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1.  Politico Summarizes What's New for Health Care As of January 1, 2011
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Jan. 4, 2011
Excerpt: Here's their list:[.]
2.  White House Turns to Health Care in Latest Move Against 'Corporate Greed'
Politico Link to more items from this source
Mar. 6, 2024
"The White House plans to announce a new federal task force focused on easing health care costs ... Officials from the Justice Department, the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services will be on the task force, focused on enforcement ... [D]rug pricing and health provider costs will be among the task force's central focus."
3.  Before Slashing Social Security, Cut 401(k)s
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Mar. 2, 2023
"According to the [JCT], the tax advantages for DBs, DCs and IRAs will cost the federal government $371 billion this year. There is no similar tally for state tax breaks, but including those would likely bring the total bill close to half a trillion dollars. Given these tremendous expenses, it is initially hard to understand why people who seem so worried about the costs of old-age benefits choose to focus solely on Social Security. But it becomes easier to understand once you realize who benefits the most from the various parts of the old-age system."
4.  These States Tried an Obamacare Public Option; It Hasn't Worked as Planned
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Dec. 28, 2022
"A trio of Democratic Western states hailed passage of their public health insurance options as important steps toward finishing Obamacare's work of providing universal health coverage. But an early look at Washington, Colorado and Nevada show their plans to provide more affordable coverage to hundreds of thousands of people aren't working out as hoped."
5.  Ire Over PBMs Fuels Lobbying Blitz
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Dec. 6, 2021
"Lobbyists for drugmakers, pharmacists and large employers are ... pressing lawmakers to rein in pharmaceutical middlemen, who they say are behind soaring drug costs. The effort to paint pharmacy benefit managers as villains has sparked a multimillion-dollar campaign to influence Democrats, who are ... eager to show they are taking on the powerful drug industry and lowering out-of-pocket costs for Americans."
6.  New Jersey May Allow Some Workers Back Into Pension System, a Decade After They Were Removed
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June 21, 2021
"[As] the state ramps up its contribution to a system that's underfunded by tens of billions of dollars, it's also considering restoring eligibility to some public employees -- state and county prosecutors, administrative law judges and workers compensation judges -- after new hires were taken out of the system more than 10 years ago to lighten the financial burden."
7.  House Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Package
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Mar. 27, 2020
"The House passed a sweeping, $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that will provide immediate assistance to many Americans, small businesses and major industries on the brink of economic collapse amid the ongoing pandemic.... President Donald Trump is expected to quickly sign the bill — the largest rescue package in U.S. history."
8.  Judge Freezes Trump Administration Contraception Rule
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Jan. 14, 2019
"U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, Jr. ruled the policy would cause harm to the Democratic states suing over the rules, and he issued an order staying the rules from going into effect while the lawsuit proceeds. His temporary block is limited to just the 13 states plus the District of Columbia involved in the lawsuit. However it's possible that a court in Pennsylvania, considering a similar request for an injunction, could issue a broader national order." [California v. Azar, No. 17-5783 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 13, 2019)]
9.  The Problem of Doctors' Salaries
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Nov. 22, 2017
"The United States pays more than twice as much per person for health care as other wealthy countries. We tend to blame the high prices on things like drugs and medical equipment, in part because the price tag for many life-saving drugs is less than half the U.S. price in Canada or Europe. But an unavoidable part of the high cost of U.S. health care is how much we pay doctors -- twice as much on average as physicians in other wealthy countries."
10.  Why Marilyn Tavenner Is Worried About Obamacare This Fall
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Aug. 11, 2016
"[Marilyn Tavenner, head of America's Health Insurance Plans,] rattled off her wish list for the Obamacare exchanges, including the need to market to more young, healthy Americans. She also noted that two of the '3Rs' -- risk corridors and reinsurance, meant to help health plans through the first difficult stages of the ACA -- are scheduled to be phased out. That places more of a burden on the last 'R' -- the risk-adjustment program, which has been frustrating for insurers."
11.  New York Approves Largest Insurance Rate Increase Since Start of Obamacare
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Aug. 7, 2016
"The Cuomo administration on [Aug. 5] announced that health insurance rates on the individual market would increase by a weighted average of 16.6 percent, the largest individual market hike since the [ACA] began in 2014. The new rates take effect in January; open enrollment on the state's exchange begins Nov. 1. Rates in the small group market will increase by a weighted average of 8.3 percent."
12.  Jonathan Gruber: What We Didn't See Coming with the ACA
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July 21, 2016
"More people are in Medicaid than anticipated; fewer bought health plans through the exchanges. The reasons why this has happened ... include some surprises, even for those of us who have tracked the law closely and rooted for its success.... CBO projected more than 20 million people would be enrolled in these new online markets by this year. In fact, only about half that many are covered. One big reason is yet another ACA surprise, and a fortunate one: The employer insurance market is much more stable than expected."
13.  Humana to Significantly Reduce Marketplace Offerings in 2017
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July 21, 2016
"Humana will stop marketing Obamacare exchange plans in several states next year and will exit many off-exchange individual markets as well ... The decision means the company will only offer individual plans in 156 counties in 11 states, down from 1,351 counties across 19 states this year. It had sold plans on [ACA] exchanges in 15 states this year."
14.  CMS Introduces New Primary Care Payment Initiative for Healthcare Providers
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Apr. 12, 2016
"In a sharp departure from the current 'fee-for-service' system, which offers reimbursements per visit or procedure, providers who volunteer to participate will received fixed monthly fees for every patient and bonuses for meeting various quality goals. When their patients stay healthier and require less-expensive care, many primary care doctors will also share in the savings to Medicare, Medicaid or private insurers.... This summer, the administration will choose 20 states and regions that will be eligible for CPC-Plus, and will partner with private insurers so that the reforms will not just apply to government payments."
15.  IRS to Forego Collecting Underpaid Taxes Arising from HHS Mistake
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Feb. 25, 2015
"The Obama administration took a step on Tuesday toward containing the damage from sending the wrong Obamacare tax data to hundreds of thousands of taxpayers. The 50,000 taxpayers who filed returns based on inaccurate subsidy data they got from the government will not need to file amended returns and the IRS won't collect for any underpayment, the Treasury Department said.... Taxpayers who are owed a larger subsidy can file an amended return."
16.  The Secret Committee Behind Our Soaring Health Care Costs
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Aug. 21, 2014
"In 2012, national health care spending in the United States reached $2.8 trillion, or more than 17 percent of the country's gross domestic product -- more than any other industrialized country.... [One] explanation ... lies with a secretive committee run by the American Medical Association (AMA) which, with the assent of the government, has enormous power to determine Medicare prices by assessing the relative value of the services that physicians perform. For decades the committee has done so in a way that has skewed Medicare fees in favor of expensive specialists over ordinary general practitioners ... who are the nation's first line of defense against serious illness. Because Medicare fees are the baseline for the rest of the pricing in the health care system, this has had a broad effect[.]"
17.  Big Cyber Hack of Health Records Is 'Only a Matter of Time'
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July 6, 2014
"As health data become increasingly digital and the use of electronic health records booms, thieves see patient records in a vulnerable health care system as attractive bait ... On the black market, a full identity profile contained in a single record can bring as much as $500. The issue has yet to capture attention on Capitol Hill, which has been slow to act on cybersecurity legislation."
18.  SHOP Flop: Obamacare for Small Businesses
Politico Link to more items from this source
June 10, 2014
"The choice feature was already delayed this year for most of the 32 states that relied on the federal exchange for small businesses, although 17 states and the District of Columbia are operating their own SHOPs, many of which do offer the choice option and online enrollment. Supporters say this new delay of choice in the 18 states could gravely damage the small business exchange's growth."
19.  Is Healthcare.gov Poised to Become the Only Exchange?
Politico Link to more items from this source
June 5, 2014
"The federal option was supposed to be a limited and temporary fallback. But a shift to a bigger, more permanent Washington-controlled system is instead underway -- without preparation, funding or even public discussion about what a national exchange covering millions of Americans means for the future of U.S. health care."
20.  Free Preventive Care Can Still Cost
Politico Link to more items from this source
May 21, 2014
"Most of the new exchange plans -- and an increasing number of workplace plans, too -- carry substantial deductibles that consumers must meet before the insurer begins covering any bills.... HHS has funded the development of a free mobile phone application focused on preventive benefits, including what services consumers are entitled to without a co-pay.... But part of the problem of ensuring even coverage of those benefits is that the regulations don't always spell out exactly what is required."
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