Policy and Legislation
The Assistance and Alignment tracks of the Accountable Health Communities Model will begin on May 1 for a five-year performance period.
Bill would close loophole in FDA law which allows branded drug makers to use closed distribution networks to block generics.
Proposals are fueled both by a fear of losing gains under the ACA, sense that the law doesn't go far enough toward covering everyone, cutting costs.
In 2015-2016, teaching health centers turned out more than 700 new doctors, could nearly close the physician shortage by 2020.
If coverage of the low spenders declines, insurers' ability to offer affordable coverage to high spenders with greater need will also decline.
The House speaker said the idea, modeled after Maine program, has support of both moderates and the conservative Freedom Caucus.
Efforts to gain votes from holdout conservatives repelled moderate Republicans in House; placating moderates kept conservatives from signing on.
The work requirement is one of the most controversial features of Kentucky's proposed strategy to drastically remake its Medicaid expansion.
Leaders grapple with preventing the online marketplace from collapsing; they are seeking a $51.6 million federal waiver to shore up marketplace.
Kaiser Foundation poll found that about 64 percent of Americans say it is a "good thing" that Congress did not pass the American Health Care Act.