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Doctor, hospital groups line up against GOP health proposal
By Zachary Tracer and Anna EdneyBoth nonprofit and for-profit hospitals want to see more support for low-income Americans.
March 07, 2017
Plans received $28 billion in 2016 ACA advance premium aidTIGTA says the agency had some trouble managing tax credit users' tax returns.
March 07, 2017
State legislators form air ambulance billing teamNCOIL is looking at ways to protect patients from $50,000 in out-of-network bills.
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.