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Seventy-one million additional Americans are

Seventy-one million additional Americans are receiving preventive services coverage without cost-sharing under the Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act ensures that most insurance plans (so-called ‘non-grandfathered’ plans) provide coverage for and eliminate cost-sharing on certain recommended preventive health services, beginning on or after September 23, 2010. This includes services such as colonoscopy screening for colon cancer, Pap smears and mammograms for women,
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47 Million Women Will Have Guaranteed Access to

47 Million Women Will Have Guaranteed Access to Women's Preventive Services with Zero Cost-Sharing Under the Affordable Care Act

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Number of Young Adults Gaining Insurance Due to

Number of Young Adults Gaining Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act Now Tops 3 Million

New results released today by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the dependent-coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act has continued to produce insurance coverage gains among young adults during 2011.
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The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Implications

The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Implications and Issues for Immigrant Families

This brief provides an overview of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect the eligibility of different immigrants, depending on lawful status and length of residence in the U.S. It highlights the demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics and uninsured rates for key immigrant subgroups and describes how the ACA could affect
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Young Adults Are Particularly Likely to Gain

Young Adults Are Particularly Likely to Gain Stable Health Insurance Coverage as a Result of the Affordable Care Act

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Understanding Participation Rates in Medicaid:

Understanding Participation Rates in Medicaid: Implications for the Affordable Care Act

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New Report Shows Affordable Care Act Has Expanded

New Report Shows Affordable Care Act Has Expanded Insurance Coverage Among Young Adults of All Races and Ethnicities

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Under the Affordable Care Act, 105 Million

Under the Affordable Care Act, 105 Million Americans No Longer Face Lifetime Limits on Health Benefits

The Affordable Care Act prohibits health plans from putting a lifetime dollar limit on most benefits received by Americans in any health plan renewing on or after September 23, 2010. While some plans already provided coverage with no limits on lifetime benefits, millions of Americans were previously in health plans that did not. This report est
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Fifty-Four Million Additional Americans Are

Fifty-Four Million Additional Americans Are Receiving Preventive Services Without Cost-Sharing Under The Affordable Care Act

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Medicare Beneficiary Savings and the Affordable

Medicare Beneficiary Savings and the Affordable Care Act

This Issue Brief provides estimates of Medicare Parts A, B, and D savings from the Affordable Care Act to seniors and people living with disabilities enrolled in traditional Medicare. The Affordable Care Act will favorably affect beneficiary expenditures in four ways: lowering part B premiums growth, lowering beneficiary copayments and coinsura
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At Risk: Pre-Existing Conditions Could Affect 1

At Risk: Pre-Existing Conditions Could Affect 1 in 2 Americans

Under the Affordable Care Act, starting in 2014, Americans cannot be denied coverage, be charged significantly higher premiums, be subjected to an extended waiting period, or have their benefits curtailed by insurance companies because of some type of pre-existing health condition. A number of protections have already been put in place by the Aff
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Essential Health Benefits: Individual Market

Essential Health Benefits: Individual Market Coverage

The Affordable Care Act identified ten categories of services and items included in essential health benefits (EHBs). All ten categories of services and items must be covered by insurance offered in the individual and small group markets as of January 1, 2014.
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2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance

2.5 Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance Due to the Affordable Care Act

Results released December 14, 2011, by the National Center for Health Statistics demonstrate that the extension of dependent coverage up to age 26 has increased the number of young adults with health insurance, by even more than prior analyses had suggested. This policy, enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, took effect for insurance plan r
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HHS Implementation Guidance on Data Collection

HHS Implementation Guidance on Data Collection Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status

This policy guidance provides information on the final set of data standards for race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status as required by Section 4302 of the Affordable Care Act. Supporting guidance on implementation of the standards is provided for inclusion on all population health surveys, to the extent practicable, conduct
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One Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance in

One Million Young Adults Gain Health Insurance in 2011 Because of the Affordable Care Act

New results released September 21, 2011, by the National Center for Health Statistics show that the dependent-coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact on improving insurance coverage among young adults.
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Report to Congress on a Study of the Large Group

Report to Congress on a Study of the Large Group Market

A report to Congress on a study of the large group market for health insurance required by section 1254 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Endnotes

The Affordable Care Act and Women. Endnotes

1   Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152). 2   “Essential Health Benefits: Individual Market Coverage.” Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, December 16, 2011 accessed
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The Affordable Care Act and Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Endnotes

1   “Health disparities: A case for closing the gap.” Office of Health Reform, Department of Health and Human Services, 2009.  (Accessed at  http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/healthdisparities/ ).
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The Affordable Care Act and African Americans. Endnotes

1  “Health disparities: A case for closing the gap.” Office of Health Reform, Department of Health and Human Services, 2009.  (Accessed at  http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/healthdisparities/ ).
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Appendices

Understanding Disparities in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Research Approaches and Datasets. Appendices

The appendices listed below are attached. Appendix A – HHS Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status (2011) The HHS Standards for Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, and Disability Status are the current standards for collecting disparities data in federal surveys. These standards were developed in res

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