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Trump: CBO ‘Analysis Must Not Be Trusted Blindly’
President Donald Trump blasted the report, citing its projections on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, he’s continuing his efforts to get the Senate bill passed.
CBO Report Paints Grim Picture For Health Bill, Projecting 22 Million More Uninsured By 2026
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also found that average premiums for plans for single individuals would be about 20 percent higher in 2018 than under current law. Media outlets offer a look at what’s in the report.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Take Our Quiz To Test Your Wits On Aging
As we get older, it helps to tickle the noggin with trivia. Here’s a pop quiz to see what you have learned as a regular reader of Kaiser Health News.
House Seeks To Cap Malpractice Awards As Part Of Health Care Update
The bill would limit non-economic damages to $250,000, but it faces opposition from across the political spectrum.
CBO Deals Blow To Senate Health Bill With Estimate Of 22 Million More Uninsured
The much anticipated score by the nonpartisan agency could make it more difficult for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to round up the 50 votes he needs to pass his plan to replace Obamacare.
Senate And House Take Different Plans To Scrap Individual Mandate
The Republicans’ penalty would affect people buying insurance who had a lapse in coverage of more than 63 days over a year.
CBO Report: An Additional 22 Million Would Lose Insurance By 2026 Under Senate bill
This estimate is slightly lower than the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected for the House-passed American Health Care Act.
Patients With Mental Disorders Get Half Of All Opioid Prescriptions
A study finds that nearly 19 percent of people with mental illnesses use prescription drugs, while only 5 percent of other people do.
Viewpoints: Are Safe Injection Sites Safe?; Thinking About Fake [Health] News
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Editorial and opinion writers examine how the health policies currently being debated will affect people who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act as well as how forces within the health insurance marketplace would be altered by the Republicans’ plan and how vulnerable populations could be impacted.
Different Takes On The Politics Swirling Around The Senate GOP’s Health Plan
Opinion writers offer their thoughts on the high political stakes in play regarding the legislation that the Senate Republican leadership has named The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. But will it be better?
State Perspectives: Counting The Reasons To Oppose Republican Plans For Medicaid
Editorial pages across the country detail how their states and jurisdictions would be hit by the proposed cuts to this program.
The Medicaid Debate: Does The Senate GOP Plan Mean Reform Or Is It Just Plain Mean
Editorial writers take hard-line positions on how the pending GOP repeal-and-replace plans would reduce funding for the low-income health insurance program and change its structure.
Research Roundup: AHCA’s Impact On Medicaid; Hearing Aids In Free Clinics
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Media outlets report on news from Tennessee, California, Massachusetts, Texas, Connecticut, Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Wisconsin and Colorado.
For Those With Alzheimer’s, Coping With Other Symptoms Can Be Worse Than Memory Loss
“You don’t die of Alzheimer’s,” Greg O’Brien says. “You die of everything else. But first, you live with it all.” In other public health news: strokes, racial disparity in transplants, managing chronic diseases, toilet-training newborns, obesity and more.
While the problem isn’t new, the pace of reported incidents has certainly picked up — and it’s not clear why.
As More Rely On Gig Economy, The Idea Of Employee Benefits May Be Facing An Overhaul
“I think we also want to start imagining the next era of a safety net, where people can do the work they enjoy and need to do, and can get the benefits that they need,” says Sara Horowitz, executive director of the Freelancers Union.
Congressional HIV Panel Sends Trump Bipartisan Request For Explanation Of Policies
The letter from the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus follows the resignation of the six members of a presidential advisory group and concerns about administration policies to fight the disease and help people with it. Also in the news, President Donald Trump signed a law to make it easier to remove employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.