Danny McDermott

Previously private insurance @kff, mostly just retweeting their stuff now.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

The Biden Administration has announced a record 16.3 million signups for ACA coverage.

More than a decade after the ACA passed, it appears to be beyond repeal fights and existential legal threats, and is finally meeting expectations.

https://t.co/Z94yt61plO

[Matt McGough @mcgough_matthew]

NEW: 2023 marks the 10th year of Health Insurance Marketplaces opening their doors to new enrollees. With open enrollment season starting on Tuesday, we at @KFF have released and updated some resources and tools to better understand the current landscape of the ACA Marketplace🧵

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

@KFF Here’s an example using the new calculator:

If the ARPA hadn’t passed, a 60-year-old couple making $70k would pay $1,859 per month.

With ARPA, the same couple pays $496 per month.

If Congress extends the ARPA subsidies, this older middle-income couple will save over $16,000/yr

[Emma Wager @emmawage]

If you’re a recent grad who likes health policy, wants to do research & hates beer, apply to our amazing RA role on Team ACA at @KFF!!

(The beer thing is optional I’m just sick of being the only beer hater on the team) https://t.co/JJAEZPv6uo

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

How much medical debt to American's owe?
Estimates vary
This month, @CFPB estimated a total of $𝟴𝟴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻
Today, we @KFF estimate the total is 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 $𝟭𝟵𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 (likely more)
Either is a lot of money. But why are these numbers so different? 🧵 1/5

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

NEW: Who are the people with breakthrough COVID hospitalizations? We partnered with Epic using electronic medical records data to understand characteristics of vaccinated people who end up in the hospital with COVID: https://t.co/mG5tVknQbG

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

NEW: How Marketplace Costs and Premiums will Change if Rescue Plan Subsidies Expire ⁦@KFF⁩ https://t.co/eGwQsYUf7H

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

NEW: We have two analyses out today about lowering the Medicare age.
First analysis illustrates the potential for big cost savings in employer health plans if older adults move to Medicare. That savings could translate to lower premiums and/or higher wages https://t.co/DwvrNy5IHW

[Danny McDermott @DannyMickDee]

Some of these hospitals let you shop for merch but not health care services....

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

Price transparency in health care has been heralded as a fair way to let patients see true costs and shop for care. But, our analysis of hospital price data show that lack of standardization inhibits price comparison across providers.
https://t.co/rlUdysUMhN

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

@gio_j_ramirez & I poured over hospital price transparency files, payer rates, & online tools to deduce prices for services like lumbar MRIs.

Across hospitals, we found:
-"Price" was defined &measured differently by hosp.
-Generally couldn't tell what market a payer operates in

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

Who decided to make vaccine cards too big to fit in any wallet?

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

ICYMI, we recently published an analysis of how hospitals are complying with the price transparency rules.

Spoiler alert: They aren't.

@nisha_kurani

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

Work with us! We are fun and interesting and get to do cool work with data AND get to write about it! Where else can you get all of this?

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

New: If health care under private insurance were provided using Medicare prices -- for example, through a public option -- spending would drop by 41%. Employers and individuals could save $352 billion.

https://t.co/YVV75O8Db3

[Robin Rudowitz @RRudowitz]

Investments in outreach and advertising as well as enhanced funding for in-person assistance to support the new Marketplace enrollment period can also raise awareness of #Medicaid and promote Medicaid enrollment.

[Amrutha Ramaswamy @amrutha__ram]

48 years ago today, the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade.

Meanwhile, cases await decision at SCOTUS that might chip away at (or totally overturn) the constitutional right to abortion. https://t.co/6KcZi0T2Fk cc: @laurie_sobel @a_salganicoff

[Josh Michaud @joshmich]

Countries identifying new variants while also imposing travel restrictions on other countries identifying new variants

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

As of Jan 1, hospitals must publish payer-negotiated rates for all health services they offer. We wrote about the implications of price transparency on the market and for patients.

@cynthiaccox @matthew_t_rae @KrutikaAmin

https://t.co/JTmBBFQoPE

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

With a slim majority in the Senate, some ACA charges Democrats might make:
- Change the mandate to moot SCOTUS case
- Boost ACA subsidies to lower premium payments and deductibles
- Extend ACA subsidies to those left out (Medicaid gap and over 400% FPL)
- End the “family glitch”

[Amrutha Ramaswamy @amrutha__ram]

NEW: Trump admin changes to the Title X program resulted in the loss of over 1000 family planning clinics (~1/4 of the program) and only saw 225 new clinics in 2020 - not nearly enough to fill the gaps. @brittni_freder @a_salganicoff @/IvetteGomez
https://t.co/M7v2JRwtFA