California lawmakers have introduced a single-payer healthcare bill that would provide all Californians comprehensive coverage with minimal out-of-pocket costs.
The State Senate will review SB...
UPDATE: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has vetoed the legislation, calling Medicaid expansion "irresponsible and unsustainable."
Kansas state lawmakers in the House and Senate have voted to approve...
House Republicans recently added 21 pages of updates and changes to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to push forward the potential Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replace bill.
Many of...
As one of her first actions as CMS Administrator, Seema Verma collaborated with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price to detail how the federal government plans to...
After the Congressional Budget Office released their cost estimate on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) several healthcare industry leadership groups reaffirmed their concerns about the bill, which...
On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee proposed two bills that together will effectively repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Combined the...
GOP leaders have unveiled their latest proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with new health insurance regulations. The outline includes cutting federal Medicaid expansion, moving more...
Federally funded health centers in states that underwent Medicaid expansion through the Affordable Care Act faced higher levels of insured patients and improved care quality compared to their peers in...
Several Republican lawmakers have introduced the “Patient Freedom Act” as a proposed replacement of the Affordable Care Act, emphasizing state authority and local decision-making in the...
Since the Presidential election of Donald J. Trump, a number of differing viewpoints came out emphasizing how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be impacted. For the last several...
The American Medical Association (AMA) released a statement yesterday reaffirming its commitment to ensuring that every American who currently has healthcare coverage will continue to have insurance...
Before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law on March 23, 2010, the healthcare industry faced a number of obstacles particularly in terms of providing medical care and health insurance to many low-income families...
While healthcare reform and legislation like the Affordable Care Act have brought medical coverage to an additional 20 million Americans across the country, the patient community still faces some...
Health insurance executives have faced various regulatory challenges since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. Payers have had to participate in new health insurance...
Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, the three major public insurance programs overseen by CMS, often set the tone for the large private health payer industry. CMS is using all three programs to actively encourage the movement towards...
A Supreme Court ruling in 2012 determined that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is Constitutional while Medicaid expansion is optional for individual states to pursue. This led more...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has significantly improved healthcare coverage and access throughout the country, but there are still some obstacles remaining to ensuring that every...
With the Presidential election heating up and the debate season upon us, last week The Commonwealth Fund detailed the stark differences seen between the two presidential candidates healthcare policy...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has had many critics as well as those who have praised the landmark healthcare legislation. While the Republican Party is looking to repeal the Affordable...
With a number of healthcare payers including UnitedHealthcare and Aetna dropping out of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
