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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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Trump’s Talk On Preexisting Conditions Doesn’t Match His Administration’s Actions (Kaiser Health News)
Delivering remarks on surprise medical billing, which is a concern that has drawn bipartisan interest, President Donald Trump waded into another high-profile health issue: making sure insurance protects people who have preexisting health conditions.
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Villanova Prof Contracted Sepsis and Needed An Amputation — and Her Health Plan Wouldn’t Pay (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Stephanie Sena was about to have half her foot amputated, an urgent procedure to keep a blood infection from spreading to the rest of her body.
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Skimpy Health Plans Touted By Trump Bring Back Familiar Woes for Consumers (LA Times)
There used to be a lot of health insurance horror stories like Charley Butler’s. After the Montana truck driver was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2016, his insurer balked at paying tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills and then moved to cancel his coverage over a preexisting medical condition.
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Fact Check: Are Obamacare’s deductibles more than $7,000? (WRAL)
President Donald Trump once again railed about the high cost of the Affordable Care Act on Monday. In a tweet, he said that the deductibles are in many cases way over $7,000, which makes the coverage worthless or unusable.
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The Effects Of A Court Ruling Against Obamacare Would Be Much Bigger Than You Think (Huffington Post)
Protections for people with pre-existing conditions would vanish. Initiatives to improve hospital quality would stop. Rules for calorie counts at restaurants would no longer be in force.
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