Democrats Wrestle With Election-Year Message On Health Care

Ringed by a handful of cheering activist supporters, liberal House Democrats gathered outside the Capitol this week to announce they were forming a caucus to seek “Medicare for All” — shorthand for government-financed health care.

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Small Hikes Likely for Nevada Health Insurance Plans in 2019

Nevada’s health insurance rates will increase only slightly in 2019, the state’s Division of Insurance announced Tuesday.

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Health Exchange Faces Additional Uncertainty After Trump Administration Announces Halt to Risk Adjustment Payments

Nevada’s health insurance exchange was injected with yet another dose of uncertainty over the weekend after the Trump administration announced it was stopping payments to insurance companies required under the Affordable Care Act to even out the burden of providing coverage to the sickest patients.

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Nevada May Save Millions with Switch to State-Based Program

Nevada’s health insurance marketplace, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, is one step closer to transitioning onto a state-based operation.

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Clark County School Support Staff Bemoan Health Insurance Cost Hike

Support staffers in the Clark County School District are lamenting an increase in health insurance costs, saying that higher out-of-pocket costs will leave them financially strapped.

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Patient, Provider Groups Urge CMS to Reinstate Risk Adjustment Payments

Some of the nation's largest hospital and provider groups are speaking out against the Trump administration's decision to freeze risk adjustment payments.

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FDA Targets Price-Gouging Drugmakers With Plan To Import Rival Products

If you’re an off-patent drug sitting pretty with no rivals—generic or otherwise—enjoy it while you can. To stir up competition, FDA is looking at importing drugs that are approved in other countries but not yet in the U.S.

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FDA Plans to Ease OTC Approvals for Some Prescription Drugs

U.S. regulators proposed new guidelines Tuesday to make it easier for some common medicines to be sold without a prescription — and more convenient for consumers to get them.

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Trump’s Push For More Basic Insurance Plans Could Equal Big Changes For California Health Care

The Trump administration has been pushing for the return of short-term health plans and association health plans, two types of coverage that are exempt from Affordable Care Act requirements and could offer an affordable alternative to consumers who feel priced out of the Obamacare marketplace. But some California advocates say these plans offer shoddy coverage and pose a threat to the stability of the healthcare system.

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GOP Chairman in Talks with Trump Officials on Restarting Key ObamaCare Payments

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) said Monday that he is in talks with the Trump administration about ways to restart key ObamaCare payments that the administration abruptly suspended this month.

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