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By Susan Morse | 03:04 pm | May 17, 2017
New process allows them to start and finish their application through a third-party website managed by direct enrollment partners.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:05 pm | May 17, 2017
Medicaid expansion was associated with a 4 percentage point increase in operating margins for rural hospitals.
By Susan Morse | 11:51 am | May 17, 2017
The cost of the Senate Finance Committee bipartisan bill to modernize Medicare would be offset by $455 million in savings.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:19 am | May 17, 2017
The Maine pool earned higher marks than most state high-risk pools because it had a key ingredient: enough money.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:46 am | May 16, 2017
Study points to decreased funding for Medicaid as underlying reason; More than half of children's hospital's patients are insured by Medicaid.
By Susan Morse | 10:42 am | May 16, 2017
New plan replaces Affordable Care Act mandate for small business insurance coverage.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:04 am | May 16, 2017
Some health policy analysts suggest that it's not only people who have a gap in coverage who could be affected if a state seeks the health law waiver.
By Susan Morse | 03:53 pm | May 15, 2017
Several representatives purchased shares in a company named by HHS Secretary Tom Price during his confirmation hearings, Politico reports.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:56 am | May 15, 2017
Results show 48 percent of Americans said the AHCA was a "bad idea," and 43 percent believe that "strongly."
By Kaiser Health News | 10:23 am | May 15, 2017
Among the president's more questionable claims was his description of the House-passed health bill as "You're going to have absolute coverage."