If You’re Tired of Medicare Advantage, Now is the Time to Ditch
January 4, 2018
If you missed your initial Medicare enrollment period or want to dump your Advantage Plan altogether, now's the time to do it. Read More
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Conservative Groups Push for 2018 Repeal of ObamaCare
January 4, 2018
Conservative groups are pushing President Trump to make ObamaCare repeal a priority in 2018, even as some Republicans signal a desire to move on from the issue. Read More
House GOP Whip: Entitlement Reform, ObamaCare Repeal on 2018 Agenda
January 4, 2018
ObamaCare repeal and entitlement reform are at the top of the agenda for House Republicans in 2018, Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Tuesday. Read More
Did You Miss the ACA Deadline? Don’t Panic
January 4, 2018
Nevadans whose health care isn’t covered by their employers and who missed the Dec. 15 deadline for government-provided insurance still have options for the coming year, according to local experts. Read More
Record Number of Nevadans Enroll on Health Insurance Exchange
January 4, 2018
President Donald Trump predicted the Affordable Care Act would “implode,” but a record number of Nevadans signed up for health insurance this year through the state’s exchange during a shortened enrollment period, it was reported Thursday. Read More
Get Ready for a Revived Brawl Over Single-Payer Healthcare in California
January 2, 2018
Whether it was bracing for a possible repeal of Obamacare or pondering an ambitious single-payer program that would overhaul how California provided medical care to its residents, the issue of healthcare kept politicians and policy wonks busy in 2017. Read More
Five Ways Trump Can Impact ObamaCare in 2018
January 2, 2018
President Trump faces a slew of critical decisions in 2018 about how far he wants to go to undermine ObamaCare. Read More
Drug Prices Rise As Pharma Profit Soars
January 2, 2018
The amount of money people spend on prescription drugs has nearly doubled over the past three decades as pharmaceutical sales and profit margins have ballooned, according to a government report. Read More
Tax on Medical Devices to Resume After 2-Year Suspension
January 2, 2018
While much of corporate America will enjoy a tax cut in the new year, one industry is getting a tax increase it has fought hard but so far unsuccessfully to avoid. Read More
How Big Tech Is Going After Your Health Care
January 2, 2018
When Daniel Poston, a second-year medical student in Manhattan, opened the App Store on his iPhone a couple of weeks ago, he was astonished to see an app for a new heart study prominently featured. People often learn about new research studies through in-person conversations with their doctors. But not only did this study, run by Stanford University, use a smartphone to recruit consumers, it was financed by Apple. And it involved using an app on the Apple Watch to try to identify irregular heart rhythms. Read More