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News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.

Doctors Group Breaks From Health Care Industry with Support for ‘Medicare for All’

Almost the entire health care industry is lined up against “Medicare for All.” Hospitals oppose it. Insurance companies oppose it. Drug companies oppose it.

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Medicare Managers Hope to Lift Agent Referral Fee Cap

Medicare program managers want to give health insurers more flexibility over pay for agents and brokers.

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Proposed Trump Budget Punts On Healthcare Reform, Drug Pricing Policy

President Donald Trump on Monday unveiled his fiscal 2021 budget plan to Congress, which is devoid of details on two of the most prominent healthcare policy issues on the 2020 campaign trail: large-scale healthcare reform and prescription drug pricing.

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Trump Pushes Congress to Overcome Drug Pricing Gridlock in State of the Union

President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address on Tuesday called on lawmakers to pass legislation to lower prescription drug prices and derided single-payer healthcare reform as "socialist."

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Governors Warn Trump Rule Could Lead to Big Medicaid Cuts

Governors of both major political parties are warning that a little-noticed regulation proposed by President Donald Trump's administration could lead to big cuts in Medicaid, reducing access to health care for low-income Americans.

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A Possible Strategy for Fending Off Surprise Medical Bills

Writing in payment limits when signing hospital forms might provide some leverage over disputes that arise from surprise medical bills, some proponents suggest.

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California Faces $1.2 Billion Budget Hit After Trump Administration Rejects Medi-Cal Proposal

The federal government notified Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration Friday that it is rejecting California’s Medicaid financing proposal, a decision that could cost the state $1.2 billion.

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Poll: Democrats Like Both the Public Option and Medicare-for-all, But Overall More People Support the Public Option, Including a Significant...

With the first votes of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary season approaching, large majorities of Democrats – and most of the public overall – support both of the major approaches primary candidates have put forward to expand coverage and make health care more affordable, though a public option remains significantly more popular than Medicare-for-all, the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.

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5 Things To Know About Trump’s Medicaid Block Grant Plan

The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday that would dramatically revamp Medicaid by allowing states to opt out of part of the current federal funding program and instead seek a fixed payment each year in exchange for gaining unprecedented flexibility over the program.

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California Commission to Explore Single-Payer System

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was a single-payer candidate. The Democrat campaigned hard for the creation of one public insurance program for all Californians. And within hours of taking office last year, he called on the federal government to allow California and other states to create single-payer programs.

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