Consumer Driven Health Care

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is helping to lead the effort to probe drugmakers on their role in the opioid crisis. Counterparts in New York, Connecticut and Vermont are also part of the group.

CNN reports Democrats are considering steps to halt Senate business to protest Republicans working on their health bill in secret.

Health care stocks in the Russell 3000 index of the largest U.S. companies are outperforming the index as a whole since the election. A few stocks with ACA exposure are down since the election, but many more are up.

Since the new Congress began in January, 20 bills have been proposed that impact consumer-directed healthcare and HSAs.

The survey, which includes more than 9,500 nonelderly Americans, finds levels of support near 80 percent or higher for many provisions of the ACA.

By 2026, 924,000 jobs could be lost, most in the health care sector.