Policy and Legislation
Funding for CHIP does not technically end until Sept. 30, but it is already too late for states to plan their budgets effectively.
The rules are the latest response to growing dissatisfaction about drug costs from the public, lawmakers and those who run programs like Medicaid.
Continued uncertainty around funding for cost-sharing reduction payments is causing insurers to leave and is raising premiums by as much as 60% for 2018.
Status update on court case over cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers was Monday, May 22.
Lower-income people tend to be eligible for larger tax credits under ACA; higher-income individuals tend to receive larger credits under AHCA.
The California bill, SB 349, says that inadequate staffing is leading to hospitalizations, medical errors and "unnecessary and avoidable deaths."
Bill needs at least $359 billion over 10 years, up to $656 billion, according to Urban Institute report.
There could be a slowdown of the momentum created by the ACA towards care coordination and value-based care initiatives, analysts say.
CMS has chosen seven payers in selected regions as partners offering their own payment incentives to primary care practices.
Individual mandate and Medicaid expansion in Obamacare may remain in Senate plan.