Bill with “Zero” Chance Proposes Privatizing Provision of Nevada Medical Services

The elderly, the blind and the physically disabled. Thousands of people in these groups in Clark and Washoe counties face major changes in the way assistive services are provided to them should Assembly Bill 310.

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Medicaid Expansion Helps Cut Rate of Older, Uninsured Adults From 12 to 8 Percent

The health law's expansion of Medicaid coverage to adults with incomes over the poverty line was key to reducing the uninsured rate among 50- to 64-year-olds from nearly 12 to 8 percent in 2014, according to a new analysis.

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146K Sign Up During ObamaCare Extension

Nearly 150,000 people signed up for health insurance during ObamaCare's extra enrollment period this spring, the federal government announced Tuesday.

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Western Dental Says Denti-Cal is Broken, Starts Closing Doors to New Patients

Western Dental will begin to close the door to new Denti-Cal patients next month - and will shut some offices altogether - as the company reassesses participation in the state dental program for the poor.

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CBO’s ‘Dynamic Scoring’ Could Affect ACA, Other Health Programs

On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office said that it will use a different type of economic analysis to study federal spending policies' effects, particularly in regard to health care, Modern Healthcare reports.

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More People Able to Pay Medical Bills Under ObamaCare

A new study finds that since ObamaCare went into effect, more people are able to pay their family medical bills.

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Health Insurance Makes Big Shift to Managed-Care Regulator

A big shift in the individual health insurance market in 2014 gave the California Department of Managed Health Care the most enrollment in all three sectors of commercial insurance.

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Jerry Brown’s Proposal to Expand Health Pan Tax Sputtering

Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to make more managed care organizations pay a state tax - one likely to be passed on to consumers - is meeting resistance at the Capitol.

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Individual Enrollment Tops Small-Biz Health Coverage in California

The number of Californians with health coverage through small employers dropped below enrollment in the individual market for the first time, a new study shows.

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Covered California to Cap Patient Costs for High-Priced Specialty Drugs

Covered California board members voted Thursday to become the first state health care exchange in the nation to impose price caps on high-cost specialty drugs to treat conditions such as hepatitis C and HIV.

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