Health Headlines for Friday, November 30

Is Trump Pushing Health Insurance Innovation Or An ACA Rollback?

Kaiser Health News

On his first day in office, as part of his mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump signed an order promising to give states flexibility “to create a more free and open healthcare market.”

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Short On Federal Funding, Obamacare Enrollment Navigators Switch Tactics

Kaiser Health News

Enrollment is down sharply on the federal health insurance marketplace this fall, and the consumer assistance groups that help with sign-ups think they know why.

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Trump to Let States Divert Obamacare Funds to Other Health Plans

Bloomberg

The Trump administration plans to allow states to direct billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies to health plans that don’t meet the law’s requirements.

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Trump Administration Details Health-Law Waivers for States

Wall Street Journal

The Trump administration on Thursday outlined ways states will be allowed to waive parts of the Affordable Care Act, a move that has been welcomed by conservatives, spurred rebukes from Democrats and risks legal action.

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Unions Fight New York Single-Payer Health Care Plan

The Washington Free Beacon

Public-sector unions in New York are pushing back against legislation that would establish a single-payer health care plan for the state.

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Some Democratic Supporters Of Single-Payer Health Care Promise They Won’t Act In Haste

WSKG

Some newly elected Senate Democrats want New York to adopt a single-payer health care system, but that may put them at odds with other Democratic senators who do not want to raise taxes.

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Feds still aren’t up to dealing with opioid crisis, so we’re stepping in: Bloomberg & Wolf

USA Today

The opioid epidemic is a national health crisis of historic proportion. Yet the federal government is still not tackling it with the urgency it requires.

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