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The ACA’s Innovation Waiver Program: A State-by-State Look
What is the current status of ACA innovation waivers for each state?
7,000 People Fail to Meet Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement
More than 7,000 people on Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion didn’t meet a requirement that they report at least 80 hours of work in June and face the threat of losing their coverage if they fail to comply sometime before the end of this year, state officia…
Latest Obamacare Shake-Up Could Fuel Rate Hikes
The Trump administration’s latest blow to Obamacare is rattling health insurers as they draw up rate proposals, sparking new worries about huge premium increases just before midterm elections. The administration’s decision to freeze a $10 billion progr…
Getting People the Information They Need
“There shouldn’t be anything controversial about helping people get the information they need to ensure they have affordable, comprehensive coverage, but the Trump administration’s health care sabotage clearly has no limits.” — Senator Patty Murray (D…
The Trump Administration Has a New Argument for Dismantling the Social Safety Net: It Worked
Republicans for years have proclaimed the federal government’s decades-old War on Poverty a failure. “Americans are no better off today than they were before the War on Poverty began in 1964,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) wrote in his 2016 plan …
Maryland Governor Signs Federal All-Payer Health Contract
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed a contract with the federal government on Monday to enact the state’s unique all-payer health care model, which he said will create incentives to improve care while saving money. Hogan signed the five-year contract alon…
Trump Told Pfizer CEO Price Hikes Hurt His Drug Plan: Source
U.S. President Donald Trump called Pfizer Chief Executive Ian Read on Tuesday to say the company’s July 1 price hikes had complicated the administration’s drug pricing plans, prompting the company to defer its planned increases, according to a source f…
New Law May Be Necessary for Medicaid Mandatory Work Requirements, White House Says
The White House suggested on Thursday that Congress may need to pass a new law in order for states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. Mandatory work requirements could be key to motivating adults to work as there is evidence that ma…
Trump Health Chief Defends Suspending Obamacare Payments
The Trump administration is bound by a federal court decision to suspend billions of dollars in Obamacare payments, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma said Thursday. “We really are in a tough spot,” Verma told re…
Many Drugmakers Ignore Trump — and Raise Prices Anyway
In the first 10 days of July, at least 10 drugmakers and biotechnology companies raised prices on at least 20 brand-name medicines, a review of pricing data from Rx Savings Solutions and Bloomberg Intelligence shows. The increases, for medications for …
