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Policy and Legislation

By Jeff Lagasse | 11:33 am | July 11, 2017
Employment in healthcare would be hit especially hard, with 919,000 fewer jobs.
By Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News | 10:22 am | July 11, 2017
Several million children won't meet Senate's new highly restrictive definition of "blind and disabled" under new Medicaid guidelines.
By Susan Morse | 02:24 pm | July 10, 2017
Amended bill to be unveiled Monday, says GOP Senator, while president has tweeted no one dare leave this summer without new legislation.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:54 am | July 10, 2017
Montana was among the last states to expand Medicaid, and its Obamacare marketplace has fared reasonably well. It has 50,000 customers, decent competition and no "bare counties," where no insurers want to sell plans.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:29 am | July 10, 2017
The provision would amend an obscure Medicaid funding rule that limits the number of beds for mental illness but health groups say its no reason to celebrate.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 03:51 pm | July 07, 2017
Physician Brenda Fitzgerald directed Georgia's 18 public health districts and more than 150 county health departments.
By Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media | 12:13 pm | July 07, 2017
Dr. Jerome Adams is an anesthesiologist who promoted needle-exchange programs in Indiana while serving under Vice President Mike Pence.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:18 am | July 06, 2017
The findings run counter to the notion that the individual health insurance market is crumbling.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:31 am | July 06, 2017
If states impose lifetime caps and eliminate essential benefits, questions of how much an insurer pays for services remains uncertain.
By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News | 10:07 am | July 06, 2017
A report by the Government Accountability Office adds new weight to criticisms that some health plans may leave sicker patients worse off.