One Child, a $21-Million Medical Bill: How a Tiny Number of Patients Poses a Huge Challenge for Medi-Cal

Somewhere in California, one child’s medical expenses in 2014 totaled $21 million — a bill covered entirely by Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid.

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Medicare’s Financial Outlook Slightly Improved, Trustees Say

The Trump administration said Thursday that the financial outlook for Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund improved in the past year due to health costs rising more slowly than expected and predictions that enrollees will use hospital services less often.

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Trump Blasts Congress Over Failure of GOP Health Care Bill

President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a party that has vowed for years to abolish the law.

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Uncertainty in Washington Driving Up Health Insurance Rates, Insurers Say

Two Maryland health insurance companies defended hefty rate increases they were seeking for insurance plans offered on the state’s exchange under Obamacare in part by citing the uncertainty in Washington over the law’s future.

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Opinion: Single-Payer is Not a Panacea and Cost is Astronomical

While Congress struggles with what to do with Obamacare, California is playing around with the idea of a single-payer system.

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Seniors Urge Sen. Heller to Stand Strong Against Senate Health Plan

Senior advocates are blanketing the airwaves this week with a new ad blitz meant to convince Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., to stick with his stated opposition to the Senate GOP health-care bill.

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Obamacare Repeal and Replace Will Hurt Nevada, Sandoval Says

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday a U.S. Senate plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act remains a major threat to Nevada’s future fiscal health.

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Nevada Health Insurance Rates Face Proposed Increases

Nevada residents who receive medical insurance through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange face an average increase of 38 percent under rates proposed for 2018.

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Health Insurers Pull Out of Rural Nevada

The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange announced at its public board meeting earlier this week that residents in 14 Nevada counties will not have access to Qualified Health Plans (QHPs). These are insurance plans certified by the Health Insurance Marketplace under the Affordable Care Act and qualify for subsidies to lower costs.

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McConnell is Trying to Revise the Senate Health-Care Bill by Friday

The effort reflects the tight timeline McConnell faces in his attempt to hold a vote in July — and the pressure he is under to change the bill to garner enough support to pass it. With both conservatives and centrists pushing different policy solutions, Senate leaders were struggling to craft a rewrite of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday that would attract votes without torpedoing the CBO’s official score of how the legislation affects coverage levels and federal spending.

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