Access & Health Coverage

Talks continue among some Republican senators, the White House and governors on legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).A summary of the draft legislation follows.
A bipartisan group of nearly 40 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives will explore certain health care proposals over the August recess, leaders of the Problem Solvers Caucus announced yesterday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today published the medical loss ratio credibility adjustments for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program managed care plans for rating periods beginning July 1, 2017 or later.
From the outset of this process, the AHA has remained consistent in our call for the protection of coverage, the protection of the Medicaid program, and the stabilization of the Health Insurance Marketplace.
Senators early this morning voted 49-51 against a skinny bill to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
The AHA today released a toolkit to help hospitals and health systems in vulnerable rural and urban communities engage their communities in discussions on how to ensure continued access to essential health care services. “These conversations will be critical as you work collaboratively to identify…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health yesterday awarded 16 organizations about $100,000 each to help prevent opioid misuse by women and girls in underserved communities.
The Senate yesterday voted 51-50 to begin debate on legislation to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.
As the Senate prepares to undergo its amendment process, it is our hope that the critical task of repairing our health care system can be achieved on a bipartisan basis. Put simply: Our challenges are too great and our opportunities too promising to let political partisanship dictate the path…
Senators could vote as early as this afternoon on a Motion to Proceed to a vote on legislation to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act.