Policy and Legislation

The King v. Burwell ruling means more than six million residents in the 34 states with federal exchanges can keep their tax subsidies for healthcare insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

Oregon regulators are working with insurers to increase premiums, after a $127 million collective shortfall last year.

Some employers say a proposed rule could force them to cut the size of wellness programs’ financial incentives or penalties.

A scathing state audit shows that California is failing to make sure Medicaid managed care plans deliver their promises to patients.

Despite expectations that a ruling would come on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued no decision in the awaited King v. Burwell case that could decide the fate of President Obama's signature healthcare law.

CBO projected that a repeal would increase the federal deficit by $353 billion over 10 years because of higher direct federal spending on health programs such as Medicare and lower revenues.

A bipartisan group of House and Senate legislators introduced bills last week that would require health plans to cover the growing number of oral chemotherapy pills as favorably as they do intravenous chemotherapy.

The issue is whether the section means what it seems to say if read literally and in isolation from the rest of the Affordable Care Act.

Though the states use federal exchanges, agreement creates a back-up plan for the insured if King v. Burwell ruling nixes subsidies.

Nearly three in four Americans say the costs of prescription drugs are "unreasonable," with most putting the blame on drugmakers, a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found.