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Forbes
Unlike the 2016 presidential election, which surprised pollsters, the 2018 midterms panned out as predicted: Republicans kept the Senate majority and Democrats wrested control of the House.
With these results, the partisan divide in Congress is widening before our eyes. This congressional split bodes poorly for the 71 percent of voters who labeled healthcare as "very important" in determining their vote.
WRAL.com
People with sticker shock over the cost of insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges this year will have a wave of short-term health plans to consider, which are much cheaper but also can mean slashed benefits and no coverage for pre-existing conditions.
Newly loosened regulations have made these temporary plans once again available for year-long terms with a chance to renew and about a dozen are for sale in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance.
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NBC News
Voters were highly concerned about health care, according to preliminary exit polls, with more citing it as their top concern than the economy or any other issue — the first time in at least a decade that has happened.
A plurality of 41 percent identified health care as the issue most important to their vote, which Democrats made the centerpiece of their campaign in races throughout the country.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Open enrollment is underway at two agricultural cooperative health plans that for a second year will provide an alternative to the state's individual market and MNsure health insurance exchange.
Whereas average premiums are declining next year for health plans sold via MNsure, organizers say the co-op rates will be flat or increasing for 2019.
Even so, the co-ops said they are planning for growth.
NPR
Voters in three traditionally Republican states supported ballot measures to extend Medicaid benefits to more low-income adults.
The results highlight the divide between voters, even in conservative states, who generally support providing health benefits to the poor, and conservative politicians who have rejected the expansion, which is a central part of the Affordable Care Act.
Health Data Management
Hawaii is taking steps to improve patient identification and provider accuracy to enhance care coordination and information exchange.
The Hawaii Health Information Exchange, covering 1.2 million patients, is using the enterprise cloud-based master patient index and provider registry software of NextGate to create a sustainable statewide system of accurate patient and provider data by resolving duplicate and incomplete records.
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