Kaiser Health News
Party leaders and the Trump administration are negotiating elements for a new plan to bring to Congress.
Medicaid expansion a success, health insurance exchanges have struggled to provide affordable plans with adequate networks.
Proposal would levy the tax directly on opioid manufacturers and wholesalers, who would pay 1 cent per milligram at the first point of sale.
Controversial proposal by the Health and Human Services Department drew letters from 4,000 organizations, individuals in 20-day comment period.
The 14-bed hospital serves all of Butte County, whose population of 2,501is spread over territory half the size of Connecticut.
Researchers concluded that when states expanded eligibility they saw larger health care expenditures covered by federal funding.
Senate Bill 17 calls for price transparency; drug companies would have to announce large price hikes, give detailed justification explaining hike.
Critics say vulnerable patients are being manipulated and the goals promoted are skewed by pharma benefactors who want faster government approval.
By many accounts, loss of subsidies would wreck the market if successful, stranding up to 12 million without coverage.
Proposals are fueled both by a fear of losing gains under the ACA, sense that the law doesn't go far enough toward covering everyone, cutting costs.