We are continuing our advocacy blog series meant to help youtake care当涉及到重要的关节炎保健和覆盖问题时。如果您现在刚刚进入这个系列，请查看我们以前的博客文章accumulator adjustment programs, pharmacistgag orders, President Trump’s drug pricingblueprint,drug rebates,premium increases,an update on the Affordable Care Act.
We are continuing our advocacy blog series meant to help youtake care当涉及到重要的关节炎保健和覆盖问题时。如果您现在刚刚进入这个系列，请查看我们以前的博客文章accumulator adjustment programs, pharmacistgag orders, President Trump’s drug pricingblueprint,drug rebates,premium increases.
This week, we break down a recent legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A court case was recently thrown into the spotlight as a result of the administration’s decision to file a brief essentially arguing that federal courts should find the ACA’s protection for people with pre-existing conditions unconstitutional. Read on to learn more.
12月20日星期三，国会通过了《减税和就业法案》(TCJA)。该法案包含了一些与健康相关的变化，比如废除《平价医疗法案》(Affordable Care Act)的个人强制要求，以及对医疗支出减税的修改。下面我们将解释最终法律中的关键健康条款，它会如何影响你，以及接下来会发生什么。
Let’s start with the individual mandate.
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During this season of open enrollment, the Arthritis Foundation is here to help you make an informed decision in selecting the best health coverage for your unique needs. Open enrollment is the time of year when individuals elect health care benefits through their employer, Medicare, Medicaid, or the federal and state health exchanges created through the Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment periods vary based on the type of insurance you have, but generally occur in the late fall.
As part of our commitment, the Arthritis Foundation hosted awebinar last monthto provide a general overview of open enrollment and the tools and resources you need to secure the best health care for you and your family. In addition, we hosted our very first Twitter chat on November 9th devoted to this year’s open enrollment. Thousands of you engaged with us on Twitter to#AsktheAFand we rounded up your questions in one location.
Read on to learn more about open enrollment and the questions you asked during the Twitter chat. If you have further questions, the Arthritis Foundation also has licensed clinical social workers available to talk with you about these options or any other questions you may have about your care. Call toll-free at 1-844-571-HELP.
On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Administration took two actions on health care that could affect coverage for people who have health insurance through the exchanges.
特朗普总统签署了一项行政命令，为扩大联合医疗计划打开了大门，这些计划不受《平价医疗法案》(ACA)要求的患者保护水平的相同水平。其次，政府宣布停止成本分担削减付款，这是向健康保险公司支付的款项，帮助在健康交易所购买保险的低收入者减少自付费用。
继续阅读，了解更多有关政府的行动及其对关节炎社区的潜在影响。
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The Senate is expected to open debate today on two bills that repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Tell your senator to vote no and work to write a health bill that serves patients!
Not getting health insurance because you have a pre-existing condition.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs every year with no end in sight.
Fear of reaching your maximum lifetime benefit because you take expensive drugs or had multiple surgeries and hospital stays.
This is what life looked like for many people before the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law in 2010. While the ACA is far from perfect, it offers critical protections like caps on annual out-of-pocket spending, a ban on lifetime coverage limits, a prohibition on pre-existing conditions exclusions and minimum essential health benefits like prescription drugs and hospitalizations.
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By now, news of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the King v. Burwell ruling has resonated throughout the media and permeated our daily conversations with friends, co-workers and family.
As an organization focused on the mission of leading the fight for the arthritis community, we prefer to direct our efforts and energies toward issues that will improve the lives of people living with arthritis and steer clear of polarizing political issues that serve only to divide us and slow progress. However, this ruling is not a political issue for the Arthritis Foundation. This ruling is a victory for the more than 6- million Americans who faced the possibility of becoming uninsured, including countless numbers living with arthritis.
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