If Trump Kills Obamacare Subsidies, Hospitals Face Unpaid Medical Bills
Hospitals could see a wave of unpaid medical bills should Donald Trump decide against funding cost-sharing subsidies that low-income Americans use to pay out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act.
View ArticleFewer Doctors Have Ownership Stake In Their Practices
Share of “patient care” physicians with an ownership stake in their practices dipped to 47% in 2016 compared to 53.2% in 2012, the AMA’s analysis on practice arrangements shows
View ArticleBlue Cross Plan Puts 23% Obamacare Rate Hike On GOP Congress
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina submitted a 2018 rate increase of 23% for individuals policies under the Affordable Care Act, saying it could be much lower if Congress funds cost-sharing...
View ArticleBlame For Obamacare's Next Rate Hike Shifts To Trump And GOP
If cost-sharing subsidies aren’t funded through 2018, Trump and Republicans will be responsible for more insurers leaving public exchanges and a rate hike of nearly 20 percent on average, reports...
View ArticleAs Hospitals Fade, UnitedHealth's OptumCare Moves Into Their Communities
UnitedHealth Group’s OptumCare “community-focus” may be emerging as a model health insurers want to do business with as fee-for-service medicine gives way to value-based care that keeps patients out of...
View ArticleMore Bad Polls For Trump After Failed Health Reform Effort
In less than three months in the White House, Donald Trump has cast a shadow of uncertainty on the practice of medicine and pushed the public toward his predecessor's goals to expand health coverage,...
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