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Eight orthopedic groups in Indiana and Kentucky join value-based model established in Ohio and Tennessee.
Policyholders with Blue Plus, HealthPartners, Medica and PreferredOne are seeing the discount.
Party leaders and the Trump administration are negotiating elements for a new plan to bring to Congress.
Agency says it's owed $37 million in payments for taking on the risk of insuring consumers who bought plans through the Affordable Care Act.
Medicaid expansion a success, health insurance exchanges have struggled to provide affordable plans with adequate networks.
Controversial proposal by the Health and Human Services Department drew letters from 4,000 organizations, individuals in 20-day comment period.
Providers, researchers, hospital leaders are expected to use the reports to help raise awareness on health disparities, develop interventions.
Without the cost-sharing reduction payments that allow insurers to lower deductibles, premiums in silver plans could jump by 19 percent, study says.
Researchers concluded that when states expanded eligibility they saw larger health care expenditures covered by federal funding.
Congressional Budget Office says comprehensive major medical coverage at a minimum, covers high-cost medical events.