Health Care Reform

Funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program, which helps lower- and middle-income families that otherwise earn too much to be eligible for Medicaid, lapsed on Sept. 30.

The campaign, set to begin Wednesday, will focus on young adults and try to encourage people to sign up for government-backed private health insurance because of subsidies available to cushion the impact of rising premiums.

In states that use the federal marketplace, healthcare.gov, many navigators are hitting snags completing a mandatory certification course.

Tom Price, President Donald Trumps secretary of Health and Human Services, has resigned after taking private and military jets at taxpayer expense while heading one of the U.S.s largest government agencies.

The Department of Health and Human Services will not be sending any regional directors to help states with planning for the upcoming open enrollment period this year.

Many health insurers already operate in multiple states, but they have to get plans licensed in each plan in which they operate.