Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News
While GOP and President Trump seek major cuts in federal funding of Medicaid, 26 states this year expanded or enhanced benefits.
Hospitals gain from more patients going to nursing homes licensed under its name.
HHS will also shut down the federal exchange -- healthcare.gov -- overnight on the first day of open enrollment, Nov. 1.
While overall premium increases remain modest, workers are picking up about a third of the insurance cost.
The nation's uninsured rate dropped to 8.8 percent down from 9.1 percent in 2015.
A Kaiser Family Foundation survey this summer of state Medicaid officials said 10 states would run out of CHIP funding by end of the year.
A new Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds almost 6 in 10 people think the Republicans should work with Democrats to improve the health law.
Despite failed ACA repeal efforts, states can request waivers from the administration but experts say this goes beyond executive branch's authority.
Mountain States and Wellmont have been in a healthcare "arms race" for years, each trying to outdo the other for the doctors and services.
Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski is worried about effects on Indian health care system if Congress were to accept GOP health plan to replace the ACA.