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By Susan Morse | 12:50 pm | March 07, 2017
The biggest worry is that hospitals and physicians could bear the cost of uncompensated care the way they did before passage of the ACA.
By Henry Powderly | 11:35 am | March 07, 2017
The bill would give the states the ability to pull Medicaid enrollees from the program by counting their lottery winnings as income.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:22 am | March 07, 2017
The authors estimated that 12 percent of telehealth visits replaced visits to other providers, while 88 percent represented new utilization.
By Henry Powderly | 09:35 am | March 07, 2017
The former head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services breaks down problem he sees with bill in 25-part Twitter thread.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:19 am | March 07, 2017
Beginning in 2020, the GOP plan would provide tax credits to help people pay for health insurance based on household income and age, with a limit of $14,000 per family.
By Susan Morse | 03:34 pm | March 03, 2017
Audit found WellCare didn't inform beneficiaries about coverage for certain prescription drugs, and denied prescription coverage, CMS says.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:21 pm | March 03, 2017
Wisconsin's average penalty for 2017 will be 0.33 percent, which ranks the state at 17th when compared to other states.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:34 am | March 03, 2017
Study should ease concerns that the health law will exacerbate the shortage of primary care providers, study author says.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:41 pm | March 02, 2017
If adopted, the bill would repeal sections of the ACA that, since 2011, prevented new physician-owned hospitals from participating in Medicare.
By Susan Morse | 01:28 pm | March 01, 2017
Democrats say the nominee did not give many specifics in her survey answers.