WVTF Radio By: Michael Pope Hundreds of thousands of people in Virginia are about to gain access to health insurance through Medicaid. But will they be able to find doctor? 70% of doctors in Virginia re taking new Medicaid patients. … Joan Alker at Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families says 70% is actually a pretty […]
Think Progress By: Amanda Michelle Gomez The Trump administration is freezing a critical Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance payment program that discourages insurers from cherry picking healthier enrollees by compensating them for sicker ones. The move could rattle insurance companies at the very moment when they’re deciding whether to continue selling ACA plans and setting premiums […]
Huffington Post By: Jeffrey Young and Jonathan Cohn The Trump administration’s campaign to undermine the Affordable Care Act notched another achievement Tuesday. This time, the agency that runs the health insurance exchanges is slashing funds for organizations that help people to shop for coverage, forcing the groups to make do with about one-fourth of the federal funding […]
MedPage Today By: Joyce Frieden The federal government will stop making risk adjustment payments to health insurers that have sicker-than-average patients, raising the specter of more premium increases by insurers to make up for the shortfall. … Withholding the payments will have both short-term and long-term effects, according to Edwin Park, JD, of Georgetown University. […]
CQ By: Misty Williams States seeking to require people on Medicaid to work are proposing to temporarily extend coverage for those who get jobs but end up earning too much money to qualify for the program. … A study released earlier this year estimated 8,700 low-income parents and caregivers in Alabama could be kicked off Medicaid […]
News Observer By: Paula Specht Democrats in North Carolina argue the state should expand Medicaid to help residents pay for health care. … “In Indiana’s case their waiver contained elements like some increased cost sharing and health savings accounts — other states that have expanded Medicaid have used some of these ideas too,” said Adam […]
