Julie Rovner, the Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow, joined KHN after 16 years as health policy correspondent for NPR, where she helped lead the network’s coverage of the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act. A noted expert on health policy issues, Rovner is the author of a critically-praised reference book Health Care Politics and Policy A-Z, now in its third edition.
The CBO said that fewer people would be covered because subsidies that help people pay premiums and other financial aid would be eliminated, and individuals would no longer be required to have insurance or pay a fine.
After an earlier attempt to replace ACA this summer fell one vote short when three Republican senators cast no votes, the latest push is setting off a massive guessing game on Capitol Hill about where the GOP can pick up the needed vote.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
One of the few things that Republicans and Democrats broadly agree on is that states should have some flexibility to experiment with different ways to pay for and deliver health care. The problem is they strongly disagree on how much.
Policymakers generally agree on what immediate efforts to stabilize the market might include. But what about ideas that go beyond the oft-repeated ones? Here are five proposals that are more controversial but generating buzz.
President Trump, increasingly frustrated by congressional Republicans’ inability to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, upped the political ante by taking aim at a new target: health coverage for members of Congress and some of their staffers.
In retrospect, Republicans’ inability to overhaul the health law should not come as much of a surprise. Many ACA provisions have proved popular and lack of presidential leadership on this issue has hobbled Republicans.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Hospitals in sparsely populated areas, particularly in states that did not opt to expand the Medicaid program, have been cutting back services like maternity care or closing altogether in recent years.
CBO is expected to offer its score of the bill next week, but some Senate Republicans on Thursday said that rather than wait for that, they might ask the Department of Health and Human Services to do it instead with the hope of producing more favorable numbers.
Elizabeth MacDonough can decide what pieces of the emerging Senate overhaul of the Affordable Care Act can be included under the budget reconciliation process senators are using
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled a bill that would dramatically transform the nation’s Medicaid program. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is seeking a vote on the bill before Congress leaves next week for its Fourth of July recess.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Congress struggling to finish a huge budget reconciliation bill. A GOP president pushing a major overhaul of federal payments for health insurance that could transform the lives of sick patients. It all sounds so familiar.
The Trump administration's recent actions make it more difficult for insurers to enroll the healthy people needed to offset the costs of the sick who make it a priority to have coverage.
Nearly 1 in 8 Americans live with some degree of food insecurity, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Although the House may pass its bill to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans’ pathway to fulfilling their seven-year effort to undo the federal health law is getting narrower by the day.
Those who want to get rid of the required benefits point to the fact that premiums in the individual market jumped dramatically from 2013 to 2014, the first year the benefits were required.