Although most Americans still maintain a negative perception of the healthcare exchanges, the percentage who says the opening of the marketplaces isn't going well has declined in the past month, according to an Associated Press-Gfk poll.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act increases access to health insurance coverage for Americans in numerous ways. One of them involves the expansion of the presumptive eligibility policy, which allows states to authorize qualified entities such as hospitals, schools…
More than 6.3 million Americans were deemed eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program between October and December, according to a Reuters report.
The U.S uninsured rate showed a modest decline from 17.3 percent in December 2013 to 16.1 percent this month, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
Patients' insurance coverage and gender may influence the likelihood of a hospital transferring them to another acute-care facility, according to a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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The Clorox Company announced it has earned a top rating of 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign's 2014 Corporate Equality Index.
The percentage of Americans who oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has dropped back to the level it was before HealthCare.gov's glitch-ridden launch, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.
More than half of the uninsured adults who fall into a coverage gap under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act due to states not expanding Medicaid are racial or ethnic minorities, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.
Starting next month, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will give uninsured Americans access to new health insurance options. The eligible uninsured population includes 6.8 million African-Americans, according to an HHS report.