Author: Scott Welch
In January, when President Donald Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address health care spending, dubbed “The Great Healthcare Plan,” he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act’s role in driving up costs. “I call it the unaffordable care act,” he said. He reprised the line in his 2026 State of the Union address, blaming “the crushing cost ...
Business leaders, doctors, and policymakers gathered at The Orleans on Wednesday for a “Focus Las Vegas” symposium centered on Southern Nevada’s long-running healthcare staffing shortage and how to address it. Discussion topics ranged from training more doctors and mental health professionals to keeping patients and healthcare dollars in the valley rather than sending them out ...
The health insurance industry’s credit outlook for the year remains negative as medical costs continue to rise, according to a new report from Moody’s Ratings. The Moody’s analysts said that in the current environment, payers will have “limited prospects for profitable growth” this year. Given the margin pressures facing the industry, plan redesigns, benefit cuts ...
As a result of the ruling, HHS has postponed a planned meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices this week.
The federal government will pay $76 billion more for individuals enrolled in Medicare Advantage than it would have for enrollees in the traditional program, according to a new report.
Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their Medicare Advantage health insurance plans. Yet about 82% of the comments are identical to a letter that appeared on the website of a secretive advocacy ...
Federal cuts to Medicaid spending under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, compounded by fiscal belt-tightening in Sacramento, could cost clinics up to one-third of its annual revenue, requiring cuts to services.
Projects that are supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and other vulnerable Californians have been delayed or cancelled.
A new report from the health policy research firm KFF, says the Trump administration has renewed focus on lowering the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S., including the launch of TrumpRx. The latest polling from KFF shows that about 4 in 10 U.S. adults (41%) say it is likely the Trump administration’s policies will ...
Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices and rising living costs hit households. A nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults in all 50 states and in the District ...