Fewer Signing Up for Obamacare as Enrollment Deadline Nears
December 13, 2018
Obamacare sign-ups through Healthcare.gov are down nationally and in Nevada as the final days of open enrollment approach. Read More
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Health Insurer, Employers Call on Congress to End Surprise Billing
December 13, 2018
Nine groups representing health insurers, employers and consumers on Monday called for federal legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers. Read More
Dems Aim to Punt Vote on ObamaCare Taxes
December 13, 2018
Health-care companies are making a last-minute push to delay ObamaCare taxes as part of a year-end government funding deal, but they face resistance from Democrats who want to punt the issue until next year when they control the House. Read More
Trump Administration Seeks Public Feedback On How To Fix HIPAA Privacy Rules
December 13, 2018
Among regulations in healthcare, perhaps none is more well known—or loathed—than HIPAA. Read More
How Can We Lower Healthcare Costs? Key GOP Senator Seeks Ideas
December 13, 2018
Senate health committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) plans to have his panel next year work on legislation to address high healthcare costs. Read More
A Groundbreaking Antitrust Lawsuit is Ensnaring the Generic Drug Industry
December 13, 2018
It’s the biggest lawsuit you might not know anything about: Generic drug companies stand accused of running a “cartel” that rigged the market and fixed prices, costing patients and taxpayers, according to a complaint that has been joined by almost every state’s attorney general. Read More
Incoming Dem Chairman Open to Hearing on ‘Medicare for All’
December 13, 2018
The incoming chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), said Tuesday that he is open to holding hearings on "Medicare for all" next year. Read More
State Explores How to Counteract End of Obamacare Mandate
December 11, 2018
In a scramble to keep people enrolled in health care plans, what did New Jersey, Vermont and the District of Columbia do earlier this year that California has not done? Read More
Lower Utilization Dampened Health Spending Growth in 2017
December 11, 2018
The rate of U.S. healthcare spending growth slowed from 2016 to 2017, driven by reduced use and intensity of hospital care, physician services and prescription drugs, according to the new annual report by CMS' Office of the Actuary published in Health Affairs. Read More
Democrats’ Spending List Needs to be ‘Whittled Down,’ Gavin Newsom Says
December 11, 2018
California lawmakers had been in session for just 24 hours by midday Tuesday, and majority Democrats had already proposed tens of billions of dollars in new state spending. Read More