Rule Change Could Push Hospitals To Tell Patients About Nursing Home Quality
(By Jordan Rau for NPR) Hospitals have long been reluctant to share with patients their assessments of which nursing homes
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Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Paul Ryan’s Plan to Change Medicare Looks A Lot Like Obamacare
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan agree that repealing the Affordable Care Act
Read MoreHSA versus Regular Savings Account
Health savings account (HSA) is a tax-exempt trust or custodial account available to people enrolled in a high deductible health
Read MoreWhy health insurance in Alaska is getting newfound attention because of Trump
(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) To combat rocketing premiums on the individual market, America’s most sparsely populated state
Read MoreCalifornia Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP
(By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California grabbed the first opportunity to expand Medicaid and ran
Read MoreBack To The Future: Insurance Pools For High-Risk Patients Could Be Revived
(by Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) It wasn’t so long ago that health insurance horror stories fueled discussions around the
Read MoreA Request to Temporarily Suspend
On Monday, the House of Representatives asked the Federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to temporarily suspend the
Read MoreIf Republicans Repeal Obamacare, Ryan Has Replacement Blueprint
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are vowing to repeal and replace the Affordable Care
Read MoreUncertain Fate Of Health Law Giving Health Industry Heartburn
(By Julie Rovner and Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) Six years into building its business around the Affordable Care
Read MoreBlue Shield, California’s Biggest Obamacare Insurer, Vows It’s Not ‘Running For The Hills’
(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline) The chief executive of Blue Shield of California, the largest insurer on the state-run
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