Lawyers on both sides of the question of the health care overhaul law's constitutionality filed briefs to the Supreme Court, in advance of the March oral arguments in the landmark case. Read more »
Big pieces of the health care law could easily remain standing even if the U.S. Supreme Court rules later this year that its individual mandate is unconstitutional. And many of the provisions that could survive still have to be implemented. Read more »
What is the quality of the health care that adults get in Medicaid? And how good will it be as the program expands in 2014 to enroll millions of uninsured adults? Quality of care measures federal officials released last week aim to answer those questions and to lay down markers for continual improvement.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced that officials will pay 73 doctors, health care executives, academics, and other health care professionals $20,000 each this year to spend up to 10 hours per week trying to change health systems in ways that the center's leaders believe will improve care. Read more »
The success of the health care overhaul will hinge on the number of uninsured receiving coverage under the plan compared to projections of those eligible, but the government's insurance enrollment track record is mixed, says Stan Dorn, health policy senior fellow at the Urban Institute. Read more »
Insurers and employers may be on the verge of spurring the formation of private insurance exchanges around the United States—a move that could make government exchanges less attractive to consumers. Read more »