July 2015
- Healthcare.gov pushes states’ insurance regulators to negotiate lower Affordable Care Act rates — Kaiser Health News
- Affordable Care Act helps sickest Americans — depending on their state — Los Angeles Times
- Alaska Gov. Bill Walker will announce his plans to expand Medicaid on July 16, bringing him closer to fulfilling one of this top campaign promises. — Alaska Dispatch News
- Ohio will seek a waiver from the CMS allowing the state to drop adult beneficiaries who don’t pay into a health savings account, regardless of their income. — Modern Healthcare
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell last month likely settled the question of whether President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will survive. Whether and when the health law will be fully implemented in all 50 states is a different question. — The Pew Charitable Trusts
June 2015
- The Supreme Court is expected to rule on healthcare subsidies soon. As the country awaits the decision, NewsHour interviewed people who would be personally affected by the ruling, and Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News answers their concerns — NewsHour
- Congressional Republicans have discussed plans to temporarily continue health care subsidies for millions of people if the Supreme Court overturns the aid — ABC News
- Arkansas, Delaware, Pennsylvania get Federal approval for health insurance marketplaces — The Kansas City Star
- New Obamacare survey shows users love it, but can they keep it? — CNBC
- Arkansas cancels cost-sharing for poorest in Medicaid expansion — Modern Healthcare
- What’s at stake when U.S. Supreme Court rules on health plan subsidies later this month — Kaiser Health News
- Hospitals’ non-reimbursed costs for treating patients would be $4.5 billion lower next year if Medicaid coverage was expanded to the poorest residents in states that haven’t done so, according to a White House report — USA Today
- Community Health Choice, a nonprofit administering Medicaid managed care plans, launched an innovative prenatal payment program — Houston Chronicle
May 2015
- The Texas Senate approved a “Scarlet Letter” bill for Affordable Care Act clients requiring insurance identification cards purchased through the health insurance marketplace to bear the letters QHP, for Qualified Health Plan — Houston Chronicle
- Milestone rules would create profit guidelines for private Medicaid plans, set new standards for the plans’ doctor and hospital networks, and establish rules to coordinate Medicaid insurance more closely with other coverage — Kaiser Health News
- http://khn.org/news/milestone-rules-would-limit-profits-score-quality-for-medicaid-plans/
- Texas’ safety-net hospitals and clinics are steeling themselves for an uncertain future without Medicaid expansion — Texas Tribune
- Lawmaker presses House leaders for Affordable Care Act alternative if the Supreme Court justices rule against expansion provision — The Hill
- The Texas Association of Health Underwriters is arguing that a recent Sate Medical Board rule that will limit telemedicine is in opposition to existing insurance law — D Healthcare Daily
- Five years after the Affordable Care Act passed, its Medicaid expansion provision is still causing huge fights in state legislatures — Kaiser Health News
- The Texas House Appropriations Committee met Thursday to discuss what is at stake for the state’s hospital healthcare safety net without billions of federal dollars — Texas Tribune
- Physicians in Texas are disproportionately located in the five most populous counties — North Texas Regional Extension Center
- 16.9 million newly enrolled in healthcare insurance coverage through February 2015 — RAND Corporation
- Texas receives $5 million in community healthcare funds — Health & Human Services
- The number of adult Texans without health insurance fell to 16.9 percent in March, 2015, down from 24.6 percent in September, 2013 — Rice University and Episcopal Health Foundation
- Medicaid expansion boosts insurers’ profits — Modern Healthcare
- Ascension Health hospitals saw financial hike in states with Medicaid expansion — Modern Healthcare
- GOP prepares demands if Supreme Court rules against Affordable Care expansion — The Hill
- Texas hospitals rank 17th nationally in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors — The Leapfrog Group
April 2015
- Hospitals benefit in states with Medicaid expansion — McClatchy
- Governors and legislators in some states seek work requirements to Medicaid expansion — Politico
- $4 billion in health care for poor Texans at risk as doubts rise about Medicaid agreement – Houston Chronicle
- Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans’ to-do list as law takes hold – LA Times
- Montana poised to expand Medicaid – Huffington Post
- 15 states continue paying doctors more to accept more patients covered by Medicaid. – Kaiser Health News
- Harris County indigent healthcare needs increase in suburbs. – Community Impact Newspaper
- Florida Medicaid expansion push by feds. – Orlando Sentinel
- Mentally Ill Texans Need Medicaid Expansion – Austin-American Statesman
- 40% drop in charity care at Cleveland Clinic after Medicaid expansion – WCPN/Ideastream, NPR and Kaiser Health News
March 2015
- Medicaid not broken, but a blessing to children in poverty – Houston Chronicle
- Positive economic impacts of Medicaid expansion, uncompensated Care Costs and the ACA – U. S. Dept. H&HS
February 2015
January 2015