Medicare & Medicaid
Disbelief and anxiety over the estate recovery program are widely shared among Medi-Cal enrollees and their families.
Protestors gathered in Portland, Maine and descended on Maine Senator Susan Collins' office, filling her hallway to speak out against the proposed plans from the incoming Trump administration to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Snowball effect would mean a cumulative $1.5 trillion loss in gross state products, $2.6 million reduction in business output from 2019 to 2023.
Under pressure from health insurance industry, CMS quietly backed off repayment demands, settled the audits in 2012 for just under $3.4 million.
Unemployment rate fell, cost of healthcare moderated about same time as ACA marketplaces launched, Medicaid expanded.
About 200,000 more people signed up this year compared to last, despite uncertainty over continuation of Affordable Care Act.
Savings for entities in the 340B program purchasing drugs through the program totaled $6 billion in 2015, HHS says.
Tom Price, Trump's HHS Secretary nominee, calls it "experimenting with Americans' health," and is likely to revoke the program.
Most agree that no matter what else may change, quality payment programs under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, will continue.
CMS releases figures comparing Medicaid and CHIP enrollment from October to pre-Affordable Care Act.