1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (390+ words) Word & Brown General Agency A coalition of attorneys general from 21 states, along with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, have filed a lawsuit challenging a federal rule that they allege undermines the Affordable Care Act and makes health insurance more expensive and…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1236+ words) The Trump administration credits its fraud control efforts for the disappearance of millions of people from Obamacare rolls rather than a sharp rise in premiums — a claim disputed by policy experts that glosses over the reality that many more Americans…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1540+ words) A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation’s biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records of all patients who seek help…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (397+ words) California voters will choose between two Democrats for insurance commissioner in November as the state faces growing wildfire risk, skyrocketing insurance prices and some insurers leaving the state. State Sen. Ben Allen and former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (454+ words) California House Republicans are asking the Trump administration to prevent Democratic state leaders from implementing a new tax on health insurers. Six House members, including Reps. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, sent a letter Friday to U.S. Department…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (582+ words) The Trump administration is withholding more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota over what it deems suspect claims. Tuesday’s funding suspension is the latest action by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to target Medicaid funding…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1274+ words) Figuring out who’s offering the best deal on heart surgeries or routine physicals isn’t the most pressing issue for everyday Americans. That hasn’t stopped lawmakers on Capitol Hill from trying to turn that kind of price transparency into their marquee…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (577+ words) A House member has an idea for making employer-sponsored health coverage cheaper and more flexible: Exempt the plans from the Affordable Care Act essential health benefits rules. The bill would, in effect, give small employers with fully insured group health…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (400+ words) Word & Brown General Agency With midterm elections now less than four months away, cost tops the list of voters’ health care concerns, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll found. Half of all voters, including 6 in 10 Democrats and 55% of independents, said…...