Nevada Obamacare Rates Expected to Rise Nearly 37 Percent
October 5, 2017
Nevada's average Obamacare rate is expected to increase by nearly 37 percent next year. Read More
GOP Gives Ground In ObamaCare Stabilization Talks
October 5, 2017
Puerto Rico would receive an extra $1 billion for its Medicaid program under Republican legislation to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for another five years. Read More
CaliforniaChoice 2018 Product Portfolio
October 3, 2017
CaliforniaChoice introduced its 2018 product portfolio today, which includes new benefit plan designs, rate and benefit parity with Kaiser Permanente, and a new health and lifestyle discount program for members. CaliforniaChoiceis an employee health insurance program available to small businesses and provides access multiple insurance carriers in a single program. Read More
Californians Back Obamacare And Dreamers, But NOT Single-Payer
October 3, 2017
Majorities of Californians want to protect immigrant children brought to the U.S. illegally and improve the Affordable Care Act – but oppose the creation of a national single-payer health care system. Read More
Senate, House Poised to Mark Up CHIP Funding Bills As States Prepare for Shortfalls
October 3, 2017
This week, Congress will mark up two measures to reauthorize funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and for states, those efforts come not a moment too soon. Read More
Do Pharma’s Claims On Drug Prices Pass The Smell Test? We Found 5 Stinkers
October 3, 2017
Drug companies launched an ad and publicity extravaganza this year right after President-elect Donald Trump said they “are getting away with murder” on sky-high pill prices. Read More
Other States Closely Watching Fate of California’s Drug Price Transparency Bill
October 3, 2017
Insurers, hospitals and health advocates are waiting for Gov. Jerry Brown to deal the drug lobby a rare defeat, by signing legislation that would force pharmaceutical companies to justify big price hikes on drugs in California. Read More
Price Resignation Sets Off Frenzy of Speculation Over Replacement
October 3, 2017
The resignation of embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price for using private jets for government travel is setting off a frenzy of speculation about who will replace him. Read More
Why Medi-Cal Enrollees Gain Coverage But Not Broad Access To Doctors
October 3, 2017
Medi-Cal enrollee Michael Gonzalez worked for months in 2015 to get to the Sutter specialists who ultimately treated his thyroid cancer, so he felt undermined this summer when Sutter Health announced that its primary-care doctors would no longer be serving 10,000 adult patients in Sacramento and Placer counties. Read More
FDA Chief Says Agency Will Take Action To Lower Drug Prices
October 3, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take action to deal with the rising cost of prescription drugs, the agency’s head said on Monday. Read More