More Than Half of Consumers Don’t Understand Basic Aspects of the Healthcare System, Survey Finds

Improving consumers’ healthcare literacy could save the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars per year, according to a new analysis from Accenture.

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Heller hits back at opponent in new ad, trying to blunt health care attacks

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) is hitting back on criticisms his opponent, Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), has made on his health-care record, trying to blunt a major line of attack against him ahead of November's midterms. 

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Trump Officials Make it Easier to Avoid ObamaCare Mandate Penalty

The Trump administration is making it easier for individuals to opt out of ObamaCare’s individual mandate.

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House GOP to Vote on Suspending Employer Mandate This Week

The House Republicans' proposed suspension of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate is on track for a vote this week. But it's unlikely the legislation, projected to add more than $58 billion to the deficit, will move through the Senate this year.

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Nevada Drops Plan for Extra Medicaid Paperwork for Mental Health Care

Nevada Medicaid will reverse its decision to require prior authorization for mental health services after providers and patients raised concerns that the policy change could delay treatment.

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Three File Suit Against Dignity Health, Company That Runs Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three Dignity Health nurses claiming they were required to perform off-the-clock work and were subject to impermissible rounding of time entered on timecard software and an employee monitoring system hospital staff use to record hours worked.

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Analysts Predict Health Care Marketplace Premiums Will Stabilize in 2019

Consumers who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act markets may be pleasantly surprised this fall as average premiums are forecast to rise much less than in recent years.

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The Affordable Care Act is Under Fire Again in Federal Court

The long-disputed fate of the Affordable Care Act played out anew in a Fort Worth courtroom Wednesday as a score of Republican-led states sought to persuade a federal judge to halt the sprawling health-care law.

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Senate Poised to Pass Bill to Stop Flow of Opioids Through the Mail

The Senate appears poised this week to pass a bill intended to shut a window through which fentanyl and other opioids pour into the United States from China through the mail, as lawmakers search desperately for ways to combat an epidemic affecting people of all ages and income levels across the country.

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Confusion Leaves Low-Income Children In Health Care Limbo

Tania Alvarado’s 13-year-old daughter doesn’t smile much anymore. She doesn’t want anyone to see her front teeth, which are so crowded they’re nearly growing atop one another. The crowding makes it painful to eat; it also embarrasses her.

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