• AHL feature: Your guide to what the BCRA would actually do—and the 3 big roadblocks to its passage

  June 23, 2017
  

  The Senate Thursday released its long-awaited health reform draft bill, and American Health Line developed a side-by-side chart that will help you understand exactly how it differs from the Affordable Care Act and the House-passed health reform bill.

• What the health care industry is saying about the Senate's draft bill

  June 23, 2017
  

  Several health care provider and public health groups are criticizing the Senate's draft health reform bill, saying its proposed changes to Medicaid would result in larger cuts to federal funding than the House-approved American Health Care Act, which also faced immediate backlash from industry stakeholders.

• Analysis: Health insurance expansion is a ‘cost-effective’ way to save lives

  June 23, 2017
  

  The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers say "the body of evidence summarized [in the analysis] indicates that coverage expansions significantly increase patients' access to care and use of preventive care, primary care, chronic illness treatment, medications, and surgery."

• Official says HHS experiences about 500M cyberattacks each week

  June 23, 2017
  

  HHS CIO Beth Killoran says the department has "a responsibility to make sure that we're protecting citizens' information as they make it public and as they want to use that information to improve their health."

• Think you need more Vitamin D? You're probably fine, research shows

  June 23, 2017
  

  Barry Kramer, director of the cancer prevention division at the National Cancer Institute, said recent increases in screening for individuals' vitamin D levels stem at least partly from the incomplete science around the vitamin's benefits.

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• AHCA's future in Senate uncertain as GOP senators eye their own plan

  May 5, 2017
  

  The House-approved American Health Care Act now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have signaled they could spend the next few weeks crafting their own plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

• After long battle, House passes AHCA—setting up a Senate showdown

  May 4, 2017
  

  The bill, which among its other provisions would significantly cut Medicaid funding, now goes to the Senate, where it might face even more difficulty winning passage in its current form.

• CBO—the health care bill 'scorekeeper'—explained

  May 4, 2017
  

  Following Thursday's House vote to approve the Republican plan to repeal and replace large portions of the Affordable Care Act, American Health Line breaks down what you need to know about the Congressional Budget Office—and the controversy around its House Republicans' decision to vote on the GOP bill without an updated "score."

• Upton working on fix for pre-existing condition coverage concerns with AHCA amendment

  May 3, 2017
  

  Several moderate Republicans say they will not support the latest version of the American Health Care Act because of how it would affect individuals with pre-existing medical conditions.

• The House could be forced to re-vote on the AHCA. Here's why.

  May 19, 2017
  

  It has been just over two weeks since the House voted pass the American Health Care Act, but House Republicans have yet to send their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act to the Senate—and industry experts say the looming Congressional Budget Office score could prompt a re-vote.

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