Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her opposition to the Republican ACA repeal bill, which will likely result in the bill's failure, The New York Times reports.
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A study, conducted by the Los Angeles-based USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy project, believes the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill would cause 21 million Americans to lose their insurance by 2026, Vox reports.
Senate Republicans are revising their ACA repeal bill to include several provisions to appeal to various party members, according to a document Politico obtained Sept. 24.
The National Association of Medicaid Directors released a statement unanimously disapproving of the healthcare bill introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., The Hill reports.
The Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal Bill, the recently proposed ACA repeal bill, would eliminate Medicaid expansion, premium tax credits, cost sharing reductions payments as well as individual and employers mandates and the Basic Health Program.
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An article in boingboing, argued U.S. executives are turning away from the health insurance industry.
CMS is increasing Medicare payments for prostate HIFU ablation procedures performed in ASCs.
The following legislative changes or possible regulatory updates may impact various parts of the healthcare industry, including ASCs.
The White House and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., informed Senate Republicans they opposed a bipartisan bill which would have stabilized the ACA, Politico reports.
Pacific Standard ran an analysis of campaign donations to Senators using MapLight's donation tracker tool. These 10 senators received the most money from health insurance companies between Nov. 2010 and Nov. 2016.