Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

"It's become a yearly ritual: As the Affordable Care Act continues to settle into place, inevitable growing pains get portrayed by critics as doom for health reform," Sylvia Burwell wrote. (AP Photo)

HHS chief defends Obamacare woes as ‘growing pains’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 9, 2016 8:31 pm

CDC Director Tom Frieden said the federal agency will run out of funds to fight the Zika virus. "If we are not able to find money somewhere we can't support staff in the response," he said. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

CDC director: Zika funds to run out by end of the month

Robert King · September 9, 2016 3:05 pm

Under the law's Medicaid expansion and marketplaces where federal subsidies are available, an estimated 20 million people have gotten health coverage, many of them for the first time. (iStock photo)

Uninsured rate falls to historically low level

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 7, 2016 2:22 pm

Rep. Diane Black says a proposed rule preventing states from blocking funding violates states' rights. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Conservative chides feds over protecting Planned Parenthood

Robert King · September 6, 2016 6:35 pm

Dems think drug maker Mylan for decades avoided paying a higher Medicaid rebate for its EpiPen. (AP Photo/Bob Bird)

Lawmakers question if EpiPen maker stiffed Medicaid

Robert King · September 2, 2016 4:41 pm

CDC is giving out $2.4 million to some major cities, none of which has seen a Zika outbreak. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Cities get cash to fight Zika

Robert King · September 2, 2016 4:04 pm

Dr. Bhavik Kumar, 31, listens to a question from a patient considering abortion during her ultrasound at the Whole Woman's Health clinic in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, June 3, 2016. Women considering abortion are required by the state to have a sonogram that they must be offered the chance to view, although they can refuse to look. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington Secrets

Feds issue warning about surge in abortion, teen pregnancy, set ’emergency level’ plan

Paul Bedard · August 30, 2016 1:41 pm

HHS is projected to have $20.996 billion in "unobligated balances" that could be redirected to the Zika fight, Chuck Grassley and James Lankford reminded Sylvia Burwell in a letter. (AP Photo)

Senators: Feds should redirect foreign aid to fight Zika

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2016 8:19 pm

HHS report finds that states that expanded Medicaid have more enrollees who are healthy. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Expanding Medicaid key to lower Obamacare rates, feds say

Robert King · August 25, 2016 5:13 pm

Nearly three in four Obamacare customers can pay less than $75 a month for a plan, health officials say. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Administration does Obamacare damage control

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 24, 2016 6:00 pm

An investigation into the rashes by the Department of Health and Human Services and the state of Michigan found the water in the Flint River might have been the cause. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Rashes on Flint residents linked to contaminated water

Kyle Feldscher · August 24, 2016 4:43 pm

"We are exploring options to modify the ACA's permanent risk adjustment program to better adjust for the highest-cost enrollees and their actuarial risk, which would achieve some of the same risk-sharing benefits as the reinsurance program," said Kevin Counihan, CEO of healthcare.gov, in an Aug. 11 blog post. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

This fall may be make or break for Obamacare

Robert King · August 22, 2016 4:01 am