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Obamacare Sign-Ups Top 16 Million for 2023, Setting Another Record

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Health and Human Services Department, Health Insurance and Managed Care, medicaid, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), United States Politics and Government
Enrollment in plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces broke last year’s record, with particularly high growth in Florida, Texas and Georgia.
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One Year In, Biden’s Health Secretary Seeks a Reboot

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Health and Human Services Department, Medicine and Health, News, United States Politics and Government
A lawyer by training, Xavier Becerra helped draft the Affordable Care Act as a congressman, but he is not steeped in infectious disease. His tenure will be defined by how he handles the fallout from Covid-19.
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Biden Administration Prohibits Health Care Discrimination vs. Transgender People

May 10, 2021 discrimination, Health and Human Services Department, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), United States Politics and Government
The administration reversed a Trump administration policy that said the Affordable Care Act’s protections did not apply to transgender people.
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For Prosecutors, Trump’s Clemency Decisions Were a ‘Kick in the Teeth’

January 22, 2021 Health and Human Services Department, Justice Department, Medicare, News, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government
Commutations in high-profile Medicare fraud cases have elicited anger among those who spent years pursuing complex prosecutions.
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Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices

September 14, 2020 Health and Human Services Department, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, News, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government
The order expands on a presidential promise by trying to reduce the prices Medicare pays for prescription drugs, but experts said it was unclear whether the White House could carry out the directive.
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Investigation of Medicare Chief Seema Verma Exposes Underside of Washington

September 10, 2020September 11, 2020 Health and Human Services Department, News, republican-party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Verma, Seema
A yearlong investigation into Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, showed the cozy relations that fuel the nation’s capital at taxpayer expense.
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Trump Administration Orders Hospitals to Report Data or Risk Losing Funding

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Health and Human Services Department, News, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government
The administration now says failure to report Covid-19 data to the Department of Health and Human Services could cost hospitals Medicare and Medicaid funding.
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Watchdog Faults Medicare Agency’s Use of Communications Contractors

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020 Health and Human Services Department, Medicare, News, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Verma, Seema
An inspector general’s audit said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service used communications contractors for work that should have been performed by public servants.
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act

June 26, 2020 Health and Human Services Department, House of Representatives, News, Obama, Barack, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party, Trump, Donald J
If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.
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House Votes to Give the Government the Power to Negotiate Drug Prices

December 12, 2019December 13, 2019 Health and Human Services Department, Health Insurance and Managed Care, House of Representatives, Law and Legislation, Medicare, News, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government
The high-profile measure would curb the price of prescription drugs and extend more benefits to Medicare beneficiaries.
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