Policy and Legislation
With Tom Price leading the Department of Health and Human Services, the powerful group of conservative physicians takes center stage.
A careful analysis of some of the GOP's talking points show a much more nuanced situation and suggest that the political fights over the law may have contributed to some of its problems.
Expansion states face fiscal and policy issues, while non-expansion states could be forced to increase charity funding and support high-risk insurance pools.
Whereas most respondents expect to participate in MACRA, in fact, only 35 percent said they currently have a strategy for doing so.
Providers gain an estimated $4.5 billion in savings each year from the drug industry subsidy.
A six-month Kaiser Health News investigation found that the orphan drug program intended to help desperate patients is being manipulated by drugmakers.
Bill would require manufacturers to disclose to the insurance department the costs of production for drugs with average wholesale prices greater than $5,000 annually.
Party-line vote means the Georgia congressman will now be instrumental in repealing the Affordable Care Act.
America's Essential Hospitals says even if earlier repeal plan is enacted, hospitals still would face a $16.8 billion loss.
House and Senate committees have already missed a deadline of Jan. 27 to write and pass their proposed repeal and replace provisions.