January 2, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Council of Economic Advisers, Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance, Jason Furman, Kevin Brady, Obamacare, President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Sylvia Burwell
2017, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Republicans want to replace the Affordable Care Act with “universal access” to health care, House GOP members said. The goal is to ensure that everyone can buy or find coverage, a House leadership aide said at a briefing organized by top Republicans. The briefing came amid growing concern about the 20 million people
January 2, 2017 by Greg Jacobson and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, spending for prescription drugs, U.S. health care spending
2017, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — Health care spending in the United States grew 5.8% to $3.2 trillion during 2015, according to a new study by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). On a per capita basis, U.S. health care spending grew 5% to $9,990 per person. The overall increase exceeded the 5.5% rise projected by CMS
February 22, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, Health and Human Services, health insurance exchanges, HealthCare.gov, Sylvia Burwell
2016, Issue 02-22-2016, Issues, News
WASHINGTON — About 12.7 million Americans signed up for 2016 health insurance coverage through the government insurance exchanges, surpassing expectations, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said earlier this month. The government began offering subsidies for individual insurance in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act, frequently referred to as Obamacare, and charges a penalty
August 10, 2015 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, Health Affairs, health insurance coverage, Medicaid, Medicare, U.S. health care spending
2015, Issue 08-10-2015, Issues, Leading Headlines, News
WASHINGTON — Total U.S. health care spending growth is expected to average 5.8% in aggregate over the 2014-2024 period, according to a report published in Health Affairs and written by members of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of the Actuary. The authors note that this rate of growth is still substantially lower
June 15, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, health insurance, Sylvia Burwell
2015, Issue 06-15-2015, News
WASHINGTON — Some 13% of people who enrolled in health insurance plans this year under the Affordable Care Act have lost coverage, many because they failed to pay their share of premiums, the Obama administration reported. The number of people on the rolls as of March 31 stood at 10.2 million, down from the 11.7
January 5, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Affordable Care Act, Andy Slavitt, Avalere Health, Caroline Pearson, Council of Economic Advisors, Dan Mendelson, Health and Human Services, health insurance, health spending, HealthCare.gov, Jason Furman, Sylvia Burwell
2015, Issue 01-05-2015, News
WASHINGTON — A late surge lifted the number of people enrolling for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act to nearly 2.5 million since mid-November. More than 1 million signed up in the last week of open enrollment before the December 15 deadline for full-year coverage in 2015. The enrollment figure, which excluded the final