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Congress is back from its Independence Day recess for a few weeks before it goes on an extended break for much of August. Marilyn Singleton, MD, JD takes a look at the health policy debates […]
Marilyn Singleton, M.D., J.D. Health-related costs account for about 8 percent of the average household’s annual spending, up from 5 percent in 1984, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,[1] [1] and are a concern […]
ObamaCare News Roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. The most important way in which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased coverage is through Medicaid expansion. But California, according to the HHS inspector general […]
In this edition of Health Policy News Roundup, Dr. Jane Orient dives into the implications of increased flexibility for Association Health Plans and Short Term Limited Duration Insurance. Association Health Plans The Labor Department just […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, MD: One of the fundamental design flaws (or is it a feature?) of the [Un]Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) is the tax on […]
This week’s health policy roundup, curated by Dr. Jane M. Orient. President Trump claims it did, and its opponents say it has destroyed the “centerpiece”—the individual mandate. In 2019, the IRS can no longer penalize […]
The individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA or ObamaCare) mandate “represented a grand bargain between the government and the insurance industry,” writes Doug Badger. “Insurers agreed not to base premiums on applicants’ medical […]
This week’s ObamaCare news roundup, curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. Premiums for a benchmark plan (the second-lowest cost silver plan) for a 27-year-old are doubling from $2,616 in the first year of the Affordable […]
This week’s health policy news roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. | Roundup Archive Obamacare repeal is on the brink of coming back from the dead,” says Politico, referring to the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson (GCHJ) bill. […]
This week’s Health Policy News Roundup curated by Jane M. Orient, M.D. In just two months, the situation with ObamaCare has gone from terrible to nearly unrecoverable, writes Justin Haskins. According to CMS projections, the […]
