HHS chief calls for shift to state-based health coverage grants

By Allison Bell | June 11, 2018 at 11:28 AM

Alex Azar II said at a recent hearing that Congress is to blame for the lack of cost-sharing reduction subsidy payments.

Alex Azar II testifies at a House Education and the Workforce hearing on HHS priorities. (Photo: House Education and the Workforce Committee)

health insurance subsidies Alex Azar II here Related: HHS won't stop insurers from silver-loading next year fighting opioid abuse skyrocketing health insurance costs Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson 1. Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reduction subsidies 2. ACA cost-sharing reduction costs and 2019 premiums 3. ACA subsidy eligibility verification

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