P H 290 Lecture 7: PH 290 L7 Healthcare
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Access to coverage: employer sponsored coverage, medical. Jimmy kimmel live: obamacare vs the affordable care act. 2014 with the affordable care act: middle class tax credits, medicaid program expanded, more individuals and families eligible for health insurance through medicaid. Key features: coverage, no exclusions for pre-existing conditions, young adults covered until 26, companies cannot cancel coverage because of mistakes, care, more preventive care services, choice of doctors. People excluded: financial hardship, 8% of income to insurance. Incomes below threshold to file taxes: religious exemptions, undocumented immigrants, people who are incarcerated, members of native american tribes. Access to health care impacts: overall physical, social, and mental, health status, prevention of disease and disability, detection of treatment of health conditions, quality of life, preventable death, life expectancy. Individual and group coverage: hmo"s a(cid:374)d ppo"s. Public: medicaid, medicare, childre(cid:374)"s health i(cid:374)sura(cid:374)(cid:272)e progra(cid:373) (cid:894)chip(cid:895) Ran by the state or federal government. Easier shopping for health insurance: apples to apples shopping experience.
