Advocates View Health Care as Key to Driving LGBTQ Rights Conversation
A state ban preventing local governments from enacting nondiscrimination ordinances expired Dec. 1, opening the door for a new wave of local nondiscrimination laws.
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Biden鈥檚 First Order of Business May Be to Undo Trump鈥檚 Policies, but It Won鈥檛 Be Easy
President Donald Trump made substantial changes to the nation鈥檚 health care system using executive branch authority. But reversing policies that Democrats oppose would take time and personnel resources, competing with other priorities of the new administration.
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Many Health Plans Now Must Cover Full Cost of Expensive HIV Prevention Drugs
Most private insurance will be required to cover drugs, like Truvada, that offer protection against HIV infection, without making plan members share the cost.
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With Becerra as HHS Pick, California Plots More Progressive Health Care Agenda
Gov. Gavin Newsom said he has already begun discussing California health care priorities with Xavier Becerra, tapped this week by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as his Health and Human Services secretary.
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鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Obamacare Alum Andy Slavitt Takes Stock of the COVID Pandemic 鈥 So Far
On the latest episode of 鈥楢n Arm and a Leg鈥: Come for insights from an Obama administration health policy leader, stay to hear how frank health policy conversations can get uncomfortable.
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Think Your Health Care Is Covered? Beware of the 鈥楯unk鈥 Insurance Plan
Millions of people are looking for coverage on the federal and state marketplaces right now. Sometimes it鈥檚 hard to tell the difference between a comprehensive plan and a 鈥渏unk鈥 plan with limited benefits and coverage restrictions.
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Were You Notified About Missing Tax Forms for Your ACA Subsidy? Blame COVID.
Some consumers who received tax credits to purchase insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces report they鈥檝e received letters in error from the government saying they didn鈥檛 file the IRS forms to account for how much money they made and how much funding they received from the government.
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Workers Who Lost Jobs Due to COVID May Need Help Getting Coverage This Fall
Millions of people have lost their jobs and health insurance since March, and experts say many of those looking for a plan on the ACA marketplace may not be able to get the assistance they need.
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Justices Bound to See ACA as 鈥業ndispensable,鈥 Says Californian Leading Defense
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could overturn the Affordable Care Act. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is defending the law with the backing of more than 20 other states, told California Healthline that he predicts the justices will uphold it.
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Feds Approve Fractious Georgia Plan to Change ACA Marketplace
Under the plan pushed by Gov. Brian Kemp, the healthcare.gov website will no longer provide options for Georgia starting next fall, and consumers will need to rely on private brokers, insurance companies, agents and commercial websites.
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Medicare Fines Half of Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many Patients
The penalties are the ninth round of a program created as part of the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 broader effort to improve quality and lower costs. The average reduction in federal payments is 0.69%, with 613 hospitals receiving a penalty of 1% or more.
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If They Sweep on Election Day, Dems Still Face a Challenge Meeting Health Promises
Democrats are favored to win both chambers of Congress after years of campaign-trail promises about health care. But their margin in the Senate could be slim, making it difficult to pass major health care legislation. And they still must heal some rifts within the caucus about how far they can push overhaul efforts.
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The Trump Medicaid Record: Big Goals, Yet Few Successes
The Trump administration sought to shrink the federal-state health program for low-income Americans and give states more flexibility. But Democrats and the courts thwarted most of those efforts.
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Did Trump Confuse the Public Option With ‘Medicare for All’?
President Donald Trump was off the mark when he said Vice President Joe Biden's health plan -- which includes a public options -- will terminate the private insurance of 180 million people.
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In Tamer Debate, Trump and Biden Clash (Again) on President’s Pandemic Response
Trump claims the U.S. is "rounding the corner" on COVID, while Biden predicts a "dark winter." On another front, Trump warns Biden's health care plan will lead to socialized medicine; Biden promises private insurance isn't going anywhere.
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Even With ACA鈥檚 Fate in Flux, Open Enrollment Starts Soon. Here鈥檚 What鈥檚 New.
The Affordable Care Act鈥檚 future is uncertain and there鈥檚 no end in sight to the pandemic. Still, the 2021 insurance year is marked by stability.
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Biden鈥檚 in the Ballpark on How Many People Have Preexisting Conditions
A wide range of people 鈥 from 54 million to 135 million 鈥 could be affected if the provision in the Affordable Care Act were eliminated.
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Obamacare Co-Ops Down From 23 to Final 鈥3 Little Miracles鈥
Once there were 23 of these nonprofit plans across 26 states; in January there will be only three, serving Maine, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
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Opposition to Obamacare Becomes Political Liability for GOP Incumbents
Control of the U.S. Senate this election hinges on a handful of vulnerable GOP incumbents. Their opposition to the Affordable Care Act could be their undoing.
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Back to the Future: Trump鈥檚 History of Promising a Health Plan That Never Comes
Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon. Now he is saying the end of August.