A consumer voice in ACA w/ education & political outreach at national & state levels for affordable healthcare choices available.Follows/RT's ≠ endorsement
Illinois, USA
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ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Enhanced ACA subsidies are set to expire in late 2025.
Who would be most impacted by the expiration?
People living in Southern red states, where:
☑️ACA signups have grown the most since 2020
☑️ACA signups represent largest share of the population
☑️Premium payments would double
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
A cancer diagnosis is a pre-existing condition for life. Americans with pre-existing conditions used to not be able to get health insurance. The Affordable Care Act changed that. We can’t go back. #Project2025
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just delivered its decision in the case attacking mifepristone — and thankfully, mifepristone will be able to stay on the market without the bogus additional restrictions being pushed by anti-abortion groups.
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ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Today, the Supreme Court was unanimous in making the right decision to secure access to #Mifepristone, a decision to protect the tens of millions of women who deserve the right to make decisions about their bodies.
No matter who you are or where you live, you should have access to essential health care, including abortion and contraception, without politically motivated and medically unnecessary hurdles.
Read our full statement:
familiesusa.org/press-releas…
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
🎉 It's Official! 🎉 HB 5395, the Healthcare Protection Act, & HB 2499, banning junk insurance, have passed both chambers and are headed to Governor Pritzker's desk 🏛️. Thank you to the sponsors & everyone who took action to support these pieces of legislation!
ALT Graphic with a blue background and confetti, featuring an icon of a signed document. The white text reads: "It's Official! HB 5395, the Healthcare Protection Act & HB 2499 banning junk insurance have passed both chambers. The legislation now goes to Governor Pritzker's desk."
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
HB 5395, the Healthcare Protection Act, just passed! Now it goes on to @GovPritzker for his signature. #HPANow – at Alexandria, VA
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨 Help ban STLD plans, also known as junk insurance, in Illinois! File a witness slip as a proponent of HB 2499: tinyurl.com/HB2499
ALT Image that depicts coverage in a traditional health insurance plan vs. short-term limited duration health plans. Traditional health insurance, must accept every applicant, charge same premiums regardless of gender or health status, covers pre-existing conditions, covers essential benefits like prescription drugs, hospitalization, mental and maternal health and there is a limit to what patients may owe for treatment. Short term-limited duration plans have none of that coverage.
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Short term limited duration -- AKA junk plans -- have no place in the Illinois health insurance market. It's time to ban them once and for all! #twill
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
👏 It is time to rein in the harmful anti-competitive behaviors of big health care corporations!
Our health care system has a competition problem. Great to see @JusticeATR unveil a task force to address this issue and improve patients’ choices.
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Two in three bankruptcies involve medical debt. That’s why we’ll be in Washington, D.C. next week, urging members of Congress to make healthcare costs more affordable—and to protect patients from medical debt.
Want to help from home? Sign up today ➡️ lls.org/raiseyourvoice
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Insurers shouldn't be allowed to stand between patients and the treatments their doctors prescribe. The Healthcare Protection Act would ban prior authorization for in-patient mental health treatments in Illinois.
Ask your State Senator for their support: citizenaction-il.org/HPA
ALT Borders of this image depict caution tape and the title states "The dangers of Prior Authorization" Then states "Insurers have used prior authorization to deny access to necessary treatments for thousands of patients - even when a doctor has directly prescribed one." Images then depict someone being required to go to their insurer to get prior authorization before they can obtain their medication. The image ends with "Support HB5395/SB 3739"
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
NEWS: We're expanding access to health care for Dreamers by ensuring they will no longer be ineligible for coverage through the ACA Marketplaces or a Basic Health Program—allowing an estimated 100,000 previously uninsured DACA recipients to enroll. bit.ly/3UywxPc
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Very rare that 2 behemoths @UHC & @Walmart fail at anything & here they failed at launching #MedicareAdvantage co-branded plans. The failure of Walmart clinics has perhaps many lessons, but this is an add’l blow to be sure. @UHC is the largest Advantage sponsor in the US, so yet another “torpedo” into the mothership. beckerspayer.com/payer/unite…
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Everyone: “whoa even @Walmart failed at healthcare…!”
Me: 🙄Maybe that’s because…
👏HEALTHCARE👏IS 👏NOT👏A👏COMMODITY👏
Doctors are not widgets.
Nurses are not widgets.
HCWs are not widgets.
Patients are not widgets.
The problem with these big box “healthcare” initiatives is they’re all about churning widgets.
And WE ARE NOT WIDGETS.
#endrant #medtwitter
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ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Mental health IS health, no exception or distinction. During Mental Health Awareness Month, make it a point to check in with your loved ones. We all must work to end the stigma around mental health and work toward a future where it’s treated the same as physical health. #MHAM2024
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Step therapy require patients to fail on less effective treatments before accessing the one their doctors prescribe. Insurers shouldn't stand between patients and their doctors - Take action to pass the Healthcare Protection Act and ban step therapy in IL: citizenaction-il.org/HPA
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Now the HPA heads to the Senate, take action to ask your Senator to support: citizenaction-il.org/HPA
@RepAndrade40 @repdagmara @RepHarryBenton @staterep46 @RepMBC @RepKellyCassidy @StateRepCrespo @delgadorep @RepDidech @StateRepKim @RobynGabel @RepMaryGill @egonzalezjr96 @RepJGB
ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Because medical students are trained almost exclusively on images of white patients, they can be underprepared to care for Black patients, leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment and worse outcomes.
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ACA ConsumerAdvocacy retweeted
Junk insurance carriers trap consumers into low-coverage plans that can lead to long-term medical debt. The Healthcare Protection Act would ban junk insurance plans and protect Illinois consumers. Take action to pass the HPA: citizenaction-il.org/HPA