Health Care

Republicans Running Against Obamacare, but What Happens if They Win?

By Michael Rainey

Many GOP candidates are campaigning against the Affordable Care Act, telling voters that they plan to do away with it entirely if Republicans are able to maintain control of Congress in November. The...
Health Insurance Premiums Stabilizing

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Stateline reports that insurance plans sold through the federal marketplaces are seeing much smaller price increases compared to last year. “Despite Republican efforts to undermine the Affordable...
Surprise Medical Bills Even for Patients with Insurance

By Michael Rainey

Patients with comprehensive health insurance are still getting hit with unforeseen and often substantial out-of-network bills, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. KKF analyzed...
States Push Back Against Short-Term Health Care Plans

By Michael Rainey

The Trump administration is promoting short-term health care plans as a cheaper alternative to Obamacare, but some state regulators are pushing back against the expanded use of the plans, which...
Subscriptions for Prescriptions? A New Way to Reduce Drug Prices

By Michael Rainey

Louisiana officials are proposing a Netflix-like subscription plan for certain prescription drugs, in which the state would gain access to unlimited treatments for hepatis C for its Medicaid and...

Health Care Industry Gears Up to Fight ‘Medicare for All’

By Yuval Rosenberg

In anticipation of a “blue wave” election that brings more Democrats to Congress, the insurance and drug industries are gearing up to push back on the idea of a single-payer health care system. The...
Meet Trump's 'Shadow Rulers' of the Veterans Administration

By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

Last February, shortly after Peter O’Rourke became chief of staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he received an email from Bruce Moskowitz with his input on a new mental health initiative...
Here’s What’s at Stake in November: Tax Cuts, a Shutdown and Obamacare Repeal

By Michael Rainey

A lot can change over the next three months, but right now Democrats look likely to win control of the House of Representatives. They currently hold the lead in both generic ballot polls and the...
Once Its Greatest Foes, Doctors Are Embracing Single-Payer

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

When the American Medical Association — one of the nation’s most powerful health care groups — met in Chicago this June, its medical student caucus seized an opportunity for change. Though they had...
Chart of the Day: Americans Using Government Programs

By Yuval Rosenberg

The federal welfare program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families delivers cash aid to about 2.5 million people, or less than 1 percent of the U.S. population — “far smaller than the share...

How Kennedy’s SCOTUS Replacement Could Open the Door to Medicaid Cuts

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Axios’ Caitlin Owens says the next Supreme Court justice could give states more power to cut Medicaid. The legal issue in question is whether private health care providers can sue over Medicaid...
Americans Want to Keep Obamacare Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions

By Yuval Rosenberg

Americans of all political stripes favor keeping the Affordable Care Act’s provisions prohibiting insurers from denying care or charging more to people with pre-existing medical conditions, according...
The High Toll of High-Deductible Health Care Plans

By Yuval Rosenberg

Bloomberg looks at an important trend in health care coverage: the rise of employer-based high-deductible plans that mean many patients and families simply can’t afford to get sick. Some companies...
Health Care Prices Are Now the GOP’s Problem

By Yuval Rosenberg

Republicans have a health care problem on their hands. Rising health care costs and Affordable Care Act premiums that are set to jump by double digits for 2019 could fuel voter anger, Politico’s Paul...
Last Chance to Repeal the Affordable Care Act?

By Michael Rainey

A conservative group released a proposal Tuesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act in August and give control over health care to the states, The Wall Street Journal reports . The proposal from the...