Policy and Legislation
Some entities, such as ACOs, have to create work-arounds because they won't include substance use information due to existing regulations, a witness told the House subcommittee.
Kentucky Indiana and Arkansas have also received ACA waivers for work requirements under policies adopted by the Trump Administration in November.
Recent survey shows 71 percent of ACOs would likely leave Medicare Shared Savings Program if required to move to a two-sided model.
Cuts could destabilize current specialty care referral networks serving children in need of specialized care.
Reductions in uninsured rates ranged from -14.3 percent in the Guamanian or Chamorro subgroup to -4.1 percent in the Japanese subgroup.
Both states are struggling over whether or not to broaden Medicaid programs to insure more citizens.
U.S. investments in global health research and development from 2007 to 2015 not only created jobs but injected millions into local economies.
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price's statements and new research from the Commonwealth Fund suggest that the ACA provision brought more young people into the insurance pool and repealing it will trigger price increases.
The Congressional Budget Office has projected that repeal would increase premiums by 10 percent.
Rule eases regulatory burden estimated to cost providers $39 billion a year and the time of 59 full-time equivalent employees.