American Heart Association
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Out-of-pocket costs for chronic heart disease and stroke cause significant financial strain for one in four low-income families, even if they have health insurance, according to new research.
Insurance failed to protect low-income families from monumental costs caused by heart disease, said Dr. Rohan Khera, lead […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday, leaving the law sometimes referred to as “Obamacare” in place indefinitely.
After a closed-door meeting Friday afternoon with the Republican conference to disclose plans to pull the […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
The American Heart Association and 10 other public health groups joined together this week to release their stance on possible changes to the Affordable Care Act.
The Consensus Health Care Reform Principles outlines the groups’ criteria for what needs to be jn any new health care […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
In a letter sent this week to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown stressed the AHA’s continued commitment to patients with heart disease and stroke who are covered under the Affordable Care Act.
In the […]
A new study released today by the American Heart Association on the inclusion of cardiovascular and stroke providers by exchange health plans reveals that access to specialty physicians and facilities can vary widely based on a consumer’s plan and location.
The association commissioned the study, conducted by Avalere Health, to […]
Among infants born with severe heart defects, uninsured newborns were three times more likely to die than privately insured newborns, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health insurance coverage helped explain differences in survival seen between black and white babies born with […]
There are only a few days left to sign up for health insurance coverage for 2014 through the Health Insurance Marketplace.
March 31 is the deadline for most uninsured individuals to sign up to buy insurance. People who start applications before the deadline but aren’t able to complete the enrollment process by the deadline will still be able […]
This year alone, about 795,000 Americans will have a stroke. The health impact for stroke survivors can be shattering, while the financial impact can add to the difficulties for people who don’t have health insurance.
About 14 percent of stroke survivors are uninsured and more than one-third have been forced […]
In the past, even with health insurance, a serious heart attack or stroke could mean financial disaster.
For example, some types of health plans excluded coverage for basic care, such as prescription drugs or hospital services. Or the plans imposed low annual coverage limits of $5,000 or $10,000. Often consumers didn’t realize […]
The biggest barrier to obtaining comprehensive health care coverage is affordability for many of the United States’ 48.6 million uninsured individuals.
Nearly half of the uninsured with heart disease or stroke cite cost as the reason they lack coverage. Soaring premium and out-of-pocket costs have kept quality health insurance out […]
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