• Weekly Line: Could the vaping ban debate have big political implications?

  October 18, 2019
  

  E-cigarettes and vaping have quickly become one of the biggest topics in health care, but federal and state efforts to quell e-cigarette use have mobilized a small but vocal community of vaping adults—a group who, according to some conservative political analysts, could shape the 2020 presidential election.

• The 25 'emerging leaders' in health care, according to Modern Healthcare

  October 18, 2019
  

  Modern Healthcare has released its 33rd annual list of "Emerging Leaders" (formerly called "Up & Comers"), recognizing young health care leaders who are making a big difference in the industry.

• Pelosi's Rx drug pricing bill clears initial hurdles. But will it reach the Senate?

  October 18, 2019
  

  Two House committees yesterday separately approved House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) bill that aims to reduce prescription drug prices in the United States, but they made some key changes.

• As vaping-related illnesses near 1,500 cases, CDC is exploring a new theory

  October 18, 2019
  

  Federal health officials yesterday announced they are expanding the scope of their investigation into a mysterious lung illness officials believe is linked to e-cigarette use and vaping as the number of cases of the illness, dubbed EVALI, continue to grow.

• More patients are getting health care via text message—and that's worrying some providers

  October 18, 2019
  

  Companies such as CirrusMD, 98point6, and K Health provide care to patients quickly via text message, but while these services are growing in popularity, some experts worry that the practice could lead to lower-quality care and overprescribing.

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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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