Healthcare reform

Startups Oscar and Bright Health are expanding this year, citing favorable market conditions.

Groups say the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could resume distributing risk-adjustment funds by issuing an interim final rule.

Selection of Atul Gawande, MD, to lead the new healthcare firm will advance innovation and change, says AHIP’s Matt Eyles.

The Justice Department’s has sided with some states in a lawsuit alleging that the healthcare law is invalid due to the its individual mandate being shut down.

Non-payment of certain subsidies, less enforcement of a rule requiring insurance and limited competition caused insurers to raise their premiums by about 34%.

Insurers have been divided on the plans, with some insurers already offering them, while others worry they could undermine the ACA’s individual market.

Bipartisan moves to extending coverage to low-income kids and shore up exchange plans will come to a vote next month.

The bill eliminates a tax penalty for Americans who don’t carry health insurance, a pillar of the Affordable Care Act.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the compromise will end the requirement that all individuals buy insurance or pay a fine.

Carriers need to be more on notice than ever that marketplace could change rapidly after Senate tax bill passes with repeal included.

ACA mandate repeal and medical expense deductibility may jeopardize the legislation, legislators say.

Groups say the move would destabilize the health insurance market and raise premiums.

Republicans are considering repealing the coverage rule in the Affordable Care Act as a way to pay for far-reaching changes in the tax code.

But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s waiting for assurances from President Donald Trump before he allows a vote

A bipartisan deal to shore up Obamacare exchanges has “stalled out,” a top Senate Republican said Wednesday.

Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said Monday that he spoke with Trump about a bill that includes the subsidies, and got Trump’s blessing.

Trump decision to end cost-sharing subsidies will cost insurers $1B this year, says Michael Consedine.

Cost savings reduction payments are essential to support law passed by Congress, Eric Schneiderman says.

The move is politically risky as it may force bipartisan effort in the Senate to craft legislation to shore up the ACA insurance exchanges.

More than eight in ten individuals who buy ACA plans also get help paying their premiums directly from the federal government.