A judge dismissed an effort to block that Nebraska’s Medicaid expansion via ballot initiative, clearing the way for voters to decide whether to increase access to healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
A coalition of more than 500,000 U.S. physicians say the Trump administration’s move to suspend billions of dollars in payments to insurers hurts patients with “chronic health conditions and pre-existing conditions.”
Two Nebraska Republican legislators are suing to stop voters in the state from putting a Medicaid expansion initiative on the November general election ballot, questioning whether it meets legal requirements.
A decision by the Trump administration to suspend a ‘risk-adjustment’ program that helps “high-need” patients maintain health coverage will create an uncertain insurance market, health plans say.
Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska say they have reached their goal to become the third Republican-leaning state this year to put an initiative on the November general election ballot.
Two-thirds of U.S. voters disapprove of the Trump Justice Department’s decision to support a lawsuit that would eliminate popular protections for patients with preexisting conditions under the Affordable Care Act.
At the American Medical Association meeting this week, doctors are discussing numerous ways to protect patients and upset at the Trump Justice Department’s move to gut Obamacare’s guaranteed issue rules.