The tax reform law passed in December did repeal the Affordable Care Act's penalties for not having comprehensive health insurance. But the penalties are still in effect until 2019.
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Trump Administration Wants To Let Insurers Offer Plans With Fewer Benefits
The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a rule that would expand short-term policies that don't have to meet the Affordable Care Act's benefit requirements.
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No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transport Program Faces Cuts In Some States
For more than 50 years, the health program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry some clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states say transport is currently too expensive.
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An Uncle’s Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course
Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.
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Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill
Home health firms sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay their for their services, say advocates for patients.
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New Rules May Make Getting And Staying On Medicaid More Difficult
Indiana is one of the states poised to get permission to require Medicaid recipients to work. Advocates say work requirements may be good politics but they're bad policy.
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