Policy and Legislation
Efforts to gain votes from holdout conservatives repelled moderate Republicans in House; placating moderates kept conservatives from signing on.
The work requirement is one of the most controversial features of Kentucky's proposed strategy to drastically remake its Medicaid expansion.
Leaders grapple with preventing the online marketplace from collapsing; they are seeking a $51.6 million federal waiver to shore up marketplace.
Kaiser Foundation poll found that about 64 percent of Americans say it is a "good thing" that Congress did not pass the American Health Care Act.
Congress should create permanent cybersecurity liaisons and leaders who are experienced and certified cybersecurity professionals, group says.
Health policy analysts say that some of the health law's marketplace problems could be improved with a bipartisan spirit.
HIMSS, CHIME and many high-ranking healthcare executives expect big things from a leader they see as highly qualified.
Advocates say strategy doesn't address concerns about plan design, might push consumers away by increasing out-of-pocket costs.
But America's Health Insurance Plans says it does not fully support the just-announced payment rate because it falls a little short.
Insurer says CMS violated the law's requirement that Medicare Advantage insurers be subject to the same actuarial standards as Medicare.