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A new report shows that Hispanics, young people, the healthy and the poor â all groups with high rates of uninsurance before the Affordable Care Act â are the most likely to forgo insurance now that the tax penalty for not having it has been eliminated.
The 25-bed hospital in Crockett, Texas, abruptly closed its doors in 2017, joining the ranks of nearly 100 rural hospitals that have shut down in the past decade. But the community kept the faith and several doctors reopened the facility this year.
Among the first things Democrats did after officially taking control of the House was to express support for efforts to appeal a Texas district court decision declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
From Medicare dental coverage to drug prices to fetal tissue research, the panelists answer listenersâ questions. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post join KHNâs Julie Rovner.
Californiaâs incoming congressional delegation will be the largest in the U.S. House of Representatives to support progressive health care policies such as âMedicare-for-all.â But the political reality of a Republican Senate and president means that they will need to pursue ideas that âarenât pie in the sky.â
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
Trump administration efforts to undo Obama-era rules have helped create the buzz around this type of health coverage.
The fallout continues from that Texas court decision that ruled Congressâ 2017 elimination of the tax penalty for failing to have insurance rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. Meanwhile, enrollment for 2019 at healthcare.gov was down, but far less than many predicted. KHNâs Julie Rovner, along with panelists Joanne Kenen of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, discuss this, plus the best, most overhyped and nerdiest stories of 2018. Also, Rovner interviews GOP strategist and pollster Frank Luntz.
Court watchers weren't shocked when Reed O'Connor, a U.S. district judge in Texas, ruled the Affordable Care Act invalid. Critics say he usually sides with Republicans on ideological cases.
There could be a long legal struggle ahead over the decision by a judge in Texas to invalidate the federal health law. But if his decision stands, it would have long-lasting effects on health care from insurance coverage to Medicare payments to privacy protections.
A federal district judge in Texas ruled Friday that Congressâ 2017 elimination of the tax penalty for failing to have insurance rendered the entire Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. What happens now? KHNâs Julie Rovner, along with panelists Joanne Kenen of Politico, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, discuss the bombshell decision and its potential fallout.
A federal judge's decision jeopardizes the federal health law. KHN's Julie Rovner helps explain the repercussions in appearances on radio and television.
The case is not expected to have an immediate effect on coverage for people who buy plans on the federal health law marketplaces because the case is likely to go to the Supreme Court â the third time that the justices will decide the fate of the landmark health law.
The potentially improper payments occurred in 2014 and 2015, when the state says it was under pressure from a massive influx of new applicants due to the Affordable Care Actâs Medicaid expansion.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you donât have to.
The rising costs of premiums, deductibles and copayments have driven millions who donât get a subsidy to drop their coverage or turn to cheaper, less comprehensive â and sometimes inadequate â insurance.
Sign-ups for insurance under the Affordable Care Act are still well behind last yearâs mark with just a week until the end of open enrollment in most states. The Supreme Court declines a case that could have allowed states to defund Planned Parenthood. And the Trump administration gets hundreds of thousands of comments about its proposed changes to immigration rules that could penalize people who use government-funded health care and other social service programs. Alice Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHNâs Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and, for âextra credit,â provide their favorite health policy stories of the week.
To keep costs down, Blue Shield of California next year will scale back on a program allowing members to receive a wide range of care beyond the stateâs borders. Customers with individual plans mostly wonât be able to get coverage out of state except for emergencies or other exceptional circumstances. Â
Enrollment is lagging compared with last yearâs pace. But experts say sign-ups tend to accelerate as the deadline nears, and many people will be automatically re-enrolled, so the final numbers could approach last yearâs totals.
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