Legislators Look to Slash ACA Cadillac Tax

House lawmakers introduced legislation this week in a new attempt to repeal the Cadillac tax, the Affordable Care Act's tax on high-cost health plans that has been a continuing pain point for employers.

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CMS App Provides Details On Fee-For-Service Medicare Coverage

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a mobile application that enables consumers to determine whether Medicare covers a specific medical item or service.

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Pharma Stocks in Focus as Congress Kicks Off Drug Cost Hearings Tuesday

Watch pharmaceutical stocks on Tuesday as the new Congress kicks off its first hearings on drug pricing this year.

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Las Vegas Valley Hospitals’ Price Lists Require Decoder Ring

If you need an “ICD PRTCTA DR US MR BCP” procedure at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, the charge will be $100,000. If, instead, you’re destined for a “Card perf spect mlt with and without wm/ef” at Valley Hospital Medical Center, it will run $15,917.

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Trump Calls for Cracking Down On Surprise Medical Bills

President Trump on Wednesday spoke out against surprise medical bills that patients often cannot afford, highlighting an issue that has received bipartisan concern in Congress.

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Uninsured Rate at Highest Level Since 2014

The percentage of Americans without health insurance has reached its highest point since 2014, when ObamaCare was still in its early years of implementation. 

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Crisis Intervention is Focus of Nevada Mental Health Bills

Nevada’s behavioral health policy leaders are looking to improve crisis intervention and gather data in the 2019 legislative session.

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Dynamex Update: Tech, Labor and Newsom Search for Common Ground on the Future of Gig Workers

When can companies in California classify their workers as independent contractors instead of employees? That’s the question that's been hot on the minds of California lawmakers, labor unions and tech companies since April, when the California Supreme Court ruled that businesses must satisfy three guidelines to classify workers as contractors.

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Proposed Changes Could Raise Individual and Group Premiums

A seemingly minor change included in the Administration’s proposed rule setting Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace standards for 2020 would raise premiums for at least 7.3 million marketplace consumers by cutting their premium tax credits. These higher premiums — for example, $196 more annually for a family of four with income of $80,000 — would cause 100,000 people to drop marketplace coverage each year, according to the Administration’s own estimates.

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Pelosi Health Care Strategy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is laying out her strategy on health care and first up is improvements to "Obamacare" and legislation to lower prescription drug costs. "Medicare for all" will get hearings.

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