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Debate: Who Owns Patient Records?

A conversation between former Vice President Joe Biden and Epic CEO Judy Faulkner last month rekindled a long-running debate in the healthcare industry over who really owns patient records. While the methods for creating, gathering and analyzing patient records have certainly changed, the question of how much of that information patients should be able to […]

Out-of-Pocket Costs Put Strain on Consumers

Out-of-pocket payments increased each year of the study. Families in the top 10% of healthcare spending remain the highest spenders each year, which study authors said showed the costs of chronic conditions and long-term healthcare needs. The report also found there is a wide difference between out-of-pocket expenses depending on states. Colorado spent the most […]

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Insurance Rates Drop 26% in Alaska

Alaskans buying health insurance on the individual market will see a decrease of 26.5 percent in rates next year, the sole insurer in the state announced Tuesday. Alaskans had been paying some of the highest premiums in the nation. Read More

Survey: Consumers and Congress Disagree on What’s “Affordable”

Consumers value health insurance but often have to make sacrifices to afford it. Consumers and lawmakers disagree about what exactly “affordable” healthcare means. And doctors favor a new model for how they’re paid. Those are just a few of the takeaways from a new survey the Texas Medical Center’s Health Policy Institute released today (Sept. […]

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Kimmel Takes on Latest Healthcare Bill

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim Tuesday at Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy’s new co-authored health care bill that would undo central components of ObamaCare and replace it with block grants — or federal funds — to the states. The host of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” who delivered a memorable monologue in May when […]

Trump Was for Single-Payer Before

Donald Trump has heard about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) “Medicare for All” plan, and he turned to Twitter yesterday to assure Americans the progressive proposal isn’t going anywhere. “Bernie Sanders is pushing hard for a single payer healthcare plan – a curse on the U.S. & its people. I told Republicans to approve healthcare fast […]

Congress Rejects Cuts for Health Research

Back in March, when President Trump released the first draft of his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, he asked lawmakers for deep cuts to one of their favorite institutions, the National Institutes of Health — part of a broad reordering of priorities, away from science and social spending, toward defense and border security. […]

Lawmakers Strike Deal on Children’s Insurance

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the top Democrat on the panel announced on Tuesday night that they had reached agreement on a plan to prevent the imminent exhaustion of federal funds for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The current appropriation runs out at the end of this month, and many states will […]

Feds Rewriting Rule on Health Care for Transgendered

LOS ANGELES — Jyn Dao is scared. His bottom surgery — needed to realign the female genitalia he was born with to his male identity — is scheduled. But it’s not happening until January. And like many trans men and women, he’s afraid President Trump will soon revoke protections in federal law that ensure his […]

Industry Groups Press Congress on Payments

Payers and ACA supporters view CSR payments as critical to stabilizing the ACA market. Without those payments, insurance companies will flee the individual insurance market or ask for large premium increases. Already, the average individual insurance premiums are expected to increase by about 20% next year. Without those subsidies, the Congressional Budget Office predicted ACA premiums would skyrocket another 20%. […]

Lawmakers Seek Bipartisan Fix for Obamacare

In Bismarck, North Dakota Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called on supporters to press Congress on health care. “You have to make sure that they do what they have to do,” said Trump. “And believe me, we haven’t given up on healthcare. We haven’t given up on healthcare. We never give up.” Read More

Colorado Schools Staff Up for Anti-Marijuana Effort

DENVER — Colorado has given 42 school districts and charter schools a combined $9.2 million to hire people and create programs to keep marijuana out of the hands of students. The Denver Post reports the money is going to schools located near legal pot shops and is funded by proceeds from marijuana sales. Districts are […]

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