The Better Care Reconciliation Act would cut health insurance coverage for 22 million people by 2026, but that number could change with news that the Senate will now include a penalty for going uninsured in its repeal plan.
The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026, a figure that is only slightly lower than the 23 million more uninsured that the House version would create, the nonpartisan...
A complaint filed in district court claims the acquisition would compromise competition and thus quality of care, while thwarted physician organizations argue the opposite.
Built into the Senate ACA replacement bill are loopholes for states to bypass those protections and erode coverage for preexisting conditions. That could lead to perverse situations in which insurers are required to cover chronically ill people but not the diseases they...
I'm 35 years old. I didn't go to college after high school. Instead I got a job in insurance, and I've spent half my life on the business side of keeping people healthy. Only once have I felt that the industry took positive steps toward insuring America, and that was...
After weeks of secret meetings, Senate Republicans have released a ‘discussion draft’ of their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and hope to rush the sweeping legislation to a Senate floor vote before the July 4 recess.
The Miami Herald / Associated Press, June 22, 2017
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said Wednesday it is pulling out of the federal health care exchange in Wisconsin. Anthem, which is a major health insurer in Wisconsin, blamed a volatile market for its decision.
A bill that would curtail gifts, speaking and consulting fees and expensive food flowing from pharmaceutical companies to doctors has passed the Legislature and awaits the signature of Gov. Paul LePage. Rep. Scott Hamann, D-South Portland, said the goal of the bill is...
The future looks grim for health plans unless substantial changes are made in their favor to the Affordable Care Act, says one healthcare economist. That outcome doesn't look at all certain, though.
Findings in 25-state study challenge the notion that the expansion of health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act would reduce emergency department visits, but that’s not necessarily bad.
