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Report: Obamacare has saved women $1.4 billion on birth control pills

Obamacare is costing way less than expected

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Increased violence in our schools and on our streets has thrust the issue of childhood mental health into the spotlight.

Texas has the second largest population of veterans in the country, and Texans believe they have an obligation to care those who have served bravely to defend our freedoms.

There were nearly 355,000 dual eligible beneficiaries enrolled in capitated financial alignment demonstrations in nine states as of June, 2015 (Figure 1).  These states include California, Illinois,Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.  Over 1.3 million beneficiaries are estimated to be eligible to enroll in the demonstrations in these nine states.  All states that currently have demonstrations approved by CMS have now started to enroll beneficiaries, with the exception of Rhode Island, whose demonstration was approved in late July, 2015, and enrollment will continue over the coming months.  In addition, Colorado and Washington are enrolling beneficiaries in managed fee-for-service (FFS) demonstrations, and Minnesota is implementing an administrative alignment demonstration using Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries.

Throughout August, The Texas Tribune will feature 31 ways Texans' lives will change because of new laws that take effect Sept. 1. Check out our story calendar for more.

More than half of all Medicaid beneficiaries nationally receive most or all of their care from risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs) that contract with state Medicaid programs to deliver comprehensive Medicaid services to enrollees. Although not all state Medicaid programs contract with MCOs, a large and growing majority do, and states are also rapidly expanding their use of MCOs to reach larger geographic areas, serve more medically complex beneficiaries, deliver long-term services and supports, and, in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to serve millions of newly eligible low-income adults.

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