An IRS proposal that would allow more family members to get Obamacare subsidies shouldn't result in fines on companies that don't provide affordable family coverage, large employers are telling the agency.
A resolution to the dispute between the state's largest insurer and hospital is off to a slow start. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said mediation between Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi Medical Center has begun but is moving at a "snail’s pace" so far.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) discussed their differing visions for an improved health care system on Wednesday, with the Democrat focusing largely on prevention and the Republican on breakthroughs in cures. Schweikert told The Hill's Steve Clemons that shifting the system from the current "maintenance model" to a "curative model" would eventually reduce health care needs and bring costs down for the insurance industry.
The federal government has fined Northside Hospital for violating patients' rights to transparent health care price information, in what CMS said was the first such fine nationwide.
Healthcare sharing ministries grew in popularity before the ACA's mandate for having insurance coverage was repealed because they offered a cheaper alternative to insurance. But they are not insurance.
