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Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to take up an appeals court ruling that could invalidate some or all of the federal health law. It鈥檚 not clear the court will take the case, but the efforts will carry consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Seema Verma, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, sat down for a rare interview with KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney. They discuss her views on President Donald Trump鈥檚 plan for sustaining public health insurance programs, how the administration would respond if Obamacare is struck down by the courts in the future and her thoughts on how the latest "Medicare for All" proposals would affect innovation and access to care.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner is on PBS NewsHour and WBUR鈥檚 鈥淗ere & Now鈥 to talk about the repercussions of a federal appeals court decision striking down the health law鈥檚 key requirement for people to get health coverage.
Candidates again sparred over 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 and other approaches to health reform -- but this time they waited more than two hours before wading into health policy issues.
A federal appeals court in New Orleans has agreed with a lower court that a key piece of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. But it is sending the case back to the lower-court judge to decide how much of the rest of the law can stand. Also, Congress is leaving town after finishing work on a major spending bill that includes many changes to health policy. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.
The court, based in New Orleans, agreed with a federal judge in Texas that the individual mandate section of the Affordable Care Act could not stand after Congress eliminated the tax penalty for not having coverage. But the case now heads back to the lower court to see how much of the law can remain.
The Affordable Care Act has been on the books for nearly a decade. Parts of it have become ingrained in our health system 鈥 and in our everyday life. But this could change, depending on a long-awaited 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding the law鈥檚 constitutionality.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Californians must have health insurance starting next year or face a hefty tax penalty. But, as with the now-defunct federal tax penalty for being uninsured, some people will be exempt.
There鈥檚 something new in this year鈥檚 Covered California open-enrollment period: Consumers are learning whether they will qualify for new state-funded financial aid. The results are mixed, with some scoring hundreds of dollars per month and others nothing.
The House passed legislation that would give federal workers 12 weeks of paid parental leave. The measure appears headed for passage in the Senate, and President Donald Trump has promised to sign the measure into law. Meanwhile, House and Senate lawmakers have a tentative deal on surprise medical bills, but don鈥檛 count on a compromise just yet. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join guest host Mary Agnes Carey of KHN to discuss this and more. And for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 the panelists offer their favorite health stories of the week they think you should read, too.
Justices from the right and left ask whether Congress needs to keep its promises.
The case revolves around a health law provision designed to help insurers recover some losses because they had an unusually high number of sick and expensive customers. Insurers complain that when Republican lawmakers discontinued funding the program, it was like 鈥淟ucy Van Pelt pulling the football away from Charlie Brown.鈥
It鈥檚 open enrollment season for health insurance. And choosing the best plan is tricky whether you have to buy insurance on your own or just figure out which plan to sign up for at work. Here鈥檚 what you need to know.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don鈥檛 have to.
Polls show that health care is at the top of voters鈥 issues, but the polls also say Democrats, let alone other Americans, are not ready for 鈥淢edicare for All.鈥
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 marketplace plans is halfway over and, so far, the number of people signing up is down, but not dramatically. Meanwhile, Congress and President Donald Trump can鈥檛 seem to agree on what to do about teen vaping, drug prices or 鈥渟urprise鈥 medical bills. And Democrats lurch to the left on abortion. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more health news.
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