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Uninsured Rate Under 12% in First Quarter

The rate among U.S. adults declined to 11.9% in the first quarter 2015, a drop one percentage point from the previous quarter and 5.2 points since before the Act went into effect, according to the Gallup Poll.

The percentage Americans was about 14% early in 2008, rose to over 17% in 2011, and..

Uninsured Rate Under 12% in First Quarter

Accenture Sees Hypergrowth in Private Exchanges

Accenture Sees Hypergrowth in Private Exchanges

Theglobal firm Accenture says private exchanges, which enrolled 6 million people in 2014, will double that number next year and reach 40 million..

Americans More Positive About the ACA

Americans More Positive About the ACA

Americans’ views about the Act are more positive now than they were four months ago, although overall attitudes remain more negative than positive. A..

About 69% of Doctors Accept Medicaid Patients

About 69% of Doctors Accept Medicaid Patients

Physicians have been accepting a smaller percentage new patients than patients or with private , according to a study by the National Center for..

Access to Mental Health Care Strengthened

Access to Mental Health Care Strengthened

Low-income Americans will have greater access to mental and substance abuse treatments under a new rule proposed by the Centers for Services (CMS).

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First Capitol Featured in Business Journal Article on ACA

First Capitol Featured in Business Journal Article on ACA

Companies with fewer than 100 employees who think they don’t have to worry about the Act until 2016 “missed the fine print,” says an article in the..

Latinos Benefiting From ACA

Latinos Benefiting From ACA

Act has substantially increased the percentage Latinos who have healthcare , although more than half Latinos surveyed said they had heard little or..

Help For Taxpayers With Incorrect 1095-A Forms

Help For Taxpayers With Incorrect 1095-A Forms

The Treasury Department has expanded for taxpayers who received incorrect 1095-A from the government after purchasing Act through a state online .

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RAND Study Supports Use of Individual Mandates

RAND Study Supports Use of Individual Mandates

RAND Corp. analysts who looked at the likely effects eliminating the Act’s mandate determined that the likely result would be an increase in..

Study Says ACA Has Not Overwhelmed Doctors’ Practices

Study Says ACA Has Not Overwhelmed Doctors’ Practices

A new report shows that a year after the Act’s expansion provisions took effect, physicians have not experienced a sharp increase in visits by new..