Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent

NPR  

Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP Updated 4:03 p.m. President Trump signed an executive order Monday on price transparency in health care that aims to lower rising health care costs by showing prices to patients. Sponsor Message "The president knows the best way to lower costs in health care is to put patients in control by increasing choice and competition," HHS Secretary Alex Azar said at a phone briefing for reporters Monday morning. The new rule should also "require health care providers and insurers to provide patients with information about the out-of-pocket costs they'll face before they receive health care services," he added. "Publicly disclosing competitively negotiated, proprietary rates will reduce competition and push prices higher — not lower — for consumers, patients, and taxpayers," said Matt Eyles, CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans in a statement.

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Employers lobby to keep health care prices transparent in hopes of containing costs
3 weeks ago

Employers lobby to keep health care prices transparent in hopes of containing costs

NPR  

Employers lobby to keep health care prices transparent in hopes of containing costs toggle caption Zach Gibson/Getty Images It seems simple: Require hospitals and insurers to post their negotiated prices for most health care services and — bingo — competition follows, yielding lower costs for consumers. Employers are using transparency data to try to slow growth of their health care …

Trump claims IVF will be paid for under his administration: ‘We want more babies’
4 months, 1 week ago

Trump claims IVF will be paid for under his administration: ‘We want more babies’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But at his Michigan rally on Thursday, Trump said: “I am announcing today that …

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually
8 months, 2 weeks ago

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved Wednesday in the latest attempt to corral the ever-increasing costs of medical care in the United States. “We want to be aggressive,” board chair Dr. Mark Ghaly said, while acknowledging …

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs, hoping to show he can save money for families
1 year, 6 months ago

Biden launches new push to limit health care costs, hoping to show he can save money for families

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden on Friday plans to roll out a …

ACA: Biden signs executive order to reopen Affordable Care Act enrollment
3 years, 11 months ago

ACA: Biden signs executive order to reopen Affordable Care Act enrollment

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden is reopening enrollment on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges as part of two health care executive actions that he signed Thursday, taking a step to help uninsured Americans that former President Donald Trump rejected. Nearly 9 uninsured million people could get free or subsidized bronze plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges during a …

Hospitals Forced To Be More Transparent About Pricing. Will That Save You Money?
4 years ago

Hospitals Forced To Be More Transparent About Pricing. Will That Save You Money?

NPR  

Hospitals Forced To Be More Transparent About Pricing. The new data requirements go well beyond the previous rule of requiring hospitals to post their "chargemasters" — the hospital-generated list prices that bear little relation to what it costs a hospital to provide care. Instead, under the new rule put forward by the Trump administration, "these are the real prices in …

Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court
4 years ago

Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A late-term maneuver by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare’s own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep the policy from taking effect before the president leaves office. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake in Baltimore issued a nationwide injunction that prevents the Centers for …

Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Trying to close out major unfinished business, the Trump administration issued regulations Friday that could lower the prices Americans pay for many prescription drugs. The pharmaceutical industry said Trump’s approach would give foreign governments the “upper hand” in deciding the value of medicines in the U.S. and vowed to fight it. “The administration is willing to upend the …

Trump Announces Phony New Health Care 'Plan'
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Announces Phony New Health Care 'Plan'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump really, really wants to fool voters into thinking he has a plan to make the health care system great again. In Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, Trump signed executive orders he claims address two of the biggest concerns Americans have about the health care system: coverage for people with preexisting conditions and surprise medical …

Trump says he’ll sign order cutting drug prices ‘very soon’
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump says he’ll sign order cutting drug prices ‘very soon’

Live Mint  

President Donald Trump said he plans to sign a “very inclusive” health-care plan “very soon” -- perhaps as soon as Sunday -- that will result in Americans paying significantly less for pharmaceutical drugs. “We’re going to bring our drug prices down to levels that nobody ever thought possible.”While he provided few details Friday, on July 24, Trump announced plans for …

US: Trump signs orders to force lower prices for medications
4 years, 5 months ago

US: Trump signs orders to force lower prices for medications

Al Jazeera  

The measures could lower notoriously high medication prices for some in the US as Trump faces a fraught election season. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering some prices that US citizens pay for prescription drugs that may have appeal as he faces an uphill re-election battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus …

Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle Obamacare during the pandemic might be his riskiest move yet
4 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump’s effort to dismantle Obamacare during the pandemic might be his riskiest move yet

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump has made many questionable decisions in recent weeks as he looks ahead to his increasingly difficult reelection campaign. In an election memo from the Democratic campaign committees in May, party officials noted that the party “experienced tremendous electoral success in ’17, ‘18 and ‘19 by running on health care” and argued that “Republicans at all …

Administration offers plan to cover COVID care for uninsured
4 years, 8 months ago

Administration offers plan to cover COVID care for uninsured

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced a plan Wednesday to start paying hospitals and doctors who care for uninsured patients with COVID-19, but Democratic lawmakers and health industry groups are likely to press for more. Lawmakers are finalizing another coronavirus relief bill, expected to add $75 billion more for the health care system. Democrats and some health industry groups say …

Trump’s disdain for ‘Obamacare’ could hamper virus response
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump’s disdain for ‘Obamacare’ could hamper virus response

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s unrelenting opposition to “Obamacare” could become an obstacle for millions of uninsured people in the coronavirus outbreak, as well as many who are losing coverage in the economic shutdown. “The state exchanges put a message about coronavirus along the top of their home page — ‘above the fold’ — while on HealthCare.gov it appears that …

3 years in, no sign of Trump’s replacement for Obamacare
5 years ago

3 years in, no sign of Trump’s replacement for Obamacare

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.” Back then, Trump made it sound that his plan — “much less expensive and much better” than the Affordable Care Act — was imminent. …

What the Trump administration gets right about hospital price transparency
5 years, 1 month ago

What the Trump administration gets right about hospital price transparency

Salon  

New federal regulations finalized Nov. 15 require hospitals to make public all the prices they negotiate with insurers and health plans, starting in 2021. Under the new regulations, hospitals, which account for about one-third of all health care costs, also have to divulge the actual rates paid by health plans and insurers for those same codes. I believe health care …

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule
5 years, 1 month ago

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Salon  

Hospitals will soon have to share price information they have long kept obscured — including how big a discount they offer cash-paying patients and rates negotiated with insurers — under a rule finalized Friday by the Trump administration. It is part of an effort by the Trump administration to increase price transparency in hopes of lowering health care costs on …

Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. How's That Going?
5 years, 2 months ago

Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. How's That Going?

NPR  

Trump Is Trying Hard To Thwart Obamacare. Enlarge this image toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images The very day President Trump was sworn in — Jan. 20, 2017 — he signed an executive order instructing administration officials "to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay" implementing parts of the Affordable Care Act, while Congress …

Column: Trump’s plan to ‘save’ Medicare would actually destroy it
5 years, 3 months ago

Column: Trump’s plan to ‘save’ Medicare would actually destroy it

LA Times  

President Trump greets seniors in Florida at his Medicare event, before misleading them about what he’ll do to the program. Since one of the main factors driving up costs in American health is that we pay doctors and hospitals much more than they collect in other countries, this makes Medicare a signpost to more rational healthcare in the U.S. To …

President Trump promises a "phenomenal" health plan. What might that mean?
5 years, 4 months ago

President Trump promises a "phenomenal" health plan. What might that mean?

Salon  

While many Capitol Hill Republicans want to avoid a repeat of the Affordable Care Act repeal debate, President Donald Trump keeps promising a health plan that will be “phenomenal” and make the GOP “the party of health care.” Last month, Medicare chief Seema Verma said, “We’re actively engaged in conversations” on what to do. Still, Gremminger points to other administration …

Trump Team's Bid To Make Hospital Costs More Transparent Is Data-Heavy
5 years, 5 months ago

Trump Team's Bid To Make Hospital Costs More Transparent Is Data-Heavy

NPR  

Trump Team's Bid To Make Hospital Costs More Transparent Is Data-Heavy Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Wolf/AP Kevin Wolf/AP Shopping around for the best deal on a medical X-ray or a new knee? To help consumers, the proposal would also require hospitals to provide information on 300 "shoppable services" — say a knee replacement — and include the price …

It’s the for-profit health care industry telling us we can’t afford Medicare for All
5 years, 9 months ago

It’s the for-profit health care industry telling us we can’t afford Medicare for All

Salon  

The most important question about Medicare for All is a simple one: If other industrialized countries can afford to offer high-quality universal health care to their citizens, why can’t the United States? In a seminal paper published in 2003, Uwe Reinhardt and Gerard Anderson found “it’s the prices, stupid” that set the U.S. health care system apart. We have a …

Here’s what happens if Trump administration wins Obamacare lawsuit
5 years, 9 months ago

Here’s what happens if Trump administration wins Obamacare lawsuit

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to make health care better for all Americans, especially those with pre-existing conditions. But while his administration has yet to unveil a plan, his Justice Department is now threatening to strip away coverage and benefits that many people have come to take for granted in the nine years since the landmark Affordable …

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