The Health 202: Why Congress might fail to fund extra Obamacare subsidies

September 15, 2017 News

The political incentives for both parties are weak.

An Obamacare bill — that has nothing to do with repealing it — could pass

September 15, 2017 health, health care, News, politics

The month of September has been bombarded with health care bills. This week alone, Democrat and Republican senators introduced both a single-payer plan and an Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal and replacement plan. But the most important bill has yet to be released. Language to the only health bill that’ll immediately secure the ACA marketplace and relieve nearly 22 million people of stress next year — and a host of coverage providers — will be released soon.

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Medicare details sold on darknet not obtained by hacking but from ‘legitimate channel’

September 15, 2017 health, News

Details from Medicare offered on auction site came from a ‘bad person doing a bad thing’, Senate inquiry hears
Medicare details sold on the darknet were not obtained through hacking but by a “bad person doing a bad thing from a legitimate channel,” a Senate inquiry has heard.
Guardian Australia revealed in July that Medicare card details were offered for sale on a darknet auction site and that the vendor, provided with a journalist’s name and date of birth, was able to produce the requested Medicare number for a fee of 0.0089 bitcoin, or US$22.
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Irma: Florida nursing home loses Medicaid funding

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 News

A facility where eight people died after Hurricane Irma cut its power has lost its Medicaid funding.

Sanders enlists Canadians to sell single payer

September 15, 2017 News

Sanders's push for universal health care, which has already taken the Democratic Party further toward endorsing "single-payer" coverage than at any time since the 1970s, has often included praise for America's northern neighbor.

Trump: Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a ‘curse’ on Americans

September 14, 2017 Donald Trump, News, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US politics

President says he would veto senator’s Medicare for All single-payer plan, prompting quick rebuke from Sanders
Donald Trump on Thursday called Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a “curse on the US & its people” and promised to veto it if it ever landed on his desk.
Related: Bernie Sanders unveils universal healthcare bill: 'We will win this struggle'
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Key senator whipping last-ditch ObamaCare repeal bill

September 14, 2017 News

But the bill faces an uphill effort to passing the Senate.

Fact Check: ‘Medicare for All’: Is It Popular? And Is It the Same as Britain’s System?

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 Fact Check, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, News, Sanders, Bernard, United States Politics and Government

Senator Bernie Sanders argued that most Americans want Medicare for all, while critics say similar systems in other countries produce worse outcomes.

Get Ready! Medicare Will Mail New Cards to 60 Million People

September 14, 2017 News

The federal health program for seniors and the disabled is removing Social Security numbers from the ID cards of 60 million people in an effort to prevent identity theft
(Image credit: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services /AP)

Trump expects — and will court — Democratic support on tax reform

September 14, 2017 News

President Donald Trump, stung by Republicans' failure to pass a party line vote on health care reform earlier this year, said Thursday that he expects -- and will court -- Democratic support for tax reform.

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