Uncertainty Follows Senate’s Rejection of Competing Healthcare Proposals
If Congress does not act, many Marketplace enrollees will face significantly higher net premiums in 2026, expert cautions
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Efforts To Curb ACA Enrollment Fraud Face Real-World Test
The current Affordable Care Act open enrollment season is the first big test of new federal guardrails against fraud. The rules aim to head off unauthorized ACA plan enrollments or switches by rogue agents and entities looking to make money via enrollment commissions. Such sign-ups triggered more than 274,000 consumer complaints through August this year….
A failing health care system caused my husband’s death
This opinion article was originally published in STAT: A failing health care system caused my husband’s death. His care team was incredibly kind, but they lacked the resources to save his life. On Tuesday, September 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Agency for Healthcare…
Aspirantes demócratas culpan a los republicanos en las bancas por sus antecedentes antiaborto en el Congreso
En un anuncio de campaña este mes, Derek Tran, un demócrata del condado de Orange, California, criticó a su oponente, la representante republicana Michelle Steel, por apoyar una prohibición nacional del aborto y votar para limitar el acceso a anticonceptivos. El retador demócrata Will Rollins también señaló a su rival, el representante Ken Calvert, y…
The Future of Specialty Care: APPs, MDs, and Machine-Guided Supervision
Many of today’s systems weren’t built for speed, supervision, or scale, and they can’t support the level of intelligence or flexibility that modern care delivery demands. The solution isn’t to retreat from APPs. It’s to invest in models that make their work safe, effective, and scalable. The post The Future of Specialty Care: APPs, MDs,…
A Startup’s €90M Financing for Oral Peptide Drugs Includes Backing from Eli Lilly
Orbis Medicines’ Series A round of funding was led by New Enterprise Associates. The startup is developing oral macrocyclic drugs for targets validated by blockbuster biologic medications that must be administered by injection. The post A Startup’s €90M Financing for Oral Peptide Drugs Includes Backing from Eli Lilly appeared first on MedCity News.
El megaproyecto de ley republicano supondrá más costos de salud para muchos estadounidenses
El “One Big Beautiful Bill” del presidente Donald Trump recorta el gasto federal en los mercados de Medicaid y la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo precio (ACA) en aproximadamente $1.000 millones a lo largo de una década, según la Oficina de Presupuesto del Congreso (CBO), una entidad no partidista. Esto amenaza la salud…
CommonSpirit Connects Utah Hospitals to EMS Agencies
Partnership with ESO provides nearly 4,000 first responders along the Wasatch Front with access to patient care outcomes
The Dire Cost Of Medicaid Cuts To Kids’ Mental Health
If we gut school-based care, we’re not only closing doors, we’re also deepening the racial and economic inequities that already shape our mental health system. We can’t claim to care about equity in healthcare if we’re willing to strip care from the very places that reach the kids who need it most. The post The…
HHS’s Independence: If Not Now, When?
By DAVID INTROCASO After having worked in DC for sixteen years, in 2013 I created The Healthcare Policy Podcast. The title was in part intended to be sarcastic because healthcare policymaking in DC is very narrowly drawn. Consequently, healthcare delivery is excessively commodified, reductionistic and financialized or in sum anachronistic and ironically lacking purchase. If the…