Amid Slower Growth, California’s Obamacare Exchange Cuts Proposed Spending

After using most of $1 billion in federal start-up money, California's Obamacare exchange is preparing to go on a diet.

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1 in 4 Adults Had Insurance But Still Couldn’t Afford Medical Care

More than 1 in 4 adults who bought insurance for themselves or their families last year had to skip needed medical care because they couldn't afford it, according to a study released Thursday by Families USA, a consumer health group.

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Radical Approach To Huge Hospital Bills: Set Your Own Price

In the late 1990s you could have taken what hospitals charged to administer inpatient chemotherapy and bought a Ford Escort econobox. Today average chemo charges (not even counting the price of the anti-cancer drugs) are enough to pay for a Lexus GX sport-utility vehicle, government data show.

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Number of Americans Using $100,000 in Medicines Triples –Express Scripts

More than a half-million U.S. patients had medication costs in excess of $50,000 in 2014, an increase of 63 percent from the prior year, as doctors prescribed more expensive specialty drugs for diseases such as cancer and hepatitis C, according to an Express Scripts report released on Wednesday.

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ACA Grant Should Help Nevada’s Homeless and Veterans

Thousands of people in Nevada, including the homeless, are expected to benefit from $1.2 million in Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding to expand nonprofit community health centers.

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5 Percent of Medicaid Patients Account for Half of Program’s Costs

About 5 percent of Medicaid beneficiaries account for almost 50 percent of program spending, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.

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