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Since gaining control of the House, Senate and governor鈥檚 office, Colorado Democrats are pushing an aggressive health care agenda. With measures to create a public insurance option, welcome drug importation, lower drug prices, curtail surprise billing and cap insulin copays, the state is becoming a likely model for health policies at the federal level.
It鈥檚 鈥渄茅j脿 vu all over again.鈥
The California Democratic members of Congress who flipped seven Republican seats two years ago made health care a major campaign issue, criticizing their opponents for voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. As the Democrats defend their seats in this year鈥檚 elections, they are coming back to health care 鈥 but the issues are different.
There was a time when Bloomberg鈥檚 criticism was consistent.
Although a new state tax penalty and state financial aid motivated people to sign up for health insurance this year, Covered California is reopening enrollment for those who said they weren鈥檛 aware of them.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Caveat emptor. Some of these health insurance plans might prove helpful for some people, but making that determination is not easy.
A sampling of health policy highlights from the eighth Democratic presidential primary debate in Manchester, N.H.聽
The Affordable Care Act requires that insurers cover birth control with no out-of-pocket costs, but the enforcement mechanism is weak and a pending court case could add further complications.
President Donald Trump spent a good deal of time on health issues in his State of the Union address, but not everything he said checks out. Meanwhile, Iowa Democrats heading into the caucuses said health is their top issue, but it鈥檚 hard to see how that played out in their actual choices. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Julie Appleby and NPR鈥檚 Selena Simmons-Duffin about the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.
Small-business owners, frustrated by the byzantine health system, are warming to the idea of a 鈥淢edicare for All,鈥 government-run system, even if it increases their taxes. But they have questions.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Federal officials unveiled guidance for states that want to opt out of some of the current funding program and instead seek a fixed payment to gain more flexibility.
As the Democratic primary campaign nears pivotal voting, important aspects of health care policy are being overlooked.
The president, who has repeatedly pledged to improve health care and lower prescription drug prices, faces disapproval from a majority of Americans on his policies regarding drug costs, protecting people with preexisting conditions and the Affordable Care Act.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg uses health care as a key message in his Democratic presidential primary run. Now that he will be taking the stage in the Feb. 19 debate, the message could take on even more prominence.
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