Oregon insurance regulators have approved premium hikes that could cost individuals and small businesses that buy health insurance through the state marketplace dozens of more dollars per month and are weighing policy changes that would limit availability. State officials with the Division of Financial Regulation in a news release this week framed the nearly 22% […]
Patient advocates reacted with alarm this week at the suggestion by the administration of Gov. Brian Kemp that it could end Georgia Pathways to Coverage, his signature Medicaid program that gives health coverage to about 18,500 poor Georgians. Precious Andrews, an advocate who works for mothers’ and children’s health, said she was in shock when […]
A vote that U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany cast in June 2025 has become a centerpiece of healthcare advocates’ criticism of the Republican candidate for governor. Tiffany, along with all Republican members of Congress and no Democrats, joined in the passage of the 2025 HR 1 — the legislation that President Donald Trump and U.S. House […]
Arkansas’ next governor will likely help shape the state’s Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future. The state requested permission to continue the program through the end of 2028 after the Trump administration denied its request to renew the program, which provides health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans. When Medicaid was created in […]
About 200,000 low-income Arkansans could see major changes to their health coverage next year after the Trump administration recently informed state officials it will not renew a key Medicaid agreement with the federal government. The decision by federal officials, citing authority granted under President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending law, suggests the GOP-led state’s predicament could […]
(The Center Square)- Arizona and other Democratic states sued the Trump administration to prevent the administration from implementing health insurance changes, which experts say are aimed at making health care more affordable.
Able-bodied adults insured through the Healthy Indiana Plan may soon be required to make copayments. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration intends to seek a five-year waiver through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to revive a modified version of the agency’s cost-sharing model under a new iteration of HIP, known as HIP 3.0. […]
Arkansas was the first Southern state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and the first to use a model that relied on private insurance to do so. But a recent decision by the Trump administration to not renew the program has created uncertainty for more than 200,000 low-income people receiving health coverage. And […]
Months before Arkansas lawmakers convened for their 2013 legislative session, the thought that the state would expand Medicaid was almost laughable. Republicans had just won a majority in both chambers of the Legislature, with many candidates winning what had once been localized races by running against President Barack Obama and his signature healthcare law. The […]
Kansas Citians who buy health insurance through hearthcare.gov can expect to pay much more for monthly premiums next year. According to preliminary rate filings submitted to state insurance regulators in Missouri and Kansas, every insurance company selling individual plans in the region through the Affordable Care Act marketplace wants to raise prices in 2027. Across […]
