CMS issued a proposed methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that create a Basic Health Program for 2017 and 2018. Here are four things to know about Basic Health Programs and ...

California is considering whether to establish a Basic Health Program, an option under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that would cover those who are earning less than 200 percent of the federal ...

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Oregon aims to take advantage of a little-used provision of the Affordable Care Act that enables states to establish Basic Health Programs to cover residents who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

Section 1331 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148, enacted on March 23, 2010), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152, ...

CMS is distributing $850 million in ACA funds between MinnesotaCare and Essential Plan, the basic health programs of Minnesota and New York, respectively. The additional funding means MinnesotaCare ...

A group of volunteer advisors to the Oregon Health Authority has voted Tuesday to make the state the third in the nation to seek federal approval for a basic health program. The emergency wing of the ...

A group of volunteer advisers to the Oregon Health Authority voted Tuesday to make the state the third in the nation to seek federal approval for a basic health program. It’s an option, established in ...

SUMMARY: This document provides the methodology and data sources necessary to determine federal payment amounts made in program years 2017 and 2018 to states that elect to establish a Basic Health ...