Medicare & Medicaid
Unemployment rate fell, cost of healthcare moderated about same time as ACA marketplaces launched, Medicaid expanded.
About 200,000 more people signed up this year compared to last, despite uncertainty over continuation of Affordable Care Act.
Savings for entities in the 340B program purchasing drugs through the program totaled $6 billion in 2015, HHS says.
Tom Price, Trump's HHS Secretary nominee, calls it "experimenting with Americans' health," and is likely to revoke the program.
Most agree that no matter what else may change, quality payment programs under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, will continue.
CMS releases figures comparing Medicaid and CHIP enrollment from October to pre-Affordable Care Act.
Kaiser Family Foundation poll found the 53 percent of people reported that they or someone in their household has a pre-existing condition.
Lowest performing hospitals before passage of the Affordable Care Act showed biggest improvement after being penalized, researchers say.
CMS is also testing new Person Centered Community Care, or P3C, model for dually-eligible individuals who are at least 21 and have disabilities that impair their mobility, requiring nursing home care.
Opponents warn if people fail to meet a work requirement then lose health benefits as a result, they'll likely just get sicker.