Concerns Raised by ‘Georgia Access’ 1332 Waiver Application
Commenters so far have raised various issues, including concerns about how the waiver would, if granted, impact access to treatment for mental illness.
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CMS should approve Georgia’s 1332 Waiver to test the impact of eliminating the exchange and encourage other states to pursue individual market innovations.
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In light of Monday’s Supreme Court decision, many are now wondering whether—and how—the new HHS rule interpreting Section 1557 of the ACA might be affected.
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By Oliver Kim May marks the annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which recognizes the history and contributions of this diverse population in the United States. Accounting for that diversity though is one of the challenges facing the Asian American-Pacific Islander (AAPI) community: for example, the Library of Congress commemorative website recognizes that…
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Read more: “Ex-Gay” Speaker, Attempted Suicide, and HCSMs “Ex-Gay” Speaker, Attempted Suicide, and HCSMs
On February 16, Jackie Hill-Perry, an outspoken speaker against homosexuality, delivered a controversial, unapologetically homophobic speech at Harvard’s Emerson Hall. Harvard College Faith and Action, the religious student group that invited Hill-Perry, reserved all the center-front seats for attendees “engaged in protest,” who were “welcomed” to their space of worship. This seemingly beneficent seating arrangement,…
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Read more: Slightly Hazy: An Insurer’s Emergency Room Policy Draws Congressional Scrutiny Slightly Hazy: An Insurer’s Emergency Room Policy Draws Congressional Scrutiny
By Oliver Kim Last year, I had the good fortune to present at the Petrie-Flom Center’s conference on transparency and I started with an anecdote about a congressman who decided to wait rather than take his son immediately to the emergency room after he injured himself. The congressman assumed his son only had a sprain,…
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Read more: Block Grants: Sound Theory or Doomed to Fail? Block Grants: Sound Theory or Doomed to Fail?
Block grants are all the rage. Take the latest G.O.P. proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act: the Graham-Cassidy bill. It proposes to replace the current system and instead give grants to the states, essentially taking the funds the federal government now spends under the ACA for premium subsidies and Medicaid expansion and…
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Read more: How the GOP Misread Public Anger over Obamacare How the GOP Misread Public Anger over Obamacare
By David Orentlicher In today’s New York Times, Kate Zernike reports on the lack of excitement among conservative activists for the Republican health care legislation. As Zernike observes, “President Trump and congressional leaders are getting little support from what were once the loudest anti-Obamacare voices.” Some observers think that activists are disappointed in the failure of…
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Read more: RFRA Jumps The Shark: The 8th Circuit Strikes Down the Contraception Accommodation (Part 1) RFRA Jumps The Shark: The 8th Circuit Strikes Down the Contraception Accommodation (Part 1)
By Gregory M. Lipper On Thursday, the Eighth Circuit all but assured that major parts of the Affordable Care Act will return to the Supreme Court’s chopping block. This time the issue is whether an accommodation—enabling religious objectors to opt out of offering contraceptive coverage to their employees—itself violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)….
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Read more: Hell Hath No Fury Like An ACA Opponent Scorned Hell Hath No Fury Like An ACA Opponent Scorned
By Gregory M. Lipper Over the weekend, Ted Cruz again lamented the role played by John Roberts in rejecting the plaintiffs’ arguments in King v. Burwell, the recent attempts to undermine the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court. After Chief Justice Roberts wrote the Supreme Court’s 6–3 opinion in the case, the emerging narrative…