• Democrats just proposed 'Medicare Part E.' Here's what you need to know.

  April 19, 2018
  

  A new bill, called The Choose Medicare Act, would establish Medicare Part E—an option that would be available to individuals of all ages and U.S. employers to purchase Medicare coverage on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges.

• Inside FDA's new plan to bolster medical device safety

  April 19, 2018
  

  FDA's new "Medical Device Safety Action Plan" centers on five key areas that are designed to bolster federal regulation and monitoring of medical devices.

• Federal agencies aren't complying with the Cures Act's mental health provisions, and these sens. want to know why

  April 19, 2018
  

  A group of senators say HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury have missed several deadlines related to mental health requirements enacted under the 21st Century Cures Act.

• 'The man with three faces': Man becomes first-ever to receive two face transplants

  April 19, 2018
  

  Jérôme Hamon in January became the first person in the world to undergo two face transplants—a surgical feat that experts say marks a significant milestone in the transplantation field.

• HHS secretary readmitted to hospital

  April 19, 2018
  

  HHS says HHS Secretary Alex Azar yesterday was readmitted to the hospital for additional observation and treatment of diverticulitis, an infection that occurs when pouches in the wall of the colon are infected or inflamed.

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• Trump might stop cost-sharing reduction payments. What would that mean?

  August 7, 2017
  

  President Trump has repeatedly threatened to halt payments that reimburse insurers for reducing out-of-pocket costs for low-income enrollees on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges. Here's what you need to know about the payments and what could happen if Trump halts them.

• Amid uncertainty on health care reform, three insurers announce exchange exits

  August 4, 2017
  

  The insurers say uncertainty surrounding the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing reduction payments are a reason for their exits from exchange markets in California, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.

• Insurers attribute proposed 2018 premium increases to ACA uncertainty, KFF finds

  August 10, 2017
  

  Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says, "In most of the country, the [individual health insurance] market would be stable if not for significant uncertainty about what the ...Trump administration will do."

• US News names 152 'Best Hospitals'

  August 8, 2017
  

  Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News & World Report's "Honor Roll" for the second year in a row.

• ACA repeal has been declared 'dead' countless times. What would really mean it's failed?

  August 1, 2017
  

  The conventional wisdom is that under Senate rules, the GOP's effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act will be officially "dead" if it doesn't pass by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. But a former Senate parliamentarian tells American Health Line that things aren't so simple.

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