To circumvent an obscure Medicaid requirement, seven more states applied to join California, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York to receive a Medicaid waiver to expand drug addiction...
The House vote to pass the American Health Care Act (AHCA) has drawn responses from across the healthcare industry. The bill was passed 217-213, and immediately created a firestorm of...
The House has successfully passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to repeal-and-replace the ACA. This was the House GOP’s second attempt to pass the bill, after the first vote was...
On Friday, a federal DC district appeals court upheld a February 2017 decision which blocked the acquisition of Cigna by health insurance giant Anthem. Antitrust concerns led 11 states and the...
The Oregon state legislature is considering a retraction of Medicaid expansion and benefits to address an anticipated $1.8 billion budget shortfall between 2017 and 2019. The move to cut back...
Since the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains unclear, and GOP plans to repeal and replace have stalled, states are taking the lead in finding solutions to the rising costs of health...
The recently introduced the Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act seeks to reduce the timeline of bringing generic prescriptions to market and enjoys the support of healthcare...
A bill that would allow interstate health insurance options for Oklahoma residents is still on the table following a House committee vote.
Senate Bill 478, or the Health Care Choice Act, would...
The Massachusetts House of Ways and Means Committee approved a state budget for fiscal year (FY) 2018 that funds MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, through new tax revenues.
The committee...
House Republicans are attempting to keep the American Health Care Act (AHCA) viable by adding a new amendment to the bill prior to Congress taking its spring recess.
GOP lawmakers submitted an...
Local healthcare payers in Minnesota reported financial losses of $687 million due to the rising gaps in premiums and healthcare spending.
The Minnesota Council of Health Plans gathered statewide data...
The House Judiciary Committee has voted 16-10 in favor of a bill that would revise and standardize part of the process of reviewing mergers for potential antitrust violations.
The Standard...
The American Hospital Association expressed “deep disappointment” about a CMS final rule that will only include uncompensated care costs for covered Medicaid services in the calculation of...
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...
Anthem has opened an appeal in the U.S District Court citing opportunities for increased consumer savings and quality of care weeks after the DOJ blocked its planned merger with Cigna.
Anthem argued...
The House of Representatives has voted 236-175 to move the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 to the Senate in an effort to increase health insurance options for small businesses.
The Act is...
Before it could reach the House of Representatives for a vote, Republican party leaders pulled the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Because lawmakers could not agree on the structure or substance of...
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...
HHS created a new online resource that highlights the regulatory and administrative actions the federal department has taken for an Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal.
HHS believes that these...
