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A Nevada health insurance provider that received more than $65 million in taxpayer-funded loans from the federal government announced last week that it is discontinuing… Read More
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The Alaska Legislature will sue Gov. Bill Walker in an effort to prevent him from unilaterally expanding Medicaid in the state. Christie Herrera, a senior… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The 2013 outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone claimed over 11,000 lives. The World Health Organization was heavily criticized for its response… Read More
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Nearly two years after Obamacare’s implementation, a new survey found that the number of uninsured Americans decreased to less than 10 percent of the population… Read More
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This past week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, over the vigorous dissent of four judges on that court,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell, President Obama has claimed that Obamacare is working and here to stay. In… Read More
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A Republican senator is rolling out a new bill that would protect religious organizations and other groups from having to provide health insurance coverage to… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare is still in trouble. The Medicare Trustees just issued their 2015 report. Like last year’s report, it says that the Hospital Insurance trust fund… Read More
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A $57-million experiment to deliver better, more efficient care at federally funded health centers struggled to meet its goals and is unlikely to save money,… Read More
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A new report from a government watchdog examining the success of taxpayer-funded Obamacare co-ops found that the vast majority lost money last year and struggled… Read More
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After vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare during the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans officially took control of Congress in January. Republicans have several procedural tools… Read More
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Just two years after Obamacare’s implementation, a Louisiana nonprofit insurer that received nearly $66 million in taxpayer-funded loans is closing its doors. On Friday, the… Read More
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About 7.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $200 for not having health insurance in 2014—the first year most Americans were required to have… Read More
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Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive… Read More
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Alaska’s governor said Thursday he was using his executive authority to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act after failing to get the state legislature… Read More
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In what could be the next Obamacare case to go before the Supreme Court, an appeals court ruled today the Little Sisters of the Poor… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In less than 90 days, essentially all health care providers will be faced with the unfunded mandate of transitioning to what is called ICD-10 (International… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In 2014, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa captured headlines around the world. As the epidemic has waned since then so too has the world’s… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Medicare is in serious need of fundamental reform. The old way in which Medicare reimbursed physician services was broken and needed to be scrapped. It… Read More
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As Senate Republicans continue to discuss using reconciliation to roll back provisions of Obamacare, House Conservatives are encouraging their colleagues to follow through on their… Read More
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An Obama administration official who faces questions surrounding potential conflicts of interest due to his work in the medical services field has been nominated to… Read More
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Few days went by last year when New Hampshire nephrologist Ana Stankovic didn’t receive a payment from a drug company. All told, 29 different pharmaceutical… Read More
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It appears to be a neutral source in a prestigious medical journal: An article defending the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical cancer vaccine. It criticizes… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Summer is scary. Sharks attack. Hurricanes harry us. Draught and heat exhaustion claim casualties. And, last year there was Ebola. And, Ebola could be back…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Obama administration Thursday in a 6-3 ruling that upholds the federal subsidies awarded under Obamacare. That led President… Read More
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The California state legislature passed a controversial vaccination mandate Thursday requiring all schoolchildren receive vaccinations regardless of personal and religious beliefs. The law would end… Read More
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On the heels of the freshly handed-down Supreme Court ruling on the legality of the subsidies in federally-run exchanges awarded under President Obama’s health care… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This morning, the Supreme Court handed down a decision in the case of King v. Burwell which maintains, contrary to the plain language of the… Read More
Health CareNews
Most of the major candidates running for president responded quickly to the Supreme Court’s upholding of Obamacare subsidies, with Democrats generally hailing the ruling and… Read More
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The Supreme Court decided Thursday to uphold subsidies provided by federally-run exchanges under the Affordable Care Act in a 6-3 ruling that keeps the heavily… Read More
