurer for plan year 2018.
Affordable Care Act: National Trends
A listing of Affordable Care Act quantitative reports which examine national trends.
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Beyond the Coverage Bump: Is Spending Growth Returning to Pre-ACA Levels?
October 10, 2017 | Brief
As seen in the health care spending trend report from Altarum, health care spending growth was estimated at just under 4 percent for the second quarter of 2017, a level not seen since 2014.
The "Real Killer" Is Still Out There: Update on Health Care Spending
August 7, 2017 | Brief
A report from the Altarum Institute shows that although health care spending growth is slowing of late, national health care spending is still unsustainable.
How Is Health Care Utilization Changing?
June 9, 2017 | Brief
As seen in the latest report from the Altarum Institute, coverage expansion plateaued in 2016 yet health care spending growth continues to increase.
Is the Slowdown Slowing Down?
April 7, 2017 | Brief
Altarum reports that a slowdown in health care spending growth is unfolding at a more leisurely pace than anticipated. Health care services spending, on its way down in the final three quarters of 2015, gave way to somewhat stronger growth in 2016.
The ACA Medicaid Expansion Led to Widespread Reductions in Uninsurance Among Poor, Childless Adults
April 1, 2017 | Brief
The Urban Institute examined coverage gains resulting from the ACA Medicaid expansion for subgroups of childless, adult citizens with incomes below the federal poverty level.
Veterans Saw Broad Coverage Gains Between 2013 and 2015
April 1, 2017 | Report
Veterans experienced gains in health coverage, mostly through Medicaid and the individual health insurance market. Before the ACA’s implementation, nearly one million veterans were uninsured. By 2015, the number of uninsured veterans fell to 552,000.
How Has the ACA Changed Finances for Different Types of Hospitals?
April 1, 2017 | Brief
An analysis by the Urban Institute finds that with the Affordable Care Act intact, expanding Medicaid could improve hospital finances in nonexpansion states.
Ensuring Compliance with Network Adequacy Standards
March 1, 2017 | Brief
An Urban Institute report examines how insurers increasingly trim the number of providers within networks to lower their costs, enabling them to better compete for customers, but they still must maintain network adequacy.
The Impact of Per Capita Caps on Federal and State Medicaid Spending
March 1, 2017 | Brief
Proposed alternatives to the ACA currently under consideration in Congress would have a range of potential implications to overall health coverage rates and government spending.