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Affordable Care Act
Policy and Implementation Briefing

         League of Women Voters
             August 7, 2012

      Joanne Corte Grossi, MIPP
              Regional Director
    U.S. Department of Health & Human
           Services, Region III
Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia,
      Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
Affordable Care Act Briefing, Joanne Grossi, LWVMCVA
Critical Need for Health Reform
   51 million uninsured Americans

   $2.6 trillion spent annually on
    healthcare

   17.9 % of our economic output tied up
    in the health care system

   Without reform, by 2040, 1/3 of
    economic output tied up in health care
Affordable Care Act Overview
   Rein in insurance premiums rates

   Prevent denials of coverage, including for
    pre-existing conditions

   Make health insurance affordable for
    middle class families

   Make health insurance affordable for
    small businesses with tax cuts
Affordable Care Act Overview
   Provides coverage to young adults up to
    the age of 26

   Strengthens Medicare benefits with lower
    prescription drug costs for those in the
    ‘donut hole,’ and free preventive care

   Prohibits plans from imposing lifetime and
    annual limits on the dollar value of
    benefits, and from rescinding coverage
    when you get sick
Affordable Care Act Overview
   Expanded Medicaid Coverage
    • To include individuals with incomes up
      to 133 percent of the poverty level
    • 100% federally funded for first three
      years (2014-2016)
    • Federal funding gradually reduced to
      90% in 2020
Highlights in 2010
   Establishment of State and National Temporary
    High Risk Pools
     • HHS running program

   Extend coverage to young adults up to age 26
     • 66,000 young adults have benefited to date

   Provide tax credits to small employers with 25
    FTE employees and average annual wages less
    than $50k that purchase health insurance
     • 127,000 small businesses eligible in VA
Highlights in 2011
   Eliminate cost-sharing for Medicare covered
    preventive services that are recommended
    (rated A or B) by the U.S. Preventive Services
    Task Force
    • 837,645 Medicare enrollees in VA received free
      preventive services

   Require pharmaceutical manufacturers to
    provide a 50% discount on brand-name
    prescriptions and a 14% discount on generic
    prescriptions for those who hit the Medicare
    Part D donut hole
    • 86,007 Medicare enrollees in VA received
      discounts
Highlights in 2011
   Holds Insurance Companies Accountable
    for Unreasonable Rate Hikes
         – Requires health insurance companies to
    submit justification for all requested premium
    increases over 10%

   Ensures value for premium payments
      –  Requires plans in the individual and small
      group market to spend 80 percent of
      premium dollars on medical services, and
      plans in the large group market to spend 85
      percent
Highlights in 2011
   Increases the number of Primary Care
    Practitioners – Provides new investments to
    increase the number of primary care
    practitioners, including doctors, nurses, nurse
    practitioners, and physician assistants
     • Projected to place more than 16,000 health
      professionals over next 5 years

   Community Health Centers - Increases
    funding for Community Health Centers to allow
    for nearly a doubling of the number of patients
    seen by the centers over the next 5 years
     • 147 community health centers in VA eligible for
       funding
     • 273,431 patients treated in 2010 at federally
       supported health centers in VA
Highlights in 2012
   Preventive Services for Women
    • Historic guidelines for coverage of preventive
      health care services
    • Contraception and contraceptive counseling
    • Domestic Violence Screening and counseling
    • Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling
    • HIV screening and counseling
    • HPV testing for women over 30
    • Well-woman visits
    • STD counseling
    • Screening for gestational diabetes
Barriers to Health Services, by Gender,
                               2010
 Percent of men and women who say they or a family member have done
 each of the following in the past year because of COST:


         Put off or postponed getting                                  34%
                  needed health care                         26%


            Skipped a recommended                                  31%
           medical test or treatment                       24%


                                                                 29%
              Didn’t fill a prescription
                                                       22%
                                                                         W om en

                                                                         Men
                                                           25%
         Cut pills or skipped doses of
                                                     18%
                             medicine

                                                                             38%
                Skipped dental care or
                                                                   31%
                            checkups

Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: (March 2010).
Top Ten Leading Causes of Death
          Women                          Men
   Heart Disease               Heart Disease
   Cancer                      Cancer
   Stroke                      Unintentional Injuries
   Chronic lower               Chronic lower
    respiratory diseases         respiratory diseases
   Alzheimer's disease         Stroke
   Unintentional injuries      Diabetes
   Diabetes                    Suicide
   Influenza and               Influenza and
    pneumonia                    pneumonia
   Kidney disease              Kidney disease
   Septicemia                  Alzheimer's disease
Supreme Court Opinion

   On June 28, 2012, the United States
    Supreme Court upheld the law as
    constitutional

   The Supreme Court ruled that the
    Medicaid expansion provision is optional
    for states
Moving Forward
   Exchange Implementation
    • Exchange certified by January 1, 2013
      State partnership model available
      HHS will operate exchange for States
      that do not elect to operate or do not
      receive approval to do so by January 1,
      2013

    • Over next few months, HHS is hosting
      forums with states to provide assistance
      and address questions
Moving Forward
   Essential Health Benefits
    •   Ambulatory patient services
    •   Emergency services
    •   Hospitalization
    •   Maternity and newborn care
    •   Mental health and substance use disorder
        services, including behavioral health treatment
    •   Prescription drugs
    •   Rehabilitative and habilitative services/devices
    •   Laboratory services
    •   Preventive and wellness services and chronic
        disease management
    •   Pediatric services, including oral and vision
        care
Resources:
   Affordable Care Act website –
    www.healthcare.gov
   Health IT website –
    www.healthit.gov
   Center for Consumer Information & Insurance
    Oversight website –
    http://cciio.cms.gov
   Affordable Care Act Spanish
    website –
    www.cuidadodesalud.gov
Thank you!
Contact: joanne.grossi@hhs.gov

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Affordable Care Act Briefing, Joanne Grossi, LWVMCVA

  • 1. H ALTHCARE.GOV E Affordable Care Act Policy and Implementation Briefing League of Women Voters August 7, 2012 Joanne Corte Grossi, MIPP Regional Director U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Region III Pennsylvania, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
  • 3. Critical Need for Health Reform  51 million uninsured Americans  $2.6 trillion spent annually on healthcare  17.9 % of our economic output tied up in the health care system  Without reform, by 2040, 1/3 of economic output tied up in health care
  • 4. Affordable Care Act Overview  Rein in insurance premiums rates  Prevent denials of coverage, including for pre-existing conditions  Make health insurance affordable for middle class families  Make health insurance affordable for small businesses with tax cuts
  • 5. Affordable Care Act Overview  Provides coverage to young adults up to the age of 26  Strengthens Medicare benefits with lower prescription drug costs for those in the ‘donut hole,’ and free preventive care  Prohibits plans from imposing lifetime and annual limits on the dollar value of benefits, and from rescinding coverage when you get sick
  • 6. Affordable Care Act Overview  Expanded Medicaid Coverage • To include individuals with incomes up to 133 percent of the poverty level • 100% federally funded for first three years (2014-2016) • Federal funding gradually reduced to 90% in 2020
  • 7. Highlights in 2010  Establishment of State and National Temporary High Risk Pools • HHS running program  Extend coverage to young adults up to age 26 • 66,000 young adults have benefited to date  Provide tax credits to small employers with 25 FTE employees and average annual wages less than $50k that purchase health insurance • 127,000 small businesses eligible in VA
  • 8. Highlights in 2011  Eliminate cost-sharing for Medicare covered preventive services that are recommended (rated A or B) by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force • 837,645 Medicare enrollees in VA received free preventive services  Require pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide a 50% discount on brand-name prescriptions and a 14% discount on generic prescriptions for those who hit the Medicare Part D donut hole • 86,007 Medicare enrollees in VA received discounts
  • 9. Highlights in 2011  Holds Insurance Companies Accountable for Unreasonable Rate Hikes – Requires health insurance companies to submit justification for all requested premium increases over 10%  Ensures value for premium payments – Requires plans in the individual and small group market to spend 80 percent of premium dollars on medical services, and plans in the large group market to spend 85 percent
  • 10. Highlights in 2011  Increases the number of Primary Care Practitioners – Provides new investments to increase the number of primary care practitioners, including doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants • Projected to place more than 16,000 health professionals over next 5 years  Community Health Centers - Increases funding for Community Health Centers to allow for nearly a doubling of the number of patients seen by the centers over the next 5 years • 147 community health centers in VA eligible for funding • 273,431 patients treated in 2010 at federally supported health centers in VA
  • 11. Highlights in 2012  Preventive Services for Women • Historic guidelines for coverage of preventive health care services • Contraception and contraceptive counseling • Domestic Violence Screening and counseling • Breastfeeding support, supplies and counseling • HIV screening and counseling • HPV testing for women over 30 • Well-woman visits • STD counseling • Screening for gestational diabetes
  • 12. Barriers to Health Services, by Gender, 2010 Percent of men and women who say they or a family member have done each of the following in the past year because of COST: Put off or postponed getting 34% needed health care 26% Skipped a recommended 31% medical test or treatment 24% 29% Didn’t fill a prescription 22% W om en Men 25% Cut pills or skipped doses of 18% medicine 38% Skipped dental care or 31% checkups Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: (March 2010).
  • 13. Top Ten Leading Causes of Death Women Men  Heart Disease  Heart Disease  Cancer  Cancer  Stroke  Unintentional Injuries  Chronic lower  Chronic lower respiratory diseases respiratory diseases  Alzheimer's disease  Stroke  Unintentional injuries  Diabetes  Diabetes  Suicide  Influenza and  Influenza and pneumonia pneumonia  Kidney disease  Kidney disease  Septicemia  Alzheimer's disease
  • 14. Supreme Court Opinion  On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional  The Supreme Court ruled that the Medicaid expansion provision is optional for states
  • 15. Moving Forward  Exchange Implementation • Exchange certified by January 1, 2013 State partnership model available HHS will operate exchange for States that do not elect to operate or do not receive approval to do so by January 1, 2013 • Over next few months, HHS is hosting forums with states to provide assistance and address questions
  • 16. Moving Forward  Essential Health Benefits • Ambulatory patient services • Emergency services • Hospitalization • Maternity and newborn care • Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment • Prescription drugs • Rehabilitative and habilitative services/devices • Laboratory services • Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management • Pediatric services, including oral and vision care
  • 17. Resources:  Affordable Care Act website – www.healthcare.gov  Health IT website – www.healthit.gov  Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight website – http://cciio.cms.gov  Affordable Care Act Spanish website – www.cuidadodesalud.gov