The Trump administration took another major swipe at the Affordable Care Act (ACA), halting billions of dollars in annual payments required under the law to even out the cost to insurers whose customers need expensive medical services. In a rare Saturd…
The Trump administration’s drive to wean poor people from government benefits by making them work has been slowed by a federal judge framing a fundamental question: Are poverty programs meant to show tough love or to help the needy? U.S. District Judge…
The fallout from Friday’s federal court ruling that struck down the Medicaid work requirement in Kentucky was swift. The decision by Judge James Boasberg immediately blocked Kentucky from enacting the provision in Campbell County, which had been set to…
Maine’s Republican governor is publicly laying out a proposed tax hike on hospitals to pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Gov. Paul LePage’s office says Medicaid expansion will offset a tax hike by decreasing charity care and bad debt. Maine’s …
In the budding battle royale over the Supreme Court vacancy, what’s the Democratic sweet spot between satisfying liberal activists’ demands for an all-out fight against President Donald Trump’s pick and protecting senators facing tight re-election race…
At Norwegian American Hospital and other emergency departments around the country, doctors and nurses have been struggling for months without crucial drugs like morphine, which is used to ease the pain of injuries like broken bones, or diltiazem, a hea…
As premiums spiked in 2017, the market where people buy their own health insurance saw a significant decline in enrollment among those who don’t qualify for federal subsidies. That is the conclusion of a new federal report that finds the number of unsu…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to launch an experiment that allows doctors in Medicare Advantage plans to qualify as participating in an alternative pay model. To comply with MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization A…
Shortly after approving Kentucky’s proposal to make work requirements last January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) notified American Indian tribal leaders that federal civil rights laws barring discrimination based on race or nati…
What’s next after the Stewart v. Azar ruling for Medicaid work requirements?
