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Affordable Care Act
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Report shows uninsured rate rises as 4 million lose coverage since 2016
The rate of working-age Americans who lack health insurance rose to 15.5 percent, up from 12.7 percent in 2016, according…
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Medicaid expansion may go to the ballot box in three states
Advocates in three conservative states – Utah, Idaho and Nebraska – are trying to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot…
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Focus shifts to states’ efforts in health policy
States are going to have unprecedented opportunities to shape health care policy during the next couple years, as President Trump’s…
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ACA enrollment holds quite steady for 2018
The final 2018 ACA marketplace enrollment figures are out – and they are higher than many people had expected going…
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Health advocates, legislators wrestle with Medicaid work requirements
Three states – Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas – have now gotten permission from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
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Verma participates in first of promised series of ’roundtables’ with reporters
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, held her first on-the-record, in-person meeting with reporters…
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Another bid at ACA stabilization – and likely another failure
Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray are circulating a new “ACA stabilization” plan that in some ways is more ambitious than…
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Potential pros, cons of those short-term health plans
As promised, the Trump administration has released a proposed rule to allow short-term health insurance plans that do not conform…
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Talking of wishes and waivers in Phoenix at #AHCJ18
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, one of its clear intents was to create a lot more…
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A check-up on the status of the health exchanges
Remember when Sen. Susan Collins, Maine’s moderate Republican, predicated her vote for the Senate tax bill that included the repeal…