Resource Library: Health Care
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Standing Up for Women and Families in 2017
In 2017, the National Partnership for Women & Families is urging members of Congress and the administration to stand up for women and families by supporting the following legislative agenda.
Supporting Informed Decision-Making in the Health Insurance Marketplace: A Progress Report for 2017
This report is the fourth in a series on how the online health insurance marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act are becoming increasingly consumer-friendly. It includes recommendations for further improvement.
House Republicans’ Repeal Bill Would Harm Women and Families
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is working. The law is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation. It brought historic gains for women’s access to affordable, high-quality health care. In contrast, House Republicans’ recently released repeal bill — the “American Health Care Act” (AHCA) — would wreak havoc on our health care system by making health coverage more expensive and inadequate for millions of women and families.
Medicaid Caps and Cuts Harm Older Women Fact Sheet
This fact sheet by Justice in Aging and the National Partnership outlines the negative impact of cuts to Medicaid on older women.
National Partnership Comments on CMS Market Stabilization Proposed Rule (March 2017)
The National Partnership comments on provisions in the proposed rule that concern, among other topics, the annual open enrollment period, network adequacy standards and requirements for contracting with essential community providers.
Women's Community Letter to Congress on the Affordable Care Act (March 2017)
We, the undersigned organizations, share a commitment to advancing the health and economic security of women and their families. We are writing to express our opposition to repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and defunding Planned Parenthood.
Defunding Planned Parenthood: An Attack on Public Health
This fact sheet makes the case for protecting Planned Parenthood's role as a critical health care provider.
CPeH 2016 Activities and Accomplishments
Health information technology (health IT) can enable the access, engagement and partnership that individuals and families need for better care coordination and better health. In 2016, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) successfully integrated person-centered health IT into new national initiatives designed to transform the way care is delivered and shift the emphasis from quantity of health services to quality and value.
Repealing the ACA Endangers Women’s Health and Financial Security
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation. Attempts to repeal the ACA not only put women’s access to health care in dire jeopardy, but threaten their economic security as well. Repealing the ACA risks going back to a time when women struggled to find affordable health coverage in the individual market, were routinely charged more than men for health insurance and often found that health coverage did not cover their essential health care needs.
National Partnership Comments on MACRA Final Rule (December 2016)
Read the National Partnership's comments on the final MACRA rule, submitted in December 2016.
Health IT in the Quality Payment Program
Under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) will bring the biggest change in Medicare reimbursement in decades. It offers a critical opportunity to drive health system transformation that results in authentic patient- and family-centered care.
Health IT in the Quality Payment Program
Under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) will bring the biggest change in Medicare reimbursement in decades.
Understanding Medicare's Quality Payment Program
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is intended to accelerate the transition to a health care system that rewards quality and value, rather than volume, and help ensure that patients experience better care and improved health outcomes. Under MACRA, the new Quality Payment Program (QPP) will bring the biggest change in Medicare reimbursement in decades. It offers a critical opportunity to drive health system transformation that results in authentic patient- and family-centered care.
A Consumer’s Guide to Choosing and Using Health Insurance
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation. In the more than six years since its passage, it has made more affordable, comprehensive health insurance coverage available to millions of consumers. About 20 million people have gained health coverage under the law, and roughly 12.7 million people signed up for marketplace plans during the third open enrollment period.
Summary of Key Provisions
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation. Improving access to health care has long been a priority for women for a number of reasons, including the fact that women have more contact with the health care system over their lifetimes than do men; their health care needs are greater, especially during their reproductive years; and many women coordinate health care for spouses, children, aging parents and other loved ones. The ACA has already improved women’s access to health insurance coverage, making access to quality, affordable health care more of a reality for women and their families.
Improving Care for Pregnant Women and New Parents
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the greatest advance for women’s health in a generation, and includes benefits that are critically important for pregnant women and new parents. Thanks to the ACA, most plans now ensure coverage for the health services expecting and new parents need. The law guarantees coverage for maternity services and provides support for eligible new parents once their child is born.
National Partnership Comments on Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Medicare Part B for 2017
The National Partnership for Women & Families comments on the proposed rule on Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2017 (CMS-1654-P).
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