Senate confirms Trump pick to head Medicare and Medicaid
President Donald Trump's pick to run Medicare and Medicaid won confirmation Monday from a divided Senate as lawmakers braced for another epic battle over the government's role in health care and...
View ArticleStudy: Trump’s hardball tactic on health care may backfire
Going into this week's federal budget battle, the White House toyed with a hardball tactic to force congressional Democrats to negotiate on President Donald Trump's priorities.
View ArticleLawmakers revisiting requiring those on Medicaid to work
A simple question – should adults who are able to work be required to do so to get taxpayer-provided health insurance? – could lead to major changes in the social safety net.
View ArticleLobbying by hospitals, doctors slows GOP health care drive
"Obamacare" is showing surprising staying power, thanks in large part to doctors, hospitals and other health industry players opposing the alternatives that Republicans have proposed.
View ArticleGovernment report: Efforts to reduce U.S. uninsured stalled in 2016
After five consecutive years of coverage gains, progress toward reducing the number of uninsured Americans stalled in 2016, according to a government report that underscores the stakes as Republicans...
View ArticleAnother round of premium hikes brewing: Blame Trump or Obama?
Another year of big premium increases and dwindling choice is looking like a distinct possibility for many consumers who buy their own health insurance – but why, and who's to blame?
View ArticleDelay in court case deepens health insurance uncertainty
The Trump administration and House Republicans on Monday asked a federal appeals court for an extension in a case that's casting a shadow of uncertainty over health insurance for millions of consumers....
View ArticleTop Republican seeks action now to steady insurance markets
A senior House Republican on Thursday called for immediate action to stabilize shaky health insurance markets around the country, amid concerns that the GOP could get blamed for rising premiums and...
View ArticleGOP’s pursuit of health care overhaul comes with risks
Republicans are taking a big political risk on health care.
View ArticleHealthCare.gov dropout trend continues under Trump
Continuing a dropout trend seen in the Obama years, about 16 percent of consumers who signed up for coverage this year through public health insurance markets had canceled their plans by early spring,...
View ArticleGOP touts lower premiums, but other insurance costs to rise
Republicans are touting lower premiums under their health care legislation, but that reflects insurance that would cover a smaller share of the cost of medical bills.
View ArticleSurvey: U.S. uninsured up by 2M this year as gains erode
The number of U.S. adults without health insurance has grown by some 2 million this year, according to a major new survey that finds recent coverage gains beginning to erode.
View ArticleSenate consumer choice idea could raise premiums for sick
A health care proposal from Senate conservatives would let insurers sell skimpy policies provided they also offer a comprehensive plan. It's being billed as pro-consumer, allowing freedom of choice and...
View ArticleTrump on tricky legal ground with ‘Obamacare’ threat
President Donald Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of "Obamacare" could put the government in a legal bind.
View ArticleStudy says Trump moves trigger health premium jumps for 2018
Actions by the Trump administration are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many people, according to a nonpartisan study.
View ArticleA stronger Medicaid emerges from GOP health overhaul debate
Medicaid, a 1960s Great Society pillar long reviled by conservatives, seems to have emerged even stronger after the Republican failure to pass health overhaul legislation.
View ArticleReport: Higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies
Premiums for a popular type of individual health care plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop...
View ArticlePast health chiefs: Insurance market stability is the goal
Don't make things worse. That's the advice of former U.S. health secretaries of both parties to President Donald Trump and the GOP-led Congress, now that "Obamacare" seems here for the foreseeable...
View ArticleGov’t probe: Abuse in nursing homes unreported despite law
More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a...
View ArticleHHS cutting way back on funds for ‘Obamacare’ promotion
Affirming its disdain for "Obamacare," the Trump administration has announced sharp cuts in programs promoting health care enrollment under the Affordable Care Act for next year.
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