“What I worry about the most is the agents and brokers” selling the plans, Kreidler said. “They are looking at the [large] commission, and that blinds them to their legal responsibility” to inform consumers about the limitations of the short-term plans.

California doctors — young and old — advocated on behalf of the single-payer advocates during the debate, said Dr. Anna Yap, 26, an emergency medicine resident at UCLA, who served as a medical student delegate to the AMA until June.

Emergency Room, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Admissions Most Likely to Generate Out of-Network Claims

A group that’s buying ads to try to elevate the issue of high drug prices in the midterm elections has identified its latest target: a Democratic congresswoman from Silicon Valley who wants to lead on health care issues.

Major technology companies on Monday announced their commitment to making it easier to share data across the healthcare sector, in a move backed by the White House.

Accountable care organizations were among the key initiatives of the Affordable Care Act, designed to help control soaring Medicare costs. ACOs were expected to save the government nearly $5 billion by 2019, according to the Congressional Budget Office. It hasn’t come anywhere close.