Category: Health Insurance and Managed Care

Drug Abuse and Traffic, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicaid, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Republican Party, Senate, United States Politics and Government

G.O.P. Rift Over Medicaid and Opioids Imperils Senate Health Bill

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Spread the loveTweet Republican senators from states that have been hit hard by the opioid drug crisis have tried to cushion the Medicaid blow with a separate funding stream of…


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Congressional Budget Office, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Republican Party, United States Politics and Government

Flexibility That A.C.A. Lent to Work Force Is Threatened by G.O.P. Plan

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Spread the loveTweet This news scares Fern Warnat, 59. She has gotten insurance on the federal marketplace a couple of times in the last few years. When she and her…


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Birth Control and Family Planning, Christians and Christianity, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Freedom of Religion, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Obama, Barack, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

White House Acts to Roll Back Birth-Control Mandate for Religious Employers

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Spread the loveTweet Mr. Trump removed any doubt about his intentions when he signed the executive order that day. At a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House,…


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Congressional Budget Office, Health Insurance and Managed Care

G.O.P. Health Bill Would Leave 23 Million More Uninsured in a Decade, C.B.O. Says

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Spread the loveTweet In states that obtain waivers from certain health insurance mandates, “premiums would vary significantly according to health status and the types of benefits provided, and less healthy…


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Budgets and Budgeting, Congressional Budget Office, Federal Budget (US), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), United States Politics and Government

Public Health: C.B.O. Has Clear Message About Losers in House Health Bill

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Spread the loveTweet The report was sharply critical of the idea that sicker patients could be protected in a system that allowed insurers to charge them higher premiums. In the…


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Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Public Health: G.O.P. Bill Could Affect Employer Health Coverage, Too

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Spread the loveTweet The Republican health bill, which passed the House last week and faces changes in the Senate, would weaken or eliminate those protections. Continue reading the main story…


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Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, McConnell, Mitch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Senate, United States Politics and Government, Women and Girls

Divided Senate Republicans Turn to Health Care With a Rough Road Ahead

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Spread the loveTweet “This process will not be quick or simple or easy,” Mr. McConnell said Monday. Senator Mike Rounds, Republican of South Dakota, suggested that the Senate would spend…


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Conservatism (US Politics), Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Republican Party

A Republican Principle Is Shed in the Fight on Health Care

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Spread the loveTweet The health care law, said Thomas Miller, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, has underscored how new entitlements inevitably become part of what he called…


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Health Insurance and Managed Care, House of Representatives, Labor and Jobs, Law and Legislation, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Republican Party, United States Economy, United States Politics and Government

Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine

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Spread the loveTweet The outsize economic role of the American health care industry heightens the risks posed by the Republicans’ effort in Washington to repeal the Affordable Care Act, enacted…


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Health Insurance and Managed Care, House of Representatives, Law and Legislation, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Republican Party

Public Health: The House Passed Its Health Care Bill. Now the Scorekeepers Will Weigh In.

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Spread the loveTweet During the debate over the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the budget office played a central role. Many Democratic lawmakers would not vote for the bill without…


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