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US News By: Pat Garofolo The latest iteration of the repeal effort is spearheaded by Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Republicans reportedly intend to make a push for their legislation this week; the White House may pile in, and there’s even been a perfunctory committee hearing scheduled. … The article links to…

The Spectrum By: David DeMille A stronger job market, participation in government health plans and a surge of last-minute enrollments on the Affordable Care Act marketplace appear to have contributed to a massive improvement in Washington County’s health insurance rates. The county saw its rate of uninsured cut nearly in half last year, from 16.6…

Public News Service By: Kevin Patrick Allen A federal program that funds health coverage for more than 83,000 Iowa children will run out of money at the end of the month, but there’s reason to be hopeful. Earlier this week, the Senate Finance Committee reached agreement on a plan to protect the Children’s Health Insurance…

WalletHub By: John Kiernan For insight on the future of the ACA, we asked a panel of experts to share their thoughts on the following key questions: To what extent will President Donald Trump’s decision to reduce spending on advertising and other efforts to inform people about deadlines to sign up for ACA coverage have…

Dallas News By: Caroline Kelly Middle-class Texas families, especially those struggling to recover from Hurricane Harvey, may soon face another obstacle — an uncertain future for their children’s medical coverage. The Children’s Health Insurance Program — a federal program that matches state health care funds for kids whose families make too much to qualify for…

MedPage Today By: Shannon Firth Medicaid may have escaped deep cuts this summer, after several repeal and replace bills foundered in the Senate, but the administration has another vehicle for implementing conservative-friendly changes on a state-by-state basis through the waiver process. … Waivers are intended to pursue the objective of the Medicaid program, observed Joan…

CQ News By: Sandhya Raman Children’s advocacy groups are pleased with the multi-year extension to the Children’s Health Insurance Program proposed by Sens. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah and Ron Wyden of Oregon even though it would scale back some state funding and consumer protections in the health care law (PL 111-148, PL 111-152). The…

Arizona Capitol Times By: Dana Naimark Health care has been one of the most hotly contested issues behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., and in communities all across the country this year. Here in Arizona, thousands of residents have voiced their concerns about the devastating effect the House and Senate proposals would have to individuals,…

Vox By: Dylan Scott We’ve been talking a lot about two big deadlines for health care this month: -September 27, the last day for insurers to sign their contracts to sell Obamacare plans in 2018 and the self-imposed deadline for any bipartisan stabilization bill in the Senate -September 30, the day the special “budget reconciliation”…

Ozy By Nick Fouriezos This summer, the U.S. Senate came one vote shy of passing a Republican health care bill that would have shaved billions from Medicaid — it had the imprimatur of President Trump, who campaigned promising not to cut such programs. If passed, mothers like Mora County treasurer JoJo Olivas say they probably…

Wisconsin Public Radio By: Shamane Mills Four Republican U.S. senators unveiled a bill Wednesday they say could be the last chance to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Dean Heller of Nevada, and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, want to replace federal money now being spent…

Urban Milwaukee By: John Peacock The number of Wisconsinites who do not have health insurance fell sharply during the first three years of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to new survey data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Approximately 218,000 fewer Wisconsin residents were uninsured last year than in 2013, a…

Des Moines Register By: Anne Discher As Gov. Kim Reynolds decides this month whether to call a special session to address Iowa’s budget deficit, our state’s Congressional delegation is back in Washington deciding whether to continue funding state programs that provide health coverage to kids. Congress’ failure to act would make Iowa lawmakers’ job balancing…

ABC7 News By: Talk Business and Politics Roughly 120,000 kids in Arkansas could be dropped from the ARKids First health insurance rolls unless Congress extends $195 million in federal funding that supports the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by the Sept. 30 expiration, according to Laura Kellams, director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.…

Arkansas Online By: Dan Holtmeyer Congress must quickly reauthorize a federal program that covers health care costs for tens of thousands of Arkansas children, advocates said Monday. … “We don’t want to gamble with this in any way,” said Laura Kellams, the group’s Northwest Arkansas director. The group encourages policies that promote children’s welfare in…

The Texas Tribune By: Alex Arriaga More Texans are insured now than four years ago — but the state is still home to 4.5 million people without health coverage, the largest share in the country. A new United States Census Bureau report shows the percentage of uninsured Texans dropped from 22.1 percent in 2013 to…

Herald Tribune By: Joe Pennisi There’s good news and bad news for Florida in the federal government’s recent decision to approve more dollars for Florida’s uncompensated care pool, known as the Low Income Pool or LIP. Gov. Rick Scott is to be commended for utilizing his relationship with the administration in Washington to bring this…

San Antonio Express-News By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje For the second year in a row, household incomes rose across the nation, while the poverty and uninsured rates continued to decline, according to new data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. … “We’re really pleased to see that in 2016, the ACA continued to boost health…

Kaiser Health News By: Shefali Luthra Efforts by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid enrollment could undercut an aspect of the program that has widespread bipartisan appeal — covering more children, research published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs suggests. The study focuses on the impact of Medicaid’s “welcome-mat” effect — a term used to…

National Journal By: Erin Durkin States facing cleanup in the aftermath of the recent hurricanes could see a surge in need for a health insurance program that provides coverage to low- and middle-income kids. The problem: Funding for the program expires at the end of the month, and Congress still has to make major decisions…