With Trumpa s victory, GOP hopes to overhaul Medicaid

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, joined by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., heads to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Republicans will have the opportunity to do something they have desired for years - overhaul Medicaid, the program that provides health care to millions of lower-income and disabled Americans.

Obamacare subscribers decry possible repeal

Josh Scussell has fought his non-Hodgkins lymphoma for years, enduring stem-cell transplants and rounds of chemotherapy as doctors worked to sustain his life. But the Guilford resident on Wednesday said the real reason he's still among the living is the federal Affordable Care Act - otherwise known as Obamacare - that the newly elected Republican majority in Congress intends to repeal.

Dalton Enters Into Agreement With the USAMMDA in Support of the US Army’s Drug Development Program

Dalton entered into an Agreement with the US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity and will provide cGMP sterile powder filling, aseptic liquid filling, and ICH stability testing in support of the US Army's anti-malarial drug development program. The leadership role taken by USAMMDA in the development of this important therapy for malaria treatment is to be commended, and we are privileged to support this drug development program said Peter Pekos, President and CEO of Dalton.

Obamacare’s Tennessee inroads tenuous under Trump

Obamacare's Tennessee inroads tenuous under Trump Tennessee, even without Medicaid expansion, saw a 4 percent decrease in uninsured people from 2010. Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: http://tnne.ws/2idFAkw Chris Kane had insurance through Community Health Alliance before it went defunct then moved to Blue Cross Blue Shield Tennessee, now will have to go to Humana.

Dems to use hearings on Trump picks to court working class

Determined to hold around two dozen Senate seats in 2018, Democrats will use the coming series of confirmation hearings to try to distinguish themselves from President-elect Donald Trump's billionaire nominees and convince working-class voters who elected him that he's not on their side. While Democrats have little leverage to stop the Republican's picks in the Senate, they still plan a fight.

U.S. judge halts Texas rules on fetal tissue disposal: plaintiff

A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily halted until Jan. 6 a Texas regulation due to take effect next week that requires abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetal tissue either through burial or cremation, a women's reproductive health group in the suit said. The regulation, set to take effect on Dec. 19, also requires hospitals and other medical facilities to bury or cremate miscarried fetuses.

Uninsured rate hits new low due to Obamacare: report

More Americans now have health insurance than ever before, with the uninsured rate declining across all 50 states because of the Affordable Care Act , according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund released. Following full implementation of the ACA's health coverage provisions in 2014, every state experienced a decline in the percentage of uninsured working-age adults and low-income adults, the report stated.

Florida Paid $26.2 Million In Medicaid Benefits To Dead People

A Florida agency paid an estimated $26.2 million in Medicaid benefits over a five-year period to dead people, a government watchdog reported Tuesday. The Florida Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Program continued paying people after they died because the agency didn't update beneficiaries' death dates or collaborate with other agencies that track deaths, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources Inspector General found.

Repealing Itself? Only Four of 24 Obamacare Exchanges Remain Open

Only four of the original 24 Obamacare health co-ops remain standing after Maryland's co-op announced Dec. 8 it was suspending the sale of individual health insurance policies, the Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has found. With the near-collapse of Maryland's co-op - called Evergreen Health - at least 989,000 individuals nationwide have lost their health insurance coverage when the nonprofit co-ops stopped selling insurance to customers, according to TheDCNF's tally.

Supreme Court leaves $1B NFL concussion settlement in place

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected challenges to the estimated $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players, clearing the way for payouts to begin to those who have been diagnosed with brain injuries linked to repeated concussions. The settlement covers more than 20,000 retired NFL players for the next 65 years.

With deadline approaching, coverage through health insurance law uncertain beyond 2017

Thursday: Deadline for new federal marketplace customers to apply for insurance to start Jan. 1. Those interested should go to healthcare.gov April 15: Deadline for federal income tax returns, which will charge a penalty for the first time on those without insurance the previous year Thursday is the deadline to sign up for health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act, if you want coverage starting Jan. 1. "It will be in place for the next year," said Charles Bullock, University of Georgia political science expert. "Beyond that, we'll have to wait and see."

Study: ‘Obamacare’ Repeal-Only Would Make 30M Uninsured

Repealing President Barack Obama's health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured, according to a study released Wednesday. Separately, a professional group representing benefit advisers warned congressional leaders of the risk of "significant market disruption" that could cause millions of Americans to lose their health insurance.