Enrollment Numbers Still Tracking Higher Than Last Year’s Despite Uncertainty
The current open enrollment period ends on Jan. 31, 2017.
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After Capitalizing On Antipathy Against Health Law, E&C Chairman Now Focusing On ‘Repair And Rebuild’
Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., has taken over the Energy and Commerce Committee, a role in which he'll be required to steer Republicans' efforts to replace the health law. Meanwhile, incoming Vice President Mike Pence says Donald Trump is getting "very close" to a health care plan, and Republicans look to avoid any YouTube moments that could undermine their messaging for replacement.
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With Dreams Of Fewer Restrictions, GOP Governors Now Interested In Federal Medicaid Money
The governors who decided not to expand under the health law, now see an opportunity in the form of block grants. Meanwhile, governors who did expand will also be giving their two cents to the Finance Committee on Thursday at a round table on the future of health care coverage.
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Democrats Put Pressure On Price Over Stocks, Nominee Says It Was All ‘Above Board’
At the Senate HELP Committee hearing on the nominee for HHS secretary, a main focus of the questioning centered around Rep. Tom Price's stocks in health care related companies.
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Price Promises Not To ‘Pull The Rug Out’ From Under Americans, But Offers Few Details On Replacement
At a four-hour hearing, Donald Trump's nominee for HHS secretary backed away from the incoming president's promises of insurance for everyone, but set lofty goals for his own replacement plans.
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First Edition: January 19, 2017
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: The Medical Bankruptcy Myth; Needle Exchange And Reducing Harm
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
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Thoughts On Trump’s ‘Mystery’ Health Plan; Questions For Price; Flirting With Repeal Disaster?
Opinion writers express their thoughts on the strategies to dismantle the 2010 health law and how a replacement measure could steer clear of a "health-care calamity" as well as their concerns about Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Perspectives: If U.S. Can Negotiate Over Aircraft Carriers, It Can Over Drugs, Too
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Drugmakers’ Influence On Treatment Guideline Authors Worries Experts
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical drug pricing.
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State Highlights: Mass. Gov. Proposes Plan To Penalize Employers That Don’t Offer Insurance; Ga. Grapples With Nurse Shortage
Outlets report on health news from Massachusetts, Georgia, Maryland, Kansas, Washington, Pennsylvania, California, Texas, Florida, Minnesota and Iowa.
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Medicaid Sets Managed Care Rule Blocking Billions In Funding For Safety Net Providers
The payments are made to Medicaid managed care plans, which pass them on to doctors, hospitals and clinics that treat a disproportionate share of Medicaid or uninsured patients with complex or costly cases. Federal officials have said the payments are not actuarially sound. Also, Tennessee and North Carolina officials consider future Medicaid policies.
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Senators Overseeing Health Policy Don’t Share Trump’s Concerns About Vaccinations
Stat finds that 18 of the 23 members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have confidence in the country's system of immunizations. Also, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduces a bill to extend health care benefits for retired coal miners.
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With No Presidential Veto Protection, Planned Parenthood Braces For The Worst
Congress has long tried to defund the organization, and with control over both chambers and the White House, they might succeed. Meanwhile, The Washington Post fact checks Speaker Paul Ryan's claim that for every Planned Parenthood clinic there are 20 other centers to offer care for women, and hundreds rally in California to oppose threats to the organization.
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U.S. Abortion Rate Drops To Lowest Since Roe V. Wade
The researchers credit improved access to contraception and an increase in state regulations on the procedure.
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After Pulling Back From ACA Marketplace, UnitedHealth Posts Big Q4 Profits
UnitedHealth Chief Executive Stephen J. Hemsley on a call with analysts spoke approvingly of some mainstay ideas Republicans have had for reshaping the health care coverage landscape.
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Price Hearing Expected To Be Turbulent As Nominee Faces Scrutiny Over Health Stocks
Democrats even tried to delay the "courtesy" hearing for Donald Trump's Health and Human Services nominee before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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If You Like It, You Can Keep It: GOP Senator Proposes States Decide If They Want Health Law
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is championing a plan that allows states that like the health law to keep it if desired, while others can adopt something different. In other health law and repeal news, insurers push for Congress to rollback a particular tax, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell plans on signing up for Obamacare, 6 lesser-known provisions that are on the chopping block, why interstate health insurance sounds better than it is, and more.
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Health Law Has Never Been More Popular — Just As GOP Is Poised To Dismantle It
The poll started asking about Obamacare in April 2009, and this month marks both the highest percentage of respondents who signaled their approval for the law and the first time that more people surveyed said they like it than dislike it.
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CBO: 18M Could Lose Insurance, Premiums Would Spike If Health Law Is Gutted
The House speaker's office called the report "meaningless," but Democrats seized on the dire numbers to drive home their messaging on saving the health law.
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