Today’s Washington Brief: The Obama administration released the main brief outlining arguments for the King v. Burwell case to the Supreme Court, reports Modern Healthcare. Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) announced the state had reached an agreement with HHS that would expand Medicaid to 350,000 residents, reports The Indianapolis Star. However, Politico writes this move could be costly to Pence’s 2016 ambitions. HHS announced 9.5 million people […]
Today’s Washington Brief: A new CBO report estimates ACA coverage will cost $571 billion between fiscal years 2015 and 2019, down 20 percent from its original estimate when the law was signed, reports The New York Times. HHS announced a goal of having 85 percent of Medicare payments tied in some way to quality measures by the end of 2016, […]
Today’s Washington Brief: CoOportunity Health, one of the nonprofit insurers created under the ACA, is shutting down by end of February because health care costs exceeded funds, reports The Wall Street Journal. Healthcare.gov’s connection to third party websites has dropped from 50 to 30 after a report last week found the sites were able to collect users’ age, income and […]
Week In Review: SOTU Skimps, Republicans Face Riddle On ACA President Obama’s second-to-last State of the Union address barely touched on healthcare, hitting the major accomplishment of the Affordable Care Act once – that about 10 million Americans “finally gained the security of health coverage” – and making only one mention of the historically slow rate of […]
Today’s Washington Brief: Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) said in a speech yesterday he wants to end the state’s private option for Medicaid expansion in two years to make broader changes to the program, reports Politico. Senate Republicans are having a tough time convincing more Democrats to join their efforts to change the definition of a workweek under the […]
Today’s Washington Brief: Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) will give a speech today on what he plans to do about the state’s private option for Medicaid expansion, reports The Arkansas Times. Just over 7.1 million people have signed up for health insurance through Healthcare.gov since open enrollment began in November, HHS announced in a report yesterday. Of the 1,700 hospitals that […]
Today’s State of the Union Brief: President Obama’s second-to-last State of the Union address barely touched on healthcare, hitting the major accomplishment of the Affordable Care Act once – that about 10 million Americans “finally gained the security of health coverage” – and making only one mention of the historically slow rate of health care […]
Today’s Washington Brief: President Obama will give his State of the Union speech tonight as he faces the challenges of a Republican-led Congress and the ACA heading back to the Supreme Court. Morning Consult looks back at what he said on health care and how different (or similar) things might be from 2014 to 2015. Republicans are splitting on […]
When President Obama took to the podium for last year’s State of the Union address, he faced Congress with a federal exchange website that had just barely started working. This year, he will address Congress from a much stronger position when it comes to the Affordable Care Act, with the uninsured rate at historic lows […]
Today’s Washington Brief: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced on Friday she’s leaving the agency at the end of February, reports Morning Consult. President Obama is expected to use his State of the Union speech tomorrow to show how he’ll work with Republicans lawmakers and push Democrats to do the same, reports The Wall Street Journal. Gov. Asa […]