Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News
National health spending grew 3.6 percent in 2013, the lowest annual increase since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began tracking the statistic in 1960, officials said Wednesday.
Just days before the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces reopened, nearly a quarter of uninsured said they expect to remain without coverage because they did not think it would be affordable, according to a poll released Friday.
Hospitals are projected to save $5.7 billion this year as previously uninsured patients gain coverage through the 2010 health care law, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
The Congressional Budget Office recently said it could no longer evaluate the fiscal implications of all of the law's provisions, leading to some concerns about the implications of a lack of independent assessment.
The woman who became the face of the health law's troubled rollout last October is resigning her position as head of the country's Health and Human Services Department.
Two key congressional committees have agreed on a framework to scrap the problematic Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, payment formula for physicians and replace it with one that would link physician reimbursement to the quality of care provided.
As Republicans and Democrats have battled over reopening the federal government and raising the federal debt ceiling, one idea that keeps coming up is a repeal of the 2010 health law's tax on medical devices.
As we get closer to 2014, consumers are being surrounded by news coverage, ads and opinions about the health law. And many of them are turning to their doctors for advice. The American Medical Association wants to help doctors with answers.
A 25 percent cut in the Medicare physician payment rate, driven by the "sustainable growth rate" formula, looms Jan. 1 unless Congress takes action to avert. The American Medical Association's president believes a permanent solution is on the horizon.
As the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares again to vote this week on a repeal of the 2010 health law, some key Republican senators have seized on recent news developments to show their ire.