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GOP ACA change bill may favor commercial health
By Allison BellThe draft might cut federal Medicaid cash 14 percent but hold individual health support flat.
March 07, 2017
Does direct primary care make sense for your clients?Part 1: Dr. Samir Qamar, founder and CEO of MedLion and MedWand, provides an assessment of the direct primary care model.
March 07, 2017
Conservatives pan GOP Obamacare plan as 'welfare'Rand Paul has called the draft 'Obamacare Lite.' Mark Walker's group is still thinking.
March 07, 2017
ACA premium tax credit mathRepublicans seem to want to keep the total amount of premium tax credit support about the same.
March 07, 2017
Selling insurance across state lines won't helpCampaigns succeed by generating easy-to-understand solutions to problems, but there are no easy answers to improving health care quality and reducing its cost.
March 06, 2017
The big new House Republican ACA change draft is hereThe new version looks much like the draft leaked earlier this month.
March 06, 2017
Republicans Unveil Bill to Repeal and Replace ObamacarePlan would create tax credits, end health insurance mandate; no estimate of proposals cost or how many will be covered.
March 06, 2017
Gilead executive says pharmacy benefit managers keep prices highJim Meyers says PBMs would rather get a cut of a rebate than see a low list price.