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California officials jumped at the chance to cover millions more low-income people by expanding its Medicaid program. Now, health policymakers and advocates fear the Trump administration and a Republican-ruled Congress will roll back the state鈥檚 progress.
Low-income residents in poverty-stricken Clay County worry what will happen to their health care if Gov. Matt Bevin鈥檚 ambitions to overhaul the state鈥檚 Medicaid program go forward.
The effect of 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 could have greatest consequences for hospitals. They accepted lower federal funding under the law because their uncompensated care was expected to fall as more people became insured.
The company鈥檚 CEO also dismisses Trump鈥檚 notion of selling insurance plans across state lines, calling it 鈥榩erplexing.鈥
Despite tax penalties, opponents of the nation鈥檚 health law are emboldened by President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 vow to scrap it. Others wonder why they should bother signing up.
KHN's Julie Rovner and Mary Agnes Carey, The New York Times' Margot Sanger-Katz and The Lancet's Richard Lane discuss the future of the Affordable Care Act under GOP control of both the White House and Capitol Hill.
Consumers who feel they pay too much for skimpy coverage may welcome Donald Trump鈥檚 changes to the health law, but those who are sick are deeply worried.
President-elect Donald Trump has suggested that he would like to keep the health law鈥檚 ban on preexisting conditions. But that only works if insurers can be guaranteed a robust market, so Republicans must figure out a way to coax in healthy customers.
KHN's Julie Rovner joins a panel on 'NewsHour' to talk about how the new Trump administration and congressional Republicans might seek to repeal and replace the federal health law.
Republican efforts to get rid of the federal health law are expected to take some time to work through Congress and leaders have promised to give consumers time to adjust to those changes.
But block grants face likely resistance from states, poised to lose many millions.
Republicans will likely chip away at the ACA piecemeal and say they will try to provide a soft exit.
Uninsured Californians could more than double to 7.5 million if Affordable Care Act is repealed.
Some 鈥渕ust-pass鈥 health legislation next year could give the new administration a vehicle for some proposals that might not be able to clear political or procedural hurdles on their own.
Dire dental needs and other health problems keep Remote Area Medical鈥檚 pop-up free clinics busy in states like Virginia that haven鈥檛 expanded Medicaid.聽
The insurer is on the hook for $25 million in refunds to about 240,000 enrollees with employer coverage.
The bronze plans鈥 lower premiums -- coupled with the health law鈥檚 out-of-pocket-spending protections -- may make these policies an attractive option.
Some major insurance companies are opting not to pay commissions for plans sold on the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplaces. Will this decision make enrollment season more difficult for consumers?
Despite fears of rising costs and fewer insurers on the health law鈥檚 marketplaces, consumers can find the best deals by carefully evaluating plans and checking out the fine print.
Insurers charge that hospitals and other health providers are using third-party groups to help some low-income patients buy marketplace plans, which bring higher reimbursement rates.
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