Policy and Legislation
The ruling promises to produce historic change and uncertainty in how healthcare will be delivered and paid for in the future.
On March 26, the Obama administration's health care reform package goes to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has scheduled an historic three days of arguments. The outcome could have an enormous impact on AHIP and its members.
With seven Democrats crossing the aisle, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill to repeal a key component of the Affordable Care Act, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB).
A federal district court judge on Wednesday dismissed, with prejudice, the lawsuit brought against Community Health Systems (CHS) by Tenet Healthcare last spring, as it sought to fend off CHS' hostile takeover bid.
Economist Gail Wilensky has advised presidents and other elected officials on healthcare matters. She continues her advisory role today in addition to being a champion for global healthcare issues.
On Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that health insurance premium increases in nine states have been deemed "unreasonable" under the rate review authority granted by the Affordable Care Act.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced today a four-year, $200-million training program for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) that aims to help increase the number of primary care healthcare workers.
The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote today on whether to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an independent panel called for in the Affordable Care Act established to keep Medicare costs in check, if Congress doesn't have the political will to do it themselves.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) is a strong voice opposing the Affordable Care Act and is considered an up-and-coming political force.
President Barack Obama's home state of Illinois, and the same state that elected a Democratic governor in 2010 who promised to raise taxes to fix the budget, sent a moderate message to the Republican Party with a strong win by Mitt Romney in the March 20 GOP primary.