The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started the process of searching for a company to help create a price comparison tool for consumers. The notice comes as CMS is pushing hospitals to be more transparent about what they charge patient…
“[Medicaid] work requirements will almost certainly result in large coverage losses among these parents, with harmful consequences for their children’s health and well-being as well.”
—Judith Solomon and Aviva Aron-Dine, Center on Budget and Policy P…
President Trump was elected promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA supporters assert that the president’s actions mirror his words; that he is deliberately “sabotaging” enforcement of the ACA. This does not capture the complexity of the…
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue to target its rules that prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, or refusing to cover services people need to treat such conditions. A lawsuit filed in…
Few states have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since 2016, but a new trend may accelerate the pace of adoption. Last year, voters in Maine used their state’s citizen-initiated ballot referendum process to pass Medicai…
For John McCain, a lifetime of courage, contradictions, and contrarianism came down to one vote, in the middle of the night, in the twilight of his career. The fate of President Donald Trump’s long effort to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law hung i…
A congressional watchdog said Thursday the Trump administration needs to step up its management of sign-up seasons under former President Barack Obama’s health care law after mixed results last year in the throes of a failed GOP effort to repeal it. On…
Maine’s highest court on Thursday blocked the latest attempt by Gov. Paul LePage to restrain Medicaid expansion, although the legal battle appeared set to continue. Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court said two lower-court rulings ordering the state to begin…
Kentucky’s Republican governor lost another round Monday in a legal fight over his efforts to revamp the state’s Medicaid program to require poor people to get a job to keep their benefits. The latest setback for Gov. Matt Bevin came in his home state …
White House staff are reviewing a proposal that may require pharmaceutical companies to be more transparent about their pricing, a key piece of President Donald Trump’s plan to lower drug costs. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has received a …
