Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
Senate committees have released their portions of a Republican megabill that could have major implications for Nevada, offering tweaks that are somewhat more favorable to the state on issues but harsher on Medicaid and no tax on tips.
Texas Rep. Chip Roy and 23 other House Republicans are urging Senate Republicans to put a slew of provisions related to health savings accounts back in the GOP’s megabill.
The number of people using HealthCare.gov and other Affordable Care Act public exchange programs to get health coverage will fall 40% in 2026, but the programs will still serve 15.4 million people.
CMS projects national health expenditures to increase by 5.8% from 2024 to 2033, reaching $8.6 trillion by the end of the period as the last of the Baby Boomers age into Medicare.
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people, warn analysts, patient advocates, and Democratic political ...
The Trump administration is shortening ObamaCare’s annual open enrollment period and ending the law’s coverage of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children, according to a final rule announced Friday. The Biden administration made it easier and more affordable to sign up for Affordable Care Act plans, causing enrollment to swell to an all-time high. The Trump ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a rule that it says will address “the surge of improper enrollments” on Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges as well as take on wasteful spending. The agency said late Friday that there are likely millions of people who were improperly enrolled in ACA exchange plans. The CMS ...
At AHIP’s annual conference, the trade group told reporters they oppose the reconciliation bill moving through Congress because of the impacts it would have on Medicaid and the individual market. AHIP executives said they will continue to work with other prominent healthcare organizations to convince lawmakers to protect federal health programs and help Americans remain ...
New Commitments Aim to Accelerate Decision Timelines, Increase Transparency, Expand Access to Affordable, Quality Care
Senate Republicans are scrambling to rewrite major parts of their “big, beautiful bill” in deference to key holdouts and the chamber’s parliamentarian as the clock ticks on a self-imposed deadline. GOP leaders are aiming to start voting Thursday, but senators emerged from a closed-door briefing on the status of the megabill Monday night saying that some of ...