Policy and Legislation
Correctional facilities are responsible for providing health services to people who are jailed, but that doesn't mean that prisoners don't face financial charges for care. In most states they may be on the hook for copayments ranging from a few dollars to as much as $100 for medical care, according to a recent study.
The health law's upcoming enrollment period may be its toughest yet, with federal officials promising a vigorous outreach campaign to enroll millions of eligible yet hard-to-reach Americans who have yet to sign up for health insurance.
Continuum Health Partners, which merged with the Mt. Sinai Health System in 2103, is accused of improperly retaining Medicaid overpayments in a 2011 whistleblower case in which the Department of Justice intervened.
Global economic uncertainty outweighed modest increases in housing and jobs in a decision analysts believed could have gone either way.
In 2013, nearly 750,000 Coloradans were uninsured. Obamacare cut those numbers in half, to a level that was once considered unreachable.
Enrollment figures released this week by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid show close to 10 million people have signed up for insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace, as of June 30.
CMS said 9.9 million individuals had paid their premiums and had an active policy by the end of June.
Legislators on Thursday were split on the Affordable Care Act's effect on provider and payer competition in the healthcare marketplace in the the first of several hearings to be held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.
The fate of many other health programs, from the National Institutes of Health to efforts to reduce teen pregnancy, hang in the balance as well, as lawmakers decide whether and how to fund the government after the current fiscal year expires Sept. 30.
The long-awaited rules from the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services further define protections included in the Affordable Care Act, particularly broadening those for transgender Americans.
The Marketplace Navigator grants only apply to groups in the 34 states that run federal exchanges.