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32 million would lose health insurance under ‘repeal and run’ bill while premiums double: report

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The Congressional Budget Office has released their nonpartisan analysis of the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare without passing a replacement bill. Within a decade, 32 million Americans would lose health insurance coverage while premiums would double for individual polices. The legislative analys... Reported by Raw Story 24 minutes ago.

Repealing Obamacare alone would leave 32 mln more uninsured - CBO

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Thirty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed without a replacement, the U. S. Congressional Budget Office reported late on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed fellow Senate Republicans to reach an agreement on overhauling the country's healthcare law. Reported by DNA 2 minutes ago.

Repealing Obamacare alone would leave 32 million more uninsured - CBO

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Thirty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed without a replacement, the U. S. Congressional Budget Office reported late on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed fellow Senate Republicans to reach an agreement on overhauling the country's healthcare law. Reported by DNA 2 minutes ago.

Robert Reich: Six-Month Update For Trump Voters – OpEd

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So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?

1. He told you he’d repeal Obamacare and replace it with something “beautiful.” You bought it. But he didn’t repeal and he didn’t replace. (Just as well: His plan would have knocked at least 22 million off health insurance, including many of you.)

2. He told you he’d cut your taxes. You bought it. But tax “reform” is stalled. And if it ever moves, the only ones whose taxes will be cut are the wealthy.

3. He told you he’d invest $1 billion in our nation’ crumbling infrastructure. You bought it. But his infrastructure plan, which was really a giveaway to rich investors, is also stalled.

4. He said he’d clean the Washington swamp. You bought it. But he’s brought into his administration more billionaires, CEOs, and Wall Street moguls than in any administration in history, to make laws that will enrich their businesses, along with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who are crafting new policies for the same industries they recently worked for.

5. He said he’d use his business experience to whip the White House into shape. You bought it. But he created the most chaotic, dysfunctional, back-stabbing White House in modern history, in which no one is in charge.

6. He said he’d close “special interest loopholes that have been so good for Wall Street investors but unfair to American workers.“ You bought it. But he picked a Wall Street financier Stephen Schwarzman to run his strategic and policy forum, who compares closing those loopholes to Hitler’s invasion of Poland.

7. He told you he’d “bring down drug prices” by making deals with drug companies. You bought it. But now the White House says that promise is “inoperative.”

8. He said that on Day One he’d label China a “currency manipulator.” You bought it. But then he met with China’s president and declared “China is not a currency manipulator.”

9. He said he wouldn’t bomb Syria. You bought it. But then he bombed Syria.

10. He called Barack Obama “the vacationer-in-Chief” and accused him of playing more rounds of golf than Tiger Woods. He promised to never be the kind of president who took cushy vacations on the taxpayer’s dime, not when there was so much important work to be done. You bought it. But in his first 6 months he has spent more taxpayer money on vacations than Obama did in the first 3 years of his presidency. Not to mention all the money taxpayers are spending protecting his family, including his two sons who travel all over the world on Trump business.

11. He said he’d force companies to keep jobs in America. You believed him. But despite their promises, Carrier, Ford, GM, and the rest are shipping jobs to Mexico and China.

12. He said he’d create coal jobs. You believe him. He hasn’t. But here’s what he has done: Since 1965 a federal program called the Appalachian Regional Commission has spent $23 billion helping communities in coal states fund job retraining, reclaim land, and provide desperately needed social services. A.R.C. helped cut poverty rates almost in half, double the percentage of high-school graduates, and reduce infant mortality by two-thirds. Trump’s first proposed budget eliminates A.R.C. Reported by Eurasia Review 18 hours ago.

Fin24.com | NHI bill may be ready for adoption by November

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The National Department of Health hopes to have the National Health Insurance Bill ready for adoption by Parliament as early as November this year. Reported by News24 16 hours ago.

Trump Doesn't Seem To Know What Health Insurance Is, How It Works Or What It Costs

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The president suggested it costs $12 a year. Reported by Huffington Post 15 hours ago.

ClearHealth Quality Institute Creating Mental Health Parity Accreditation Program

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Expert Advisory Committee Vetting Standards for Showing Compliance with Parity

Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) July 20, 2017

ClearHealth Quality Institute™ (CHQI) – a new accreditation organization that develops standards incorporating the next generation of quality and outcome measures – is establishing comprehensive accreditation standards to promote compliance with mental health parity laws. Parity means that health insurance plans must cover mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment the same way they cover treatment for physical health conditions.

To meet a pressing social need, the CHQI Parity Accreditation Standards Committee is forging the country’s first standalone parity accreditation program. The Committee – composed of experts representing varied stakeholder perspectives including providers, regulators, payers, and consumer advocates – has been meeting regularly since April 2017, and CHQI anticipates that the standards will be completed by this fall.

“CHQI Parity Accreditation will provide a much-needed focus and framework to give consumers and providers alike greater confidence about health plan and insurer compliance at a time when there is concern about parity violations and inconsistent regulatory enforcement,” states Steve Daviss, M.D., CEO of Fuse Health Strategies LLC, and chair of the CHQI Parity Accreditation Standards Committee. Dr. Daviss represents the provider perspective and previously helped develop mental health parity compliance standards for health plans.

The Federal Parity Law – which was enacted almost ten years ago – and related state parity laws have received much attention recently as Americans call for greater access to treatment due to the opioid epidemic and expanding mental health needs. The parity laws have focused public attention on how health insurance companies set benefits and member cost-sharing obligations, and make medical necessity and coverage determinations, for mental health and addiction treatment.

“We welcome the CHQI multi-stakeholder process used to develop consensus for the parity accreditation standards,” states Committee Vice Chair Brad Lerner, J.D., Associate General Counsel and Director, Parity Compliance for Beacon Health Options. He adds, “As a leader in managed behavioral health care, my organization is proud to be part of this important work effort to make sure that MHPAEA continues to be implemented in a workable manner.” Beacon is a prominent national advocate for quality behavioral health care, and Mr. Lerner is recognized for his expertise on mental health parity analysis and compliance.

“Parity definitely needs to be addressed,” states Garry Carneal, J.D., M.A., CHQI Founder. “CHQI is leading the work on developing parity accreditation standards in part because the current regulatory framework has not adequately achieved the public policy goals of promoting real change. CHQI’s new Parity Accreditation Program will help organizations demonstrate to regulators and others that they have implemented a meaningful parity compliance framework.” Carneal has supervised the development and launch of 22 healthcare accreditation programs since 1995.

“The CHQI Parity Accreditation Program will establish a quality assurance framework to address gaps in existing parity compliance programs, by creating standards for organizations administering mental health and addiction treatment benefits,” adds Michael Reisman, J.D., M.A., CHQI President. “The Program will require applicants to document compliance with specific standards that address key parity issues such as benefit design, cost-sharing obligations, limitations on treatment such as utilization review, and disclosures. Our goal is to translate complex laws and regulations into a concise set of robust but workable standards that educate payers and provide them with a clear roadmap to compliance.” Before joining CHQI in June, Reisman served in the New York Attorney General’s Health Care Bureau, which protects the rights of consumers in the health care system, and is well known for his parity enforcement work.

Growing complexity in today’s health insurance functions and provider services have resulted in systems that are no longer easily or appropriately regulated due to the complexity of those operations. CHQI was established in part to find new ways to update the traditional approach to accreditation in health care so that regulations and accreditation standards keep pace with rapid innovation in health care. CHQI is dedicated to creating new pathways to establish national measurement-based standards for existing healthcare services and emerging solutions in the market. The organization is also committed to an educational approach in promoting quality operations by helping to assess, track and report on trends to enhance key insurance and provider outcomes.

For more information about CHQI’s Parity Standards Accreditation, please contact Michael Reisman at (410) 696-7634 or mreisman(at)chqi.com.

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About ClearHealth Quality Institute™ (CHQI) (http://www.CHQI.com)
ClearHealth Quality Institute’s (CHQI) mission is to promote quality-based practices for health plans, providers and other stakeholders across the United States and its territories. Our accreditation and certification programs help assess, track and report on trends to enhance key insurance and provider outcomes. CHQI also offers educational programs, publishes issue briefs and underwrites research to raise awareness of patient safety issues and promote best practices. The organization is governed by an independent board and committee system, which is open to a wide-range of volunteers to ensure transparency and accountability. CHQI provides resources to serve patients, providers, payers, government agencies, and other stakeholder groups. To learn more about CHQI, please contact us at (410) 696-7634 or info(at)CHQI.com. Reported by PRWeb 15 hours ago.

Health insurance rates in N.J. are going up under Obamacare. You can blame Trump.

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Insurers say they are seeking higher-than-usual rate increases because of Republican repeal efforts. Reported by NJ.com 11 hours ago.

Embry-Riddle Earns 7th Consecutive Title as Great College to Work For

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For the seventh straight year, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has been selected as one of the Great Colleges to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation’s most respected publication covering colleges and universities.

Daytona Beach, Florida (PRWEB) July 20, 2017

For the seventh straight year, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has been selected as one of the Great Colleges to Work For by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation’s most respected publication covering colleges and universities.

The rankings were based on a two-part methodology: an institutional audit that captured demographics and workplace policies from each institution and a survey of employees on workforce practices. More than 45,000 people at 232 institutions participated in this year’s survey, with 79 of the schools earning the title of Great College to Work For.

Only 42 of those 79, including Embry-Riddle, were additionally named Honor Roll schools for excellence across multiple categories. Embry-Riddle won high marks in the following areas: Facilities; Workspace & Security; Job Satisfaction; Professional/Career Development Programs; Respect and Appreciation; Supervisor/Department Chair Relationship; and Work/Life Balance.

“It’s very gratifying that for the seventh year in a row, Embry-Riddle employees who responded to the Great Colleges to Work For survey have given the university their vote of confidence,” said university President Dr. P. Barry Butler. “At Embry-Riddle we offer benefits that support the work/life balance that is so essential to attracting and retaining top-tier faculty and staff.”

Embry-Riddle employs more than 2,200 faculty, staff, and administrators worldwide. Benefits include paid holidays, including the week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day, a generous personal leave program, a four-day summer workweek, a 403(b) retirement plan with Embry-Riddle gift and matching contribution, health insurance with vision and dental coverage, a telecommuting option, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program. A tuition waiver program offers free tuition to employees and family members, with employees allowed paid time off to attend Embry-Riddle classes.

“The Great Colleges to Work For distinction is well-known by academic jobseekers as a sign that an institution’s employees are valued and given opportunities for growth,” said Liz McMillen, editor of The Chronicle. “Any college or university on our annual list has proven that they emphasize one of their best assets: their faculty and staff.”

The full survey rankings can be found online here and will appear July 21 in The Chronicle’s Academic Workplace Special Issue.

To administer the Great Colleges to Work For survey and analyze the results, The Chronicle worked with ModernThink LLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm.

About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, is a nonprofit, independent institution offering more than 80 baccalaureate, master’s, and Ph.D. degree programs in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering, and Security & Intelligence. Embry-Riddle educates students at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Prescott, Ariz., through the Worldwide Campus with more than 125 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, and through online programs. The university is a major research center, seeking solutions to real-world problems in partnership with the aerospace industry, other universities, and government agencies. For more information, visit http://www.embryriddle.edu, follow us on Twitter (@EmbryRiddle) and facebook.com/EmbryRiddleUniversity, and find expert videos at YouTube.com/EmbryRiddleUniv.

About The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. The newspaper has over 51,000 academic subscribers and a total readership of more than 215,000. The Chronicle’s audited website traffic is more than 12.8 million pages a month, seen by more than 1.9 million unique visitors. Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle employs more than 70 writers, editors, and international correspondents. For more information, go to http://chronicle.com.

About ModernThink LLC
As a research and consulting leader in workplace issues, ModernThink has supported a wide variety of Best Place to Work initiatives. Through these programs, the firm has gained substantial survey and industry expertise, including specific insight into higher education. For more information, go to http://www.modernthink.com.

### Reported by PRWeb 7 hours ago.

The Senate quietly released a new version of its healthcare bill — and a key piece is gone

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The Senate quietly released a new version of its healthcare bill — and a key piece is gone Republicans in the Senate just released another update to the Better Care Reconciliation Act, their plan to overhaul the US healthcare system.

Noticeably absent from this round bill is an amendment that was added just a week ago from Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee that critics said could make plans with adequate coverage unaffordable to those who have certain medical conditions.

The Congressional Budget Office didn't have a chance to score that version of the bill. Instead, it's set to release an analysis of the Senate bill based on the most-recently released draft that omits the amendment. 

*The Consumer Freedom Amendment*

The amendment would have allowed plans to exist that don't comply with two regulations set up under the Affordable Care Act (which is better known as Obamacare): community rating and essential health benefits. The latter could have had a big impact on people with preexisting conditions.

Under the Cruz amendment, titled the "Consumer Freedom Amendment," because some health plans wouldn't have to necessarily adhere to the community rating and essential health benefits. Those that do would receive$70 billion in funding to offset the higher premiums that would result relative to the plans that don't cover the regulations. Whether that funding would be enough to make the plans affordable remains to be seen. While the CBO analysis might have shed some light, the amendment was pulled from the draft bill. 

Among the changes to the bill from last week that stuck around are that more funds will be set aside for the opioid crisis, and people will be able to pay for premiums using a health savings account. The bill also still includes the funding set aside for the Cruz amendment.

*A confusing HHS report*

On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services released a report on the Consumer Freedom Amendment, taking a look at what it would do in the context of the ACA — not the BCRA bill. The report came to the conclusion that Cruz's amendment would lower premiums in both the traditional ACA plans and the less regulated ones.

That goes against what experts have said about the amendment in the context of the BCRA. Many say that it is likely premiums under both types of plans would likely rise if the amendment was put in place. The insurance industry's lobbying group said the amendment would lead to "widespread adverse selection and unstable health insurance markets."

*Impact of the amendment*

The decision to leave the amendment out of the newest bill to be scored by the CBO could be an attempt to get around the people who would be at risk for not having what's considered insurance by the CBO. That number would have inflated the total population of Americans who wouldn't have insurance compared to the current law.

Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at Kaiser, said on Twitter that the scoring today could be a moot point without the amendment. 



It's not clear how meaningful today's CBO score will be, since we have no idea how the Cruz amendment affects coverage and federal spending.

— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) July 20, 2017


*SEE ALSO: There's a 'looming healthcare crisis for the millennial generation' — and it's just getting started*

*DON'T MISS: Americans are facing rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs — here's why*

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Donald Trump doesn't seem to know how much health insurance costs or how it works

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The President suggested that when you start working, 'you're paying $12 a year for insurance' Reported by Independent 6 hours ago.

Trump gave a bizarre comment to the New York Times about healthcare in America

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Trump gave a bizarre comment to the New York Times about healthcare in America In an in an interview with the New York Times on Wednesday, President Donald Trump offered a bizarre example of the US healthcare system while discussing Republican reform efforts.

During a discussion about the difficulty Republicans are having repealing and replacing Obamacare, Trump addressed the issue of preexisting condition protections. 

Here are his comments:

"So preexisting conditions are a tough deal. Because you are basically saying from the moment the insurance, you're 21 years old, you start working and you're paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you're 70, you get a nice plan. Here’s something where you walk up and say, 'I want my insurance.' It’s a very tough deal, but it is something that we’re doing a good job of."

The actual cost of health insurance for a 21-year-old person is vastly more expensive.

Using the Healthcare.gov health plan comparison tool, a 21-year-old in Charlotte, North Carolina, making $35,000 annually would have to pay a minimum of $200 a month for the cheapest healthcare plan. Even after a monthly tax credit of $169 under Affordable Care Act provisions, the plan would still cost $31 a month — nearly triple what Trump said insurance costs for the year.

As for Trump's other comment, many 70-year-olds the US are on Medicare, a government-run program that some Democrats want to expand to most people in the US.

Many healthcare experts worry that an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz to the Senate healthcare bill would allow insurers to get around protections for preexisting conditions for many people or charge more for plans that protect them.

*SEE ALSO: 'The president is a distraction': Republican lawmakers start to turn on Trump as his agenda flounders*

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NOW WATCH: People on Twitter are loving how baffled Buzz Aldrin appeared by Trump's 'space' talk Reported by Business Insider 6 hours ago.

CBO Says McConnell Healthcare Bill Would Slash Deficits By $420 Billion, Leave 15 Million Uninsured

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CBO Says McConnell Healthcare Bill Would Slash Deficits By $420 Billion, Leave 15 Million Uninsured Another day, another CBO score for another version of the GOP's healthcare bill. This time, the agency estimates that McConnell's "Better Care Reconciliation Act" legislation would *lower the federal budget deficit by $420 billion over the next 10 years by reducing spending for Medicaid and subsidies for nongroup health insurance*.

As The CBO notes, those effects would be *partially offset by the effects of provisions not directly related to health insurance coverage (mainly reductions in taxes),* the repeal of penalties on employers that do not offer insurance and on people who do not purchase insurance, and spending to reduce premiums and for other purposes.

*Compared with the June 26 cost estimate for a previous version of the legislation, this cost estimate shows savings over the next 10 years that are larger* - as well as estimated effects on health insurance coverage and on premiums for health insurance that are similar. The current version of the legislation would result in greater deficit reduction mostly because it would retain certain taxes that the previous version of the legislation would have eliminated. The description of the legislation and of CBO and JCT’s methodology and results that appeared in the agencies’ previous estimate largely applies to this one as well.

-Effects on the Federal Budget-

CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the 2017–2026 period (see figure below). That reduction is the net result of a $903 billion decrease in direct spending partly offset by a $483 billion decrease in revenues.

However, the other side of the coin is that, according to CBO and JCT’s estimates, *in 2018, 15 million more people would be uninsured under this legislation than under current law. *

The increase in the number of uninsured people relative to the number under current law would reach 19 million in 2020 and 22 million in 2026. *In 2026, an estimated 82 percent of all U.S. residents under age 65 would be insured, compared with 90 percent under current law*.

*Full Scoring below:*

  Reported by Zero Hedge 6 hours ago.

Latest Senate healthcare bill would leave 22 mln without insurance: CBO

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest version of Senate Republicans' legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, the U.S. Congressional Budget office said on Thursday. Reported by Reuters 6 hours ago.

Fact Check: Trump Made Several Misleading Claims in Times Interview

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President Trump distorted health insurance, his own legislative accomplishments, the biography of his deputy attorney general and French history. Reported by NYTimes.com 5 hours ago.

Latest Senate healthcare bill would leave 22 million without insurance: CBO

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest version of Senate Republicans' legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, the U.S. Congressional Budget office said on Thursday. Reported by Reuters India 5 hours ago.

U.S. Senate's imperiled healthcare bill would leave 22 mln uninsured -CBO

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The latest version of U. S. Senate Republicans' legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, the U. S. Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday. Reported by DNA 5 hours ago.

U.S. Senate's imperiled healthcare bill would leave 22 million uninsured: CBO

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The latest version of U. S. Senate Republicans' legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, the U. S. Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday. Reported by DNA 5 hours ago.

US policy could see 22m lose healthcare

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Some 22 million Americans could end up without health insurance in under a decade under the latest Republican policy proposal. Reported by SBS 5 hours ago.

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Editor: Paul Grant 1 202 898 8322 Picture Desk: Singapore 65 6870 3775 Graphics queries: 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT/ET) TOP STORIES U. S. Senate's imperiled healthcare bill would leave 22 million uninsured -Congressional Budget Office WASHINGTON - Latest version of U. S. Senate Republicans' legislation to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act would leave 22 million Americans without health insurance coverage by 2026, U. S. Congressional Budget Office says. Reported by DNA 5 hours ago.
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