Frustrated With Trump, Dems Introduce Drug Pricing Bill

Several high-profile Democrats on Wednesday introduced a bill to let Medicare negotiate drug prices, saying they are frustrated the measure hasn’t received a full-throated endorsement from Trump.

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Acute Confusion As Exchange Enrollment Nears

If the comments on Covered California’s Facebook page are any indication, you’re all suffering from acute health insurance confusion.

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Rapid Flurry of New Drug Pricing Leaves No Room for Public Debate

We are fortunate to live in an era of tremendous medical advances. In the last few weeks alone, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved breakthrough products for pediatric cancer, a rare form of blindness, and now adult non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

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5 Things To Know About ACA At Year 5

Open enrollment for people who buy their own health insurance starts Wednesday and ends Dec. 15 this year. That’s 45 days, six weeks shorter than last year — and only one of the big changes consumers need to consider. The Trump administration has cut back on marketing and funding for navigators to help people through the process.

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Past-Due Premiums, Missing Tax Forms May Hamstring Marketplace Customers

The 2018 annual open-enrollment period for coverage on the health insurance marketplaces starts Wednesday. But if you don’t take care of lingering issues from your past coverage, they may come back to haunt you when you try to sign up this fall.

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10 Ways the Trump Administration Proposes to Loosen ACA Market Rules

The CMS Friday issued a proposed rule to carry out President Donald Trump's January executive order to relax Affordable Care Act requirements on consumers, insurers and other healthcare industry groups. 

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Obamacare Enrollment Starts Nov. 1. Here’s What You Need to Know

Choosing the right health insurance plan can be a cumbersome process, and this year’s political back-and-forth over Obamacare has made it seem even more confusing.

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Single Payer Sparring Match Between Dem Gubernatorial Candidates

The two leading Democrats for California governor on Sunday split over how to achieve universal health care, with Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom defending his support for a government-run, single-payer system and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dismissing as “pie in the sky” plans that don’t include viable financing methods.

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IRS Sets 2018 Health Savings Account Limits, House Votes To Expand HSAa Under Trumpcare

Get ready to really stuff your health savings account. The Internal Revenue Service just announced the 2018 inflation-adjusted limits for health savings accounts, and they’re up. For 2018, you can contribute up to $3,450 (up from $3,400 in 2017) for single coverage, or up to $6,900 (up from $6,750 in 2017) for family coverage.

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McConnell Says He’ll Bring the Bipartisan Affordable Care Act Fix Up for a Vote if Trump Backs It

The plan to fix parts of the Affordable Care Act and stabilize health insurance markets is backed by 12 Republican and 48 Democratic senators. It would reinstate federal payments to insurers that Trump cut off this month, offering millions of Americans some relief from rising premiums and shaky insurance markets. It would also give states some new flexibility to offer cheaper, less generous health plans.

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