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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Kavanaugh Hints He's Skeptical Of Republicans' Legal Claims Against Health Law In Private Meetings With Dems
Los Angeles Times: Trump's Supreme Court Pick Signals Skepticism Over GOP's Latest Bid To Repeal Obamacare
If Republicans are hoping Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will help them knock down Obamacare in the courts, they might be in for a disappointment. Kavanaugh has signaled in private meetings with Senate Democrats that he is skeptical of some of the legal claims being asserted in the latest GOP-led effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act. (Haberkorn, 8/29)
In other health law news —
The Hill: CDC: Uninsured Rates Hold Steady After One Year Of Trump
The uninsured rate in the first three months of 2018 held steady compared to the same time frame last year, according to new numbers released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In the first three months of 2018, 8.8 percent of people of all ages were uninsured, or 28.3 million people, according to the report. (Hellmann, 8/29)
The Star Tribune: Minnesota Will Get $85 Million In Health Care Funding From White House
Minnesota won a partial victory in a dispute over health care funding with the Trump administration, which agreed to restore $85 million in funds withheld from the state’s MinnesotaCare program. Federal officials last year abruptly pulled millions of dollars in federal support for the program as part of a series of executive branch actions designed to dismantle parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (Howatt, 8/30)
Georgia Health News: Pre-Existing Conditions: Prevalence And Insurance Protections
The Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, released this week, found that 23 percent of non-elderly adults in the Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Roswell area have a pre-existing medical condition, but in the Augusta/Richmond County area, the rate is 31 percent. The study, based on CDC data, found wide variability when mapping rates of pre-existing conditions across 130 areas in the United States. (Miller, 8/29)
