Reimbursement
Lower-income people tend to be eligible for larger tax credits under ACA; higher-income individuals tend to receive larger credits under AHCA.
CMS has chosen seven payers in selected regions as partners offering their own payment incentives to primary care practices.
Lawsuit alleged the insurer made patients appear sicker than they were in order to collect higher Medicare payments than it deserved.
New process allows them to start and finish their application through a third-party website managed by direct enrollment partners.
The cost of the Senate Finance Committee bipartisan bill to modernize Medicare would be offset by $455 million in savings.
The Maine pool earned higher marks than most state high-risk pools because it had a key ingredient: enough money.
Study points to decreased funding for Medicaid as underlying reason; More than half of children's hospital's patients are insured by Medicaid.
Some health policy analysts suggest that it's not only people who have a gap in coverage who could be affected if a state seeks the health law waiver.
Anthem is fighting back against paying Cigna the $1.8 billion termination fee, saying Cigna refused to support the merger.
Results show 48 percent of Americans said the AHCA was a "bad idea," and 43 percent believe that "strongly."