Robert King

Medica has requested a 56.7 percent rate increase for 2018, up from its original request of a 43.5 percent rate hike. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Healthcare

Iowa’s lone Obamacare insurer may raise rates if Trump doesn’t make payments

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August 17, 2017 3:12 pm

Conservative Rep. Mark Walker, head of the Republican Study Committee, criticized Trump's Obamacare payments to insurers, while Sen. Lamar Alexander praised it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Healthcare

Obamacare insurer payments draws mixed reviews from Republicans

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August 16, 2017 9:11 pm

Manufacturers did 38 trials for the 22 drugs approved through the FDA's expedited approval process. Of those trials, only 19 were completed within three years. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Healthcare

Speedy drug approvals lacking in follow-up

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August 16, 2017 8:39 pm

While the Trump administration has been making the payments this year, insurers have been clamoring for a commitment for 2018 as they are finalizing plans for next year now. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Healthcare

White House will make Obamacare payments in August, no promises in September

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August 16, 2017 8:11 pm

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., aimed to defund Planned Parenthood in 2015 after a series of undercover videos were released by anti-abortion activists. The videos showed employees discussing the harvesting of fetal tissue, and Republicans charged that Planned Parenthood profited from the sale of tissue, which is illegal. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Appeals court rules Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood funding

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August 16, 2017 5:26 pm

There is no guarantee that money from any settlements would go toward prevention, based on the 1990s settlement between 46 states and major tobacco makers.

Healthcare

States try to hit wallets of opioid makers

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August 16, 2017 4:01 am

Overall, plans on the individual market are set to increase by 14 percent in 2018 in New York, the state's Department of Financial Services said Tuesday. However, the average premium for a lowest-cost silver plan, the most popular of Obamacare's three plan types, would decrease up to 5 percent after taking into account federal tax credits, it added. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Obamacare rates to rise 14 percent in New York

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August 15, 2017 10:01 pm

Healthcare

White House calls CBO report on Obamacare payments ‘flawed’

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August 15, 2017 7:13 pm

Letter from 15 Democratic senators was sent in response to changes to the Department of Health and Human Services website and some recent hires. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Healthcare

Democrats question if HHS will protect against discrimination

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August 15, 2017 6:24 pm

Insurer Centene will cover 14 counties in Nevada that don't have any Obamacare insurer next year, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Healthcare

Insurer steps in to fill bare Obamacare counties in Nevada

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August 15, 2017 5:13 pm

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Iowa’s lone Obamacare insurer may raise rates if Trump doesn’t make payments

Obamacare insurer payments draws mixed reviews from Republicans

Speedy drug approvals lacking in follow-up

White House will make Obamacare payments in August, no promises in September

Appeals court rules Arkansas can block Planned Parenthood funding

States try to hit wallets of opioid makers

Obamacare rates to rise 14 percent in New York

White House calls CBO report on Obamacare payments ‘flawed’

Democrats question if HHS will protect against discrimination

Insurer steps in to fill bare Obamacare counties in Nevada

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