8+ hour, 17+ min ago  (118+ words) Bloomberg Government News The Trump administration announced a proposal to revise the limit on how much states can pay providers directly for Medicaid services. Under the proposal (RIN 0938-AV69) released Wednesday, payments for inpatient nursing facilities, inpatient and outpatient hospitals, and…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (106+ words) Bloomberg Government News Enrollment on the Obamacare marketplace is projected to drop by 4. 8 million as large numbers of remaining enrollees switch to lower quality plans, according to new analysis from the health research group KFF. The group also found average…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (799+ words) Major biotech and pharmaceutical companies are asking the Trump administration to rescind two proposals seeking to align US drug prices with cheaper ones overseas, warning the sweeping policies harm innovation and exceed the government's authority. Some of the world's largest…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (926+ words) Lower drug prices offered through direct-to-consumer websites like Trump Rx are failing to reach patients with commercial insurance in part because of a pair of drug discount laws for low-income Americans, drug pricing lawyers and academics say. Pressure is growing…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (91+ words) Bloomberg Government News California lawmakers are introducing tax legislation aimed at pressuring companies in the state to stop contracting with the US Department of Homeland Security. One bill announced Wednesday would prohibit DHS contractors'ranging from private-prison operators to software companies'from…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (862+ words) A policy meant to limit insurance profits under the Affordable Care Act is driving market consolidation and higher health-care costs, researchers say. House Republicans repeatedly criticized the law's "medical loss ratio" during a pair of hearings before the Energy and…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (89+ words) Insurance Executives Get Congress's Ire for Rising Health Costs'Bloomberg Government News Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed health insurance CEOs on soaring health care costs during high-profile hearings before two major House panels Thursday. Five health insurance executives…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (121+ words) Bloomberg Government News Health insurance executives are heading to Capitol Hill Thursday for back-to-back hearings to address questions about rising health costs and what should be done about them. Insurers have been roped into the larger health care debate on…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (120+ words) Bloomberg Government News Pharmaceutical companies and insurers topped health groups that increased lobbying spending in 2025 over to the previous year, according to lobbying disclosures filed Tuesday. Ph RMA, the trade industry group for drug manufacturers, came in third on the…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago  (103+ words) Bloomberg Government News Insurers and employers want to block a plan by California Democrats to prohibit carriers from requiring copayments and other out-of-pocket expenses from millions of young people. Business groups are lining up against the bill (AB 298), which would…...