Here’s What Happens If the ACA’s Essential Health Benefits Are Eliminated
The Health Policy Center’s Linda Blumberg explains the likely consequences.
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The Loss of the Affordable Care Act May Be Catastrophic for Mental Health
As Republicans move to gut Obamacare, patients seeking mental-health care — coverage that’s already spartan — find themselves with even fewer options…
The Promise and Peril of Free-Market Health-Care Reform
Can motivated patients and the free market save the American health-care system?
Do Hospitals in the U.S. Have a Waste Problem?
A look at the high cost of medical supplies and equipment hospitals throw away. By Marshall Allen (Photo:…
How Disabled Americans Are Fighting the GOP Health-Care Bill
Advocates warn that the American Health Care Act would “annihilate” Medicaid, spiraling millions of disabled Americans into poverty.…
Here’s What Tax Credits Would Look Like Under the ACA Replacement
The official GOP replacement plan isn’t great for the poor.
Despite Federal Law, Some Rural Hospitals Still Turn Away Women in Labor
Thirty years ago, a law was passed to ensure hospitals treated women in labor. Inspection reports show that,…
Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1,000-Per-Day Drugs
As it readies for battle with Trump over drug prices, Big Pharma is deploying economists and health-care experts…
Trump Meets With Health-Insurance Execs About Repealing Obamacare
On Monday, President Donald Trump met with health-insurance heads to discuss transitioning the nation away from the Affordable…
The ACA Just Keeps Getting More and More Popular
A new poll concludes the law’s favorability ratings are at record highs. By Dwyer Gunn Earlier today, the…