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2. Association for Community Affiliated Plans - Wikipedia

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   The Association for Community Affiliated Plans ( ACAP) is a national trade association representing 79 nonprofit health plans. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ACAP advocates on behalf of its community-affiliated member health plans operating throughout the United States. ACAP's advocacy work focuses on representing publicly sponsored ...

3. Managed care - Wikipedia

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   The term managed care or managed healthcare is used in the United States to describe a group of activities intended to reduce the cost of providing health care and providing American health insurance while improving the quality of that care ("managed care techniques"). It has become the predominant system of delivering and receiving American ...

4. Medicaid - Wikipedia

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   Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 85 million low-income and disabled people as of 2022; [3] in 2019, the program paid for half of all U.S. births. [4]

5. Making Provider Choices in Managed Care - WebMD

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   In a study of medical access released in October of 1999, NCSL reported that 18 states and the District of Columbia now require managed care plans to allow a woman the option of choosing an ...

6. Medicare Plans in Washington | Healthline

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   The average Medicare Advantage monthly premium slightly decreased in Washington compared to last year — from $29.84 in 2023 down to $29.62 in 2024. There are 152 Medicare Advantage plans ...

7. Medicaid Expansion and What it Means for You - Healthline

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   Medicaid Expansion is a provision of the ACA designed to increase coverage for non-disabled adults under 65 who have low incomes. Currently, this program is only available in about 40 American ...