• What Americans are stressed about, charted

  November 13, 2019
  

  Americans are citing health care, mass shootings, and the presidential election as significant sources of stress, according to the American Psychological Association's "Stress in America" survey released last week.

• Ascension is sharing millions of patient records with Google. Here's why.

  November 13, 2019
  

  Google and Ascension, the second-largest U.S. health system, on Monday announced a joint project to analyze the health data of millions of patients—and the news drew attention from lawmakers and regulators, with HHS' Office for Civil Rights announcing a federal inquiry into the project over potential HIPAA concerns.

• Former Trump officials were paid hundreds of thousands under CMS contract

  November 13, 2019
  

  At least eight former officials who served on President Trump's campaign, presidential transition team, or in the White House received as much as hundreds of thousands of dollars under a one-year CMS communications contract that is under federal investigation, according to new documents obtained by Politico.

• This patient's surgery was fully covered by his insurance. So how did he wind up with a $11,000 bill?

  November 13, 2019
  

  In 2018, 63-year-old Tom Saputo was transported via air ambulance to receive a life-saving double lung transplant, but while the operation was fully covered by Saputo's health insurance, the air ambulance ride was out of his health plan's network and left Saputo with an $11,524.79 bill.

• Maryland offers first-of-its-kind master's in medical cannabis

  November 13, 2019
  

  University of Maryland now offers a Master's of Science in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics, the first graduate program of its kind in the nation.

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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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