Nebraska’s highest court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that would have stripped a Medicaid expansion proposal off the November ballot, clearing the way for voters to decide a measure that has been repeatedly rejected by the Republican-dominated legisla…
The Trump administration is making it easier for individuals to opt out of Obamacare’s individual mandate. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says it is streamlining the way taxpayers can claim “hardship exemptions” from the mandate, …
“We’re very concerned that some plans in the ACA market may drop out because this will draw low-risk people out of the marketplace and increase unfair competition from plans that aren’t subject to the same rules.” — Margaret Murray, CEO of the Associa…
Members of a federal advisory panel expressed alarm this week that 4,350 low-income people in Arkansas had lost Medicaid coverage because they failed to show they were complying with new work requirements held up by the Trump administration as a model …
Kansas has not yet expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but could choose to do so in the future. If Kansas expanded the program, an estimated 152,000 adults could gain insurance coverage. Newly covered adults would likely experi…
The U.S. spends far more on health care than other wealthy nations, but that investment does not achieve better quality of care or improved health outcomes . Furthermore, both spending and quality vary widely across, and even within, states. In this to…
In the past two years, deaths related to drug overdoses have contributed to an unprecedented decline in life expectancy in the United States. In 2017, there were more than 70,000 drug-related deaths, accounting for more fatalities than HIV, auto accide…
