Affordable Care Act
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday released a report on the final estimated results of the permanent risk-adjustment program for the 2018 benefit year.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force today recommended a pill that helps prevent the spread of HIV to high-risk patients.
Even with all the wrenches that have been thrown at it, the ACA has improved access to care, especially among those who needed it most.
Hospitals and health systems value all individuals they have the opportunity to serve, and oppose discrimination against patients based on characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We have serious concerns that this proposal could weaken鈥
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said today that it will hear oral arguments July 9 in the appeal of a district court decision that struck down the entire Affordable Care Act.
he House of Representatives last night voted 234-183 to pass legislation (H.R. 987) that combines several AHA-supported bills to help lower prescription drug costs and strengthen the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 health insurance marketplaces.
AHA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for considering the Strengthening
Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act.
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 230-183 to pass AHA-supported legislation (H.R. 986) that would rescind the administration鈥檚 latest guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act requirements.
The AHA supports the administration鈥檚 goal of expanding access to coverage and increasing competition between health plans, but does not believe that efforts to facilitate the sale of insurance across state lines 鈥渨ill achieve either of those goals in a meaningful way,鈥 the association said today,鈥
The Department of Justice yesterday told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that it should affirm a district court decision that struck down the entire Affordable Care Act, reversing its earlier position before the lower court.