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AAPS President: Direct Primary Care Practices Are Growing in Popularity
Opinion -health-care-news -Direct primary care practices (DPC) are becoming increasingly popular with doctors and patients alike, the president of the Association of Ameri- can Physicians and Surgeons reports in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. -
NY State Expands Telemedicine Program for the Homeless
Opinion -health-care-news -New York is expanding its telemedicine services to more local area homeless people and those living with developmental disabilities. -
U.S. House Considers Bill to Delay and Repeal Obamacare Taxes
Opinion -health-care-news -The Save American Workers Act (SAWA), which would reduce the heavy taxes levied under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Survey: Consumers Blame Insurance Companies for Cost Surprises
Opinion -health-care-news -U.S. health care consumers are increasingly blaming insurance agencies when they receive unexpectedly high medical bills and fail to understand their benefits, a survey from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center (NORC) reports. -
Federal Court Considers Challenge to Iowa’s Certificate Of Need Laws
Opinion -health-care-news -In a preliminary victory for health care providers’ freedom and patients’ access to care, a federal court held a hearing on a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging Iowa’s certificate of need (CON) laws. -
New Mexico Launches Health Care Transparency Database
Opinion -health-care-news -The New Mexico Department of Health has launched a health care transparency website intended to spur competition between hospitals to help reduce costs and improve quality of care. -
California Bans Short-Term Limited-Duration Health Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law banning the sale of short-term health insurance plans in the state. -
California Considers Taxpayer-Funded Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Opinion -health-care-news -Gavin Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco and current California Democratic gubernatorial candidate, is calling for taxpayer-funded free health care for illegal immigrants. -
Obamacare Doubled Average Individual Health Insurance Premium, Study Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -Four years after the partial implementation of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, the average premium for individual health insurance in the United States increased 105 percent according to new research from The Heritage Foundation. -
Maine Governor Continues to Fight Medicaid Expansion, Despite Court Setback
Opinion -health-care-news -The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed an appeal by Gov. Paul LePage for a stay in the state’s voter- approved Medicaid expansion, which LePage had refused to sign because the state has not established a way to pay for the expansion. -
Federal Court Awards Six States $839 Million in Medicaid Refunds
Opinion -health-care-news -A federal court ordered the Internal Revenue Service to pay a total of $839 million to six states as recompense for what the court ruled was an unlawful Obamacare tax on the states’ Medicaid programs. -
Direct Primary Care Funding Trends Upward
Opinion -health-care-news -Private-sector funding for primary care clinics is increasing, as companies seek new opportunities for investment in the $3.5 trillion U.S. health care market. -
Google Invests in Health Insurance Company
Opinion -health-care-news -To increase its presence in the health care market, Google is investing $375 million in insurance provider Oscar Health. -
New Generic Drug Report Shows Promising Savings
Opinion -health-care-news -A new study reports generic drugs saved U.S. consumers $265 billion in 2017. -
Study: ‘Medicare for All’ Would Cost $32.6 Trillion Over First 10 Years
Opinion -health-care-news -Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I–VT) plan for a national, single-payer health insurance system, known as “Medicare for All,” would cost $32.6 trillion over its first 10 years, according to a new study by George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. -
Four Cities Sue Trump Admininstration Over Obamacare
Opinion -health-care-news -The cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Columbus filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a Maryland federal court, alleging the president is not faithfully executing the ACA and is unconstitutionally 'sabotaging' the law. -
Wisconsin Faces Massive Unfunded Health Care Liabilities
Opinion -health-care-news -Twenty-five Wisconsin cities face a total of nearly $2.25 billion in unfunded liabilities, many of which are related to health care benefits promised to retired workers, a Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows. -
Georgia Considers CON Reforms to Increase Health Care Access
Opinion -health-care-news -Georgia lawmakers are considering reforms to the state’s certificate of need (CON) laws, the regulatory framework designed to limit health care providers’ ability to provide new facilities and services. -
New Jersey Obamacare Reforms Approved by CMS
Opinion -health-care-news -CMS approved a Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver allowing New Jersey to create a reinsurance program and free the state from the requirement to consider all enrollees in the individual health insurance market to be part of a single risk pool. -
Amazon Expands Its Role in the Health Care Marketplace
Opinion -health-care-news -Online retail giant Amazon is increasing its presence in the health care marketplace, with the company planning to open a primary care clinic for employees in late 2018. -
CMS Encourages States to Allow the Sale of Short-Term Health Insurance Plans
Opinion -health-care-news -U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar is encouraging states to allow the sale of short-term individual health insurance plans outside the Obamacare exchanges. -
Ohio Changes Medicaid Drug Pricing System
Opinion -health-care-news, News -The Ohio Department of Medicaid announced its five managed-care plan providers will transition from a spread-pricing drug purchasing model to a pass-through approach by 2019. -
FDA Proposes Plan for Streamlining Approval of Mobile Medical Apps
Opinion -health-care-news -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a plan to update regulation of mobile medical applications, including a proposed precertification program to streamline the development of “software as a medical device” (SAMD). -
Senate Passes Spending Bill Funding HHS
Opinion -health-care-news -The U.S. Senate passed a massive, $857 billion spending bill funding the departments of Defense, Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS) for FY 2019.
