Health Care Reform

Eliminating the very small premium costs charged to some Americans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could keep tens of thousands on the insurance plans.

The US Department of Health and Human Services says its law requiring emergency medical treatment takes priority over state restrictions prohibiting abortions.

Employers are responsible for complying with ERISA (and the Department of Labor, and COBRA, and the IRS …). So it's not the broker's problem, right? The…

Democratic senators on Wednesday took a formal step toward reviving President Joe Biden's economic agenda, starting with a measure to let Medicare negotiate prices with drugmakers and to curb rising drug costs more broadly.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic by proposing to hide from the public a rating that lets consumers compare hospitals' safety records and to waive approximately $350 million in financial penalties for roughly 750 hospitals with the worst patient-safety track records.

Healthcare.gov marketplace insurers denied 18% of all claims submitted for in-network services in 2020. The reasons why, however, remain mostly unclear.