Category: Healthcare Law

Republican governors complain about GOP health care plan

Republican governors complain that a GOP proposal to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law would force millions of lower-income earners off insurance rolls or stick states with the cost of keeping them covered. Governors, especially those from political battleground states, were generally cool to the bill put forth in the Republican-controlled U.S. House.

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The AARP issued a statement on Tuesday declaring its opposition to the health care bill touted by GOP leadership this week. The letter — from one of the most influential groups in domestic policy — is the latest blow for a bill that has already seen opposition from many conservative leaders, media organizations and interest groups.

Republicans’ Obamacare Replacement Just Got A Powerful Enemy

Provisions in the House Republicans’ Obamacare replacement bill that would raise insurance costs for older Americans are drawing resistance from the influential seniors’ lobby. The American Health Care Act , as Republicans are calling it, would allow insurers to make premiums for older Americans five times what they charge younger workers – provided that a state’s regulations allow for it.

Industry questions higher insurance costs under Republican plan

A small group of demonstrators stand outside of of a hotel before former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, president of the The Heritage Foundation, speaks at a “Defund Obamacare Tour” rally in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Nate Chute/File Photo The House Republican health insurance plan suggests health insurance after Obamacare will be less affordable, investors, insurers and industry sources said on Tuesday, raising questions about future enrollment and insurance company participation.

Industry questions higher insurance costs under Republican plan

The House Republican health insurance plan suggests health insurance after Obamacare will be less affordable, investors, insurers and industry sources said on Tuesday, raising questions about future enrollment and insurance company participation. The draft legislation, released on Monday night, rolls back some of the key tenets of former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, known as Obamacare, including the individual mandate and the expansion of Medicaid.

BSDC ‘rightsizing’ to cut 39 jobs

… as part of a rightsizing at BSDC. The move will eliminate 39 positions at the state-run facility. The Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday that Beatrice State Developmental Center will be the subject of rightsizing. The move is …

DHHS announces closure of Bridges

Permanent closure in June of the Bridges program outside of Hastings was one of two unrelated announcements made Tuesday by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities.

The blissful ignorance in Trumpcare

… that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us. People can expect to have great health care . . . much less expensive and much better.” If he had the barest knowledge of what the law did, he would have known his …

GOP bill unlikely to settle passionate health care debate

The nation’s passionate debate about the role of government in providing health care for citizens and paying the costs is unlikely to be settled by the legislation newly revealed by House Republicans. With Republicans now controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, the bill would drive government policy down routes long advocated by conservatives.

TiGenix Receives Positive Feedback from the FDA on Cx601 Global Phase III Trial Protocol

TiGenix NV , an advanced biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary platform of allogeneic stem cells, announced today that it has received positive feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on an improved protocol for its global Phase III trial for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas in Crohn’s disease patients.

Republicans unveil plan to repeal, replace Obamacare

US House Republicans unveiled long-awaited legislation Monday that would repeal and replace the health care reforms known as Obamacare, largely under the framework that President Donald Trump laid out in his recent congressional address. The American Health Care Act would dismantle several of the core aspects of the reforms, including ending related subsidies and taxes.

Republicans unveil Affordable Care Act replacement bill

Republicans unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, proposing to phase out key parts of the law over several years as they try to break through a stalemate between moderates and conservatives in their party. Called the American Health Care Act, House Republicans’ proposal includes a refundable, age-based tax credit to help people buy insurance.

GOP Releases Bills to Repeal/Replace ObamaCare

House Republicans on Monday unveiled their long-awaited legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare, with plans to quickly push the measure through committee votes this week. The two measures dismantle the core aspects of ObamaCare, including its subsidies to help people buy coverage, expansion of Medicaid, taxes and mandates for people to have insurance.

Highlights of House GOP health care legislation

Here are highlights of the legislation unveiled Monday by House Republicans as they move to dismantle former President Barack Obama’s health care law and replace it with a system designed along conservative lines. Primarily affected would be some 20 million people who purchase their own private health plans directly from an insurer and the more than 70 million covered by Medicaid, the federal-state program for low-income people.

The Affordable Care Act Allows Workers to Have More Freedom and Flexibility

Washington D.C. – The Affordable Care Act , commonly referred to as “Obamacare”, is on the path to be repealed, and supposedly replaced. A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research , shows that the ACA has not only increased the number of people insured, but also made it so workers have the flexibility to choose the type of job they want and still have the security of having health insurance.

News roundup: Cassidy reintroduces Medicaid Accountability and Care…

Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has reintroduced the Medicaid Accountability and Care Act of 2017, legislation he says is designed to improve Medicaid financing through controlled spending, value-based incentives and fraud reduction. In a statement, Cassidy, a medical doctor, says modernizing how Medicaid is financed “can incentivize more efficient, effective and patient centered care.”

How many Staten Islanders are insured through Obamacare?

With talk of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act ongoing since President Trump took office, Staten Islanders have come out in droves to town hall meetings and community forums to voice their concerns about the future of health care. Thousands of Staten Islanders could lose their coverage if the ACA, also known as Obamacare, is repealed.

Advaxis Announces FDA Acceptance of IND for Groundbreaking…

Advaxis, Inc. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has indicated the Investigational New Drug application for ADXS-NEO, a personalized neoantigen-targeted approach to cancer immunotherapy that is being developed in collaboration with Amgen , can proceed. This ground-breaking IND paves the way for bringing a new precision immunotherapy for the treatment of cancers into the clinic this year.

The rise of Obamacare: Why is the ACA so popular?

… are looking at what they’re losing and it’s not clear what they’ll be gaining,” says Thomas D’Aunno, director of the health policy and management at New York University’s Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. An uncertain future about …

Bills would ban religion exception to birth control coverage

Democratic lawmakers are proposing Nevada mandate that all health insurance plans cover birth control regardless of religious objections to contraceptives by family-owned businesses – an exemption recently validated by the nation’s highest court. Two bills introduced in the Legislature would delete state laws that allow employers to exclude birth control pills and devices from their insurance plans if they oppose those treatments on religious grounds.

The Quiet Parts Loud: Medicaid Edition

… Marshall doesn’t believe it has helped, an outlook that sheds light on how this new player in Washington understands health policy. “Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us,'” he said. “There is a group of people that just don’t want …

When Can I Get Medicare Before 65?

… eligible for Medicare doesn’t mean that you have to take it. In general, if you have other coverage through group health insurance, you can keep that coverage. Then, if you later lose that coverage, you can typically turn to Medicare for benefits. …

Toomey says repeal of Medicaid expansion must be negotiated

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says dealing with the Medicaid expansion in a repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law must be a “negotiated agreement.” Toomey also said Monday that the sickest people should be covered through a high-risk pool that is subsidized by the government to make it affordable.

Republicans’ health plan will keep popular parts of Obamacare, says Oregon’s Greg Walden

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., on Saturday revealed details of Congressional Republicans’ plan for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, and in doing so indicated that the health care law’s most popular aspects will likely be preserved. Congressional Republicans’ new health care plan includes provisions to let Americans obtain insurance regardless of having a pre-existing condition, bar lifetime caps on health care benefits and allow adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26, Walden said.

Planned Parenthood supporters hold rally in Boston

Supporters of Planned Parenthood are urging Congress not to cut off Medicaid funding for women’s health clinics in Massachusetts and around the country. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation held a rally Saturday on Boston Common in bitter cold temperatures.