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Forecast for Obamacare: More Insurers, Higher Prices

Health insurers are planning to expand in Obamacare amid rising profits, but the trend is coming at the expense of higher premiums for certain customers. Premiums are expected to rise by an average of 15 percent for customers whose incomes aren’t low enough to qualify them for subsidies, according to early estimates from Avalere Health. […]

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Sale of Off-Exchange Medical Plans Drop by Half

The number of health insurance plans sold outside of Obamacare’s exchanges fell by half in 2018, according to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Plans sold outside the exchanges fell from 8,700 in 2017 to about 4,000 in 2018. Eight states had no plans that were sold outside the exchanges in 2018, compared with five […]

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Court Upholds Travel Ban Healthcare Groups Opposed

A travel ban that was opposed by a healthcare industry that depends on foreign doctors and workers was upheld today by the Supreme Court. The justices voted 5-4 (PDF) that President Donald Trump acted within the law in imposing limits on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. The president, shortly after taking office, implemented a […]

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Detained Migrant Children at Risk of Disease Outbreaks

As thousands of migrant children have been taken from their parents and sent to facilities across the country, questions are growing about the medical care they are receiving – or, as health experts fear, not receiving. Since President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy for unlawful entry into the country went into effect in April, more than […]

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Trump’s China Tariffs Pinch Healthcare Industry

A tariff on Chinese goods announced late last week by the Trump administration is expected to add financial pressure on the U.S. healthcare industry. The list of goods subject to the 25% tariff beginning early next month includes a variety of components for sterilization and medical imaging equipment. A second, shorter list of Chinese goods will undergo further review […]

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Final Small Business Insurance Options on Table

The Trump administration is close to finalizing a health insurance option for small firms and self-employed people that would cost less but could cover fewer benefits than current plans, congressional officials and business groups said Monday. As originally proposed, the new “association health plans” would have to cover people with pre-existing health conditions. However, they […]

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W.H.O. Adds ‘Gaming Disorder’ Classification

The World Health Organization proposed adding gaming disorder to its new comprehensive manual of disease classifications on Monday, angering the gaming industry but reassuring doctors who hope it may make treatment more easily available. Some U.S. experts said it will make little difference when it comes to helping people with the disorder, at least in […]

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Quest for Laboratory Grown Organs

Though medical science may still be years away from growing a heart outside of the human body, the scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are getting closer every day to reproducing and perfecting many of the tissues, blood vessels and other organs of the human body. Engineering laboratory-grown organs to implant into […]

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Health Industry Powerhouses Form a Coalition

Amid increasing premiums and drug costs, and proposed overhauls to the healthcare sector, industry powerhouses have come together to form a new coalition. But exactly what they will advocate for remains a mystery. Nine companies currently make up the new the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future (PAHCF,) which was announced Thursday, including America’s Health Insurance Plan, the American Medical Association, […]

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Trump Signs VA Bill, Then Attacks It

Despite adding his signature to the Veterans Administration (VA) Mission Act, President Donald Trump is now fighting a bipartisan plan to fund the much-needed expansion to veterans’ health care. The bill, sponsored by Republican Senator Johnny Isakson from Georgia, became law on June 6. The Mission Act would establish community care programs coordinated by the VA, […]

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Expert: Medicare’s Demise Is Not Imminent

The trustees of the Medicare and Social Security trust funds released their annual report and the news was not good because shortfalls will come in eight years. However, it can be fixed because the main problem is uncontrolled healthcare cost increases, says CEPR’s Dean Baker. Medicare will become insolvent in 2026. That’s the headline that […]

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Fact Check: Veterans’ Care Change is No Quick Fix

President Donald Trump is setting up veterans for likely disappointment as he tells them they have freedom to get quick medical care from private doctors when they’re unhappy with government-run health care. He is casting a bill that he signed into law Wednesday as an immediate cure-all to long wait times for medical treatment. But […]

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