Medicare & Medicaid
Oz takes the helm amid a political divide surrounding potential Medicaid budget cuts and the appointment of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.
The top 15 states with the most growth in the ACA Marketplace since 2020 were all won by President Trump last year, data shows.
Cuts in Medicaid would likely mean that many beneficiaries would lose coverage, leading to more uncompensated care for hospitals.
The steep cuts are largely attributable to new HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took the agency's top post in February.
The board would require that board-certified physicians make determinations about whether care is medically necessary.
Roughly 477,000 jobs could be lost in healthcare, including in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, pharmacies and nursing homes.
Hospitals that are already struggling will lose funding, say the Democratic state treasurers of Republican-proposed cuts.
The 14 to 13 vote was along party lines.
That would constitute 34% to 39% of expansion enrollees ages 19 to 55, the data shows.
MA plans have faced recent headwinds of declining payment rates, medical cost pressures, regulatory burden and less favorable star ratings.