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Some Public Hospitals Win, Others Lose With Obamacare

23 Jul

A year and a half after the Affordable Care Act brought widespread reforms to the U.S. healthcare system, Chicago’s Cook County Health & Hospitals System has made its first profit in 180 years. Source: Some Public Hospitals Win, Others Lose ... Read more »

Budget Concerns Grow As Medicaid Enrollments Outpace Estimates In Expansion States | Kaiser Health News

20 Jul

Tom Brewer

Source: Budget Concerns Grow As Medicaid Enrollments Outpace Estimates In Expansion States | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

Alaska Governor Announces Plan To Use Executive Power To Expand Medicaid | Kaiser Health News

17 Jul

Tom Brewer

Source: Alaska Governor Announces Plan To Use Executive Power To Expand Medicaid | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

On His Victory Lap, Obama Aims To Change The Conversation To Ways To Improve The ACA | Kaiser Health News

1 Jul

Tom Brewer

Source: On His Victory Lap, Obama Aims To Change The Conversation To Ways To Improve The ACA | Kaiser Health ... Read more »

Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies – The New York Times

26 Jun

Tom Brewer

Affirming a key element of the health care law, the justices ruled that it may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy insurance. Source: Supreme Court Allows Nationwide Health Care Subsidies – The New York ... Read more »

Year Two of the ACA Coverage Expansions: On-the-Ground Experiences from Five States | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

25 Jun

Tom Brewer

This brief provides an on-the-ground view of ACA implementation after completion of the second open enrollment period. It is based on 40 in-person interviews conducted in five states that have made different implementation choices, including three states (Colorado, Kentucky, and ... Read more »

ACOs help primary care doctors stay independent – Orlando Sentinel

2 Jun

Tom Brewer

Dr. Cara Jakob and 16 other physicians have signed a letter of intent to be part of Aledade Central Florida ACO, which is part of the Maryland-based company Aledade, co-founded by the former National Coordinator for HIT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari. ... Read more »

Judge weighs bid to toss House GOP suit against Obama health-care law – The Washington Post

31 May

Tom Brewer

House Republicans accuse president of executive overreach; White House called suit a “political stunt.” Source: Judge weighs bid to toss House GOP suit against Obama health-care law – The Washington ... Read more »

Texas Politicians And Businesses Feud Over Medicaid Expansion

30 May

Tom Brewer

Texas has turned down federal funds to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Hospitals and some business owners want the money, but it’s a tough sell in Republican-dominated state politics. Source: Texas Politicians And Businesses Feud Over Medicaid ... Read more »

States With No Exchange Or Medicaid Expansion Have Most To Lose In King V. Burwell: Study | Kaiser Health News

18 May

Tom Brewer

Source: States With No Exchange Or Medicaid Expansion Have Most To Lose In King V. Burwell: Study | Kaiser Health ... Read more »