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Policy Diagnosis: Direct Primary Care Saves Patients Up to 98 Percent

Published December 6, 2016

By Michael Hamilton

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Dr. Lee Gross, board president at Docs4PatientCare Foundation, explains how his health care model saves patients thousands of dollars.
- Health Care
Departing Vermont Governor Imposes ‘All-Payer’ Health Care System

Published December 5, 2016

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The system would drive providers into a large umbrella organization to receive reimbursements, or drive them out of state.
South Dakota Gov. Daugaard Abandons Medicaid Expansion Efforts

Published December 3, 2016

By Michael Hamilton

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A conversation with Vice President-Elect Mike Pence (R) led South Dakota Gov. Daugaard (R) to halt Medicaid expansion efforts for 2017.
State Lawmakers Prepare for Medicaid Expansion ‘Uncertainty’ After Trump’s Election

Published December 1, 2016

By Michael Hamilton

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Medicaid expansion opponents must remain 'vigilant' despite the program's possibly imminent repeal, lawmaker says.
Study: Expanding Medicaid Increases Emergency Room Use by 40 Percent

Published November 30, 2016

By Ben Johnson

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Contrary to President Barack Obama's prediction, expanding Medicaid coverage does not reduce trips to the emergency room.
To Replace Obamacare, Republicans Prepare Tax Credits, Subsidies for ‘Uninsurable’

Published November 30, 2016

By Arianna Wilkerson

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Contrary to mainstream media reports, Republican plans to replace Obamacare would cover individuals with preexisting conditions.
- Health Care
Ohio Right-to-Try Bill Depends on Senate Action Before 2017

Published November 30, 2016

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The bill would expand treatment options for terminally ill patients.
- Health Care
Doctors Exit Third-Party-Payer Model for Direct Primary Care

Published November 29, 2016

By Matthew Glans

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More physicians are charting their course out of the insured patient market.
- Health Care
Despite Increases, Health Care Ministry ‘Shares’ Stay Cheaper Than Insurance Premiums

Published November 29, 2016

By Hayley Sledge

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Cost-sharing ministry monthly shares are increasing, but Obamacare insurance premiums are still more expensive.
- Health Care
Medical Bill Negotiators Decry Price Obscurity

Published November 28, 2016

By Ben Johnson

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Transparency of health care prices is a necessity for patients to choose the best value for their medical care, experts say.
Amendment Allowing States to Repeal Obamacare Passes Convention Simulation

Published November 15, 2016

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A mock amendment that would let states repeal federal statutes, including the Affordable Care Act, overwhelmingly passed at a simulated Article V Convention.
New California Law Could Jail Health Care Journalists, Whistleblowers

Published November 14, 2016

By Dustin Siggins

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A special interest group has gotten a law passed to protect itself from being exposed.
Kentucky Abandons State Obamacare Exchange, Buy Insurance from Healthcare.gov

Published November 12, 2016

By Dustin Siggins

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Kentuckians seeking Obamacare subsidies will have to find them through the federal exchange, now that Gov. Matt Bevin has dismantled Kynect.
- Health Care
FDA Approves ‘Biosimilar’ of World’s Top-Selling Drug

Published November 11, 2016

By Michael McGrady

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The world's top-selling drug will finally get some competition.
Heartland’s Horace Cooper on The O’Reilly Factor!

Published November 7, 2016

By Jim Lakely

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Tennessee Task Force Proposes Two-Phase Medicaid Expansion

Published November 2, 2016

By Jordan Finney

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The plan would extend coverage to veterans and mental health patients before expanding coverage to all people with incomes less than 138 percent of the federal poverty line.
Alabama Law Drives Midwives, Patients Underground

Published October 25, 2016

By Dustin Siggins

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Alabama mothers who want to give birth at home with a midwife turn to the state's black market.
House Bill Would Recover Unspent Obamacare Funds from Failed State Exchanges

Published September 26, 2016

By Jordan Finney

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States that took federal funds to build Obamacare exchanges, and failed, would have to give Congress a reckoning and taxpayers a refund.
- Health Care
GOP Prepares Release of Plan to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

Published May 16, 2016

By Jordan Finney

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As the 2016 Republican presidential primary race moves toward the party’s national convention in Cleveland on July 18—the deadline House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave the Health Care Reform Task Force to propose a plan to repeal and replace the
Kentucky Gov. Bevin Will Dismantle State Exchange, Reform Medicaid

Published April 4, 2016

By Jordan Finney

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Republican lawmakers are following Kentucky Gov.
- Education
Study: Grades and Attendance More Telling than Tests

Published December 2, 2014

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Researchers say much-emphasized standardized test scores may not be the best indicator of a student’s later academic success. Educators should instead focus on grades and attendance if they want to get their students through high school and onto college.
- Health Care
Obama Administration May Wipe Out Daniels’ Healthy Indiana Plan

Published November 11, 2011

By Kenneth Artz

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The Healthy Indiana Plan, a vaunted state-sponsored health insurance plan for uninsured low-income adults, has been denied an extension by the Obama administration, forcing Indiana to reapply through a more complex waiver process.