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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is advocating for returning health insurance to its original purpose, protecting beneficiaries from unexpected financial risks, in order to improve ...
The move is part of the administration’s ongoing battle with health insurers, who officials say are skirting a 2008 law requiring plans that cover mental health and substance use care benefits ...
The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA) is legislation signed into United States law on September 26, 1996 that requires annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits to be no lower than any such dollar limits for medical and surgical benefits offered by a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering coverage in connection with a group health plan. [1]
On November 7, 2009, the House passed their version of a health insurance reform bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, 220–215, but this did not become law. On December 24, 2009, the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [119] [120] President Obama signed this into law in March 2010.
Healthcare reform in the United States has had a long history.Reforms have often been proposed but have rarely been accomplished. In 2010, landmark reform was passed through two federal statutes: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), signed March 23, 2010, [1] [2] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (), which amended the PPACA and became law on March ...
The Ted Grubbs Mental Healthcare for Disabled Veterans Act will help vets that need assistance for a mental health crisis. Viewpoint: Veteran mental health care needs a fix. I'm introducing ...
President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, in the East Room before a select audience of nearly 300 people. He stated that the health reform effort, designed after a long and acrimonious debate facing fierce opposition in the Congress to expand health insurance coverage, was based on "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security ...
The five control knobs for health-sector reform. In "Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity," [2] Marc Roberts, William Hsiao, Peter Berman, and Michael Reich of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aim to provide decision-makers with tools and frameworks for health care system reform.