January 22, 2020 Health Care Remains a Top Priority Among Americans A recent Gallop poll of American adults indicates that health care remains a top-of-mind issue among Americans and will, once again, be a consideration in the upcoming Presidential election. Of the poll responses, 35 percent of adults ranked health care extremely important, and 81 percent ranked health care as either extremely important or very important.
January 21, 2020 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan Draft Released for Public Comment Last week, the draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan was released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
January 17, 2020 HAP Calls for Certainty, Urges Supreme Court to Review ACA Case In a “friend of the court” brief, HAP joined state hospital associations from around the country in urging the Supreme Court to provide “prompt and final resolution” of questions raised by the appeals court decision that held the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate unconstitutional.
January 16, 2020 Research Brief Explores ACA Impact on Racial, Ethnic Access to Care According to an issue brief issued by the Commonwealth Fund, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) not only narrowed racial and ethnic disparities in insurance coverage, but also has reduced racial disparities in access to health care.
January 15, 2020 Federal Attention Building to Address Social Determinants of Health Urgency is building in Washington, DC, to advance policy to improve coordination in addressing social determinants of health, recognizing that factors such as stable housing, reliable transportation, and access to healthy foods have a direct impact on health and wellness.