Seven hospitals and hospital groups filed a lawsuit in an effort to block the Trump administration’s recently announced transparent pricing rule. The plaintiffs said they want to provide clear prices to patients but not in the way that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has arranged. “America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to […]
Trump Just Revolutionized Health Care — And Nobody Noticed…
Few have ever heard of “Health Reimbursement Accounts,” but they could fundamentally change the nation’s health care system — for the better — and destroy the Democrats’ case for socialized health care. Late last week, the Trump administration finalized rules that will let companies put money into tax-exempt HRAs that their employees could then used […]
A Trio of Trump Rules Will Remake U.S. Health Insurance Markets…
President Donald Trump’s attempt to transform American health insurance is almost complete. Twenty months ago, frustrated after attempts to repeal Obamacare fell apart in the Republican-controlled Senate, Trump pledged to use executive power to do what Congress failed to legislate. An executive order set in motion regulations to promote “health care choice and competition across […]
Trump Administration Expands Pre-Tax Accounts for Health Insurance Coverage…
The Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury Departments joined forces on a new initiative intended to provide affordable health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of Americans, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta said. The legislation will expand the use health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), allowing employees use pre-tax health arrangements to buy insurance. “What employers […]
California Dems Agree to Full Healthcare Benefits for Low-Income Illegal Immigrants…
In a stance to distance itself from President Trump’s administration, California is set to become the first state in the country to pay for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to have full health benefits. Under an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state legislature, low-income adults between the ages of 19 […]
Trump’s Plan to Improve Healthcare, That Everyone Said Wouldn’t Work, Is Already Working…
In June, the Trump administration instituted new rules that would allow small businesses and individuals to access health insurance through what the president called “ association health plans.” This would permit certain businesses and the self-employed to band together, even across state lines, to provide coverage for members outside of Obamacare’s strict rules. Critics declared […]
Kamala Harris Gambles That Kicking 177 Million People Off of Their Private Health Insurance Is Good Politics…
When a few million people stood to lose insurance that they liked under former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, it created one of the biggest political crises of his presidency. Now five years later, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a leading presidential candidate, is openly calling for getting rid of private insurance, which currently covers 177 […]
Trump Freezes Billions In Obamacare Payments, Outraging Insurers…
The Trump administration halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that administers programs under Obamacare, announced on Saturday it was freezing payments to insurers that cover sicker patients, saying a federal court ruling ties its hands. The move brought a sharp response from […]
Healthcare Policy Opens Door to Coverage Across State Lines…
Trump administration allows insurance to be sold across state lines. Small businesses and individual workers will be allowed to band together to provide medical coverage that will be less expensive than Obamacare plans under a rule released Tuesday by the Trump administration. The Department of Labor released its final rule as part of the administration’s […]