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What If Medicaid Enrollees Were Given Cash Instead of Insurance Benefits?

Having them buy insurance or pay for services directly would bring down prices, supporters say

May 30, 2024
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Biden Administration Cracks Down on 'Junk' Health Insurance Plans

Under final rule, insurers will have to spell out what these policies do not include

Mar 28, 2024
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Want to Get More Healthcare Bills Passed? Fix the Filibuster, Suggests a Senator

Merkley and former aide propose new rules for debating legislation

Jan 11, 2024
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Obamacare Makes Surprise Cameo in Second GOP Debate

Fentanyl crisis, transgender care, and abortion also got some air time

Sep 28, 2023
A photo of Mike Pence at the Republican primary debate
Want Better Health Outcomes? Check Out What Other Countries Do

Countries who outperform the U.S. system have three things in common, expert says

Sep 19, 2023
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AMA Edges Closer to Supporting Public Option

Members will also oppose employer mandates requiring docs to sign contracts waiving due process

Nov 16, 2022
AMA over a photo of Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii
Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Bill

Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out

Oct 28, 2021
President Joe Biden promotes his Build Back Better infrastructure plan
AMA: Cautious 'Yes' to Public Option; 'No' to Legal Cannabis

Public option health insurance shouldn't require blanket participation from docs, group says

Nov 18, 2020
AMA over a photo collage of healthcare workers
The ACA at 10: Some Successes, Some Problems

Cost control, enrollment increases still needed, say experts

Mar 23, 2020
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Physicians Struggle to Care for Migrants on U.S.-Mexico Border

In El Paso, care continuity a challenge; children hit the hardest

Sep 17, 2019
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No, Obamacare Did Not Lower U.S. Health Costs

Refuting Ezekiel Emanuel's claims

Jul 29, 2019
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The AMA's Bogus Lenin Scare Tactic Quote

The smear that refuses to die

Jun 13, 2019
A screen shot of a banner from the Coalition Against Socialized Medicine website featuring Vladimir Lenin and a quote.
Obamacare Cut Racial Disparities in Cancer Care

Time to cancer treatment evens in blacks and whites with Medicaid expansion

Jun 03, 2019
ASCO over a photo of McCormick Place in Chicago.
Azar Praises Free Markets for Healthcare Reform

HHS chief takes Heritage Foundation stage to bash ACA, plug administration's programs

Jul 26, 2018
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