The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that, effective June 15, 2017, the agency will update its Work Plan website monthly instead of only once or twice per year. In developing its Work Plan, OIG...more
In a report published on June 13, 2017, the independent chief actuary of CMS estimated that an additional 13 million people will be uninsured in ten years if the American Health Care Act of 2017 (ACHA), the latest ACA repeal...more
After narrowly passing the Budget Committee, the Republican-sponsored health reform repeal and replace bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), is scheduled for a floor vote for Thursday, March 23, 2017, seven years to the...more
On January 23, 2017, Senate Republicans Bill Cassidy, M.D. (LA), Susan Collins (ME), Shelley Moore Capito (WV) and Johnny Isakson (GA) introduced the legislative text for the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, a proposed...more
The CMS Office of the Actuary recently released a report estimating that the percentage of Americans lacking health insurance will decline over the next decade. The actuary’s office predicts that in 2025, 8 percent of the...more