Proposed insurance coverage premium will increase unveiled in Maryland and Virginia formally marked the beginning of finger-pointing on Capitol Hill this week, as Democrats and Republicans blamed one another for the dysfunction of the person insurance coverage market below the Affordable Care Act.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump despatched to lawmakers a funds “rescission” package deal that will take again some $7 billion from the Children’s Health Insurance Program. And, after many delays and appreciable controversy, new guidelines requiring calorie counts on menus at chain eating places took impact this week.
This week’s panelists for KHN’s “What the Health?” are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News.
Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:
Trump’s advice that Congress rescind some federal funds that had been appropriated for CHIP is offering a powerful marketing campaign membership for Democrats, although the Congressional Budget Office estimates the reductions wouldn’t really deprive any youngsters of protection. The rejection this week of Kansas’ request to cap lifetime Medicaid advantages sends a powerful sign to different states that, regardless of the Trump administration’s invitation to states to shake up Medicaid, there are limits to what officers can approve. New Hampshire, which this week obtained approval to set work necessities for some Medicaid enrollees, is taking a harder line than different states, together with mandating that enrollees work a higher variety of hours and make up any hours missed. Although analysis means that menu labeling in eating places has minimal impact on clients, it could drive eating places to extend the healthful meals selections.
Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists advocate their favourite well being tales of the week they suppose it is best to learn, too.
Julie Rovner: Kaiser Health News’ “When Credit Scores Become Casualties Of Health Care,” by Shefali Luthra.
Margot Sanger-Katz: The New Yorker’s “The Promise of Vaping and the Rise of Juul,” by Jia Tolentino.
Stephanie Armour: Politico’s “5 Unintended Consequences of Addressing the Opioid Crisis,” by Sarah Karlin-Smith and Brianna Ehley.
Anna Edney: The New York Times’ “Women With Breast Cancer Delay Care When Faced With High Deductibles,” by Reed Abelson.
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