Trump Administration Makes ACA’s Health-Insurer Payments for September
Release Date:
09/22/2017
White House declines to block ‘cost sharing’ funds this month amid renewed GOP health-care push.
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Bemoaning Budget Cuts, Health Care Navigators Say Feds Don't Get It
Release Date:
09/22/2017
The Trump administration says many of the organizations that help people enroll in health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces don't provide enough bang for the buck, sometimes costing thousands of dollars to sign up each customer.
Health-Care Titan Centene Will Try to Duck Contraceptive Coverage With Pickup Of Church-Linked Provider, Manhattan Pol Warns
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Manhattan state Sen. Brad Hoylman has written a letter to state regulators expressing concern that the company purchasing Fidelis Care for $3.75 billion said it will try to continue a policy for at least a year of not providing contraceptive and...
If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Some families would see coverage disappear starting October 1.
Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The health insurance industry, after cautiously watching Republican health care efforts for months, came out forcefully against the Senate’s latest bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, suggesting that its state-by-state block grants could create...
The G.O.P. Bill Forces States to Build Health Systems From Scratch. That’s Hard.
Release Date:
09/21/2017
A new health care bill before the Senate would require every state in the country to make a ssoup-to-nuts evaluation of how they’d like their health care systems to work, to build such a system and be ready to open their doors in substantially less...
Nursing Home Evacuations Should Not Be “All or Nothing,” Says GSA Member in Senate Testimony
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Speaking before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging today, University of South Florida professor Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP, FGSA, urged lawmakers to support actions that enable nursing homes and assisted living communities to better serve their...
New STARS Community, Funded by Josiah Macy Foundation, Will Focus Wise Choices And Value in Health Care
Release Date:
09/21/2017
The ABIM Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation will support a new initiative by the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin to identify and coach 50 student leaders from across the country with the goal of changing the way...
Commonwealth Fund: What Are the Potential Effects of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal-and-Replace Bill? Past Estimates Provide Some Clues
Release Date:
09/21/2017
Last week, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R–La.) unveiled congressional Republicans’ latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has indicated that it will not release a...
Cuomo Warns New Yorkers To Ready for Federal Health-Care ‘Punch’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Gov. Cuomo warned New York is about to take a “frightening” hit from federal health care cuts - which will get much worse if the revived Republican effort to repeal Obamacare succeeds.
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