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10 years after a landmark health care law, the push to contain costs may be stalling 04:35
25 Jul 2025 16:58 GMT
Ten years ago, as medical costs soared, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation to tackle the problem.
The law created the Health Policy Commission, a first-of-its-kind watchdog agency to monitor rising costs. And it set a target to limit spending growth …
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5 years on, Universal Health Care law still far from goal
25 Jul 2025 03:16 GMT
PHOTO: PhilHealth website
MANILA, Philippines — Five years after the Universal Health Care (UHC) law was enacted, government spending still accounted for less than half of the country’s total health expenditures in 2024. This forces many Filipinos to …
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Insurance subsidies are a costly fix to Obamacare’s leaky ship
19 Oct 2025 13:18 GMT
… 19-era subsidies for health insurance companies and middle- and … Obama’s leaky 2010 healthcare law.
But when the time … a quiet ally: the health insurance companies.
The extra subsidies … way: “That means if health insurance companies raise their premiums, those …
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Kemi Badenoch should support real healthcare reform
04 Aug 2025 01:12 GMT
… take the limelight on healthcare reform. It is an issue … ) into non-profit statutory health insurers.
— Replace healthcare funding through … health services that all health insurers have to cover.
— … Introduce free choice of health insurer to create a health …
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MAHA proves health reform doesn’t need red tape
24 Jul 2025 14:04 GMT
… voluntarily. Instead of clashing with health insurers over prior authorization hurdles, they … something rare in public life: health reform that actually gets somewhere.
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Universal Health Care law amendments deferred to 20th Congress
11 Jun 2025 02:07 GMT
Senator JV Ejercito met with the Health Professionals Alliance Against COVID-19 and representatives from medical societies after their rally today opposing the hasty amendment of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act of 2019. He promised to do his best to …
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Senate Democrats reject latest government funding bill, continue push for health care benefits
16 Oct 2025 21:43 GMT
… President Barack Obama’s signature health care law to new levels and drove … ’t expire until next year, health insurers will soon send out notices …
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Shutdown continues as stopgap funding measure fails
16 Oct 2025 19:49 GMT
… President Barack Obama’s signature health care law to new levels and drove … ’t expire until next year, health insurers will soon send out notices …
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Senate fails to pass stopgap bill as health care fight stalls government
16 Oct 2025 16:10 GMT
… Obama's signature health care law to new levels and drove … expire until next year, health insurers will soon send out notices … Obama's signature health care law to new levels and drove … expire until next year, health insurers will soon send out notices …
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House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bills Are Derelict on Health Reform
20 May 2025 21:51 GMT
Committees in the House of Representatives are crafting their contributions to an eventual budget-reconciliation bill. As part of that process, various committees are proposing changes to tax and spending provisions that affect health care.
And changes, we …