Affordable Care Act
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Friday approved a Section 1115 waiver allowing Utah to amend its Primary Care Network demonstration to provide Medicaid coverage to adults under age 65 with incomes up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level, and require certain adults in the鈥
A federal district judge yesterday vacated a Department of Labor final rule that modified the definition of 鈥渆mployer鈥 under federal law such that more individuals, including sole proprietors, are eligible to participate in association health plans based on geography or industry.
House leaders today unveiled the Protecting Pre-existing Conditions and Making Health Care More Affordable Act of 2019 鈥 a legislative package designed to build on the Affordable Care Act to expand health insurance coverage for individuals and protect patients with pre-existing conditions.
In a reversal of its prior position, 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.
Rick Pollack
President and CEO
Enrollment in private health insurance plans remained concentrated among a small number of issuers in 2015 and 2016
The 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) and the Federation of 黑料正能量s (FAH) released a new report that details the impact that a Medicare public option proposal could have on the ability of hospitals and health systems to continue to provide access to high-quality care to their patients鈥
As a politically practical matter, we need to focus on finding consensus to improve the system we have rather than subject the nation to yet another polarizing debate on health care.
The departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services yesterday asked for public input on how they might help group health plans and issuers preserve their grandfathered status under the Affordable Care Act in ways that are consistent with the law and would benefit employers,鈥
National hospital organizations, including the AHA, today urged congressional leaders to delay the start of the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital cuts that are scheduled to begin in fiscal year 2020.