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Attention, brief subscribers: MHPA has returned to publishing two issues of the brief every week, once on Tuesday and again on Thursday.
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The Hill
Repealing portions of Obamacare without enacting a replacement could leave 18 million people without health insurance the following year, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO also estimated that premiums for policies purchased through the marketplaces or directly from insurers would increase by 20 to 25 percent that year.
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Politico
Republican governors who reaped the benefits of Obamacare now find themselves in an untenable position — fighting GOP lawmakers in Washington to protect their states' health coverage. This rift between state and federal GOP officials is the real battle on Obamacare at a time when Democrats have only marginal power in Congress. The voices of even a handful of Republican governors intent on protecting those at risk of losing coverage could help shape an Obamacare replacement and soften the impact on the millions who depend on the law.
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The Charlotte Observer
Gov. John Bel Edwards laid out his defense for Louisiana's Medicaid expansion Thursday by having a handful of the 378,000 people receiving the insurance coverage describe the medical care they've received, even as Republicans in Congress work to dismantle the federal law that created the program.
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KCUR-FM
It very well might be too late, but some Kansas lawmakers are moving ahead on a plan to expand KanCare, the state's privatized Medicaid program. The House Health and Human Services Committee voted Thursday to introduce an expansion bill at the request of Rep. Susan Concannon, a Beloit Republican.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
The potential replacement of the Affordable Care Act with a federal Medicaid block grant alarms both the General Assembly Republicans who oppose the federal health law and the administration of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat who supports it. Administration officials and Republican budget leaders agreed Monday that the adoption of a block grant to replace the Medicaid entitlement program could put Virginia at a severe disadvantage in funding services ranging from children's health to treatment of mental illness.
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The News & Observer
North Carolina state and federal officials filed court motions Monday asking a judge to lift a court order that temporarily blocks Gov. Roy Cooper's plan to expand Medicaid in this state before President Barack Obama leaves office. The requests come two days after U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan filed a restraining order blocking Cooper from trying to expand the state's Medicaid program for at least the next two weeks.
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Los Angeles Times
Along with his vow to repeal Obamacare, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to restructure Medicaid, the nation's low-income health program — a move that could be acutely felt in California, where 1 in 3 residents receive health coverage through the state version, experts say. Medi-Cal enrollment surged by 5 million over the last three years to a total of 13.5 million under President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Some of those Californians could lose portions of their benefits or possibly be dropped from coverage altogether if Trump carries out his plan, which would likely cost the state billions. Even residents who relied on the program long before the current expansion could be affected.
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Kaiser Health News
For some, finding a way to pay for a drug called Cerezyme has been a nerve-wracking struggle. Cerezyme is an "orphan drug" which means it was created to treat a rare disease, one that affects fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. The orphan drug program overseen by the Food and Drug Administration is loaded with government incentives and has helped hundreds of thousands of patients like Luke feel better or even stay alive.
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The Hill
Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell said Tuesday that she was "encouraged" by President-elect Donald Trump's comments last week calling for action on high drug prices.
Trump's call for Medicare to negotiate drug prices marks a rare area where the incoming president finds common ground with Democrats on health policy.
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The Hill
A Senate Democrat is calling for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate stock purchases made by President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) must "play by the same rules as everyone else," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New york) wrote in a letter to SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White.
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