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As Sharing Health-Care Costs Takes Off, States Warn: It Isn’t Insurance (Wall Street Journal)
Religious organizations where members help pay each other’s medical bills have grown from niche insurance alternatives to operations bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars, an increase that is also driving more consumer complaints and state scrutiny.
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What States Mean by a ‘Public Option’ (Stateline)
When Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee last month signed a law creating a new health plan alternative for Washington state residents, many accounts proclaimed Washington to be the first state with a “public option.”
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Dropped From Health Insurance Without Warning: Was It Legal? (Kaiser Health News)
Caitlin and Corey Gaffer know they made a mistake. Anyone could have done the same thing, the Minneapolis couple says. Still, they can’t believe it cost them their health insurance coverage just as Caitlin was in the middle of pregnancy with their first child.
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Pennsylvania Moves to Take Over Health Insurance Exchange (Associated Press)
Pennsylvania is moving to take over the online health insurance exchange that’s been operated by the federal government since 2014, saying it can cut health insurance costs for the hundreds of thousands who buy the individual Affordable Care Act policies.
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Trump Offered States Obamacare ‘Relief.’ They Don’t Want It. (Governing)
States have been leading the charge to improve Obamacare and lower health premiums, but the Trump administration has found their limits.
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Lawmakers Push To Stop Surprise ER Billing (California Healthline)
California has some of the nation’s strongest protections against surprise medical bills. But many Californians still get slammed with huge out-of-network charges.
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Did the Affordable Care Act Create Preexisting Condition Protections for People in Employer Plans? (Politifact)
During a recent appearance on MSNBC, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) answered questions from “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski about the latest lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
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Healthcare Bills Abuzz in the House — the Senate, Not So Much (MedPage Today)
House members seem to be passing healthcare legislation at a fairly good clip these days, but their counterparts in the Senate don’t appear to be in any hurry to take up the bills.
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Washington State to Launch Public Option — But Don’t Expect an Onslaught of Similar Moves (FierceHealthcare)
Washington is set to become the first state to launch a public option insurance plan—but don’t expect the floodgates to open and other blue states to follow just yet.
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New York’s Arbitration Program for Surprise Billing Leads to Decline in Consumer Complaints: Study (FierceHealthcare)
Consumer complaints about surprise medical bills have fallen substantially in New York in the wake of a 2014 law that established a “baseball-style” arbitration protocol to address these situations, according to a new report.
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