Health Care Reform

CMS administrator Seema Verma refused to discuss the findings in any detail or comment on any individual states that performed poorly or exceptionally.

UnitedHealth Group is ahead of the pack in acquisitions, while Centene Corp., Humana and Anthem are more recent entrants into the acquisition race.

Enticed by such outsiders, some struggling rural hospitals around the country have embraced lab billing for faraway patients as a rescue plan.

Large employers may not care, but smaller employers are paying close attention to current discussions around offering non-ACA compliant health coverage.

After Virginia approved a Medicaid expansion earlier this week, there are only 17 holdouts — including Texas and Florida.

Cassidy acknowledges that it's unlikely Congress will take any action on them any time soon, but he's putting them out there nonetheless.