Health-Exchange-Alert

The insurance lobby last week released a short brief detailing the explosive growth in the use of telehealth services during the pandemic and offering policy recommendations to ensure the gains are protected once the public health emergency ends.

Women’s advocates and health insurers Friday (July 10) cheered the Maryland District Court’s decision to block the Trump administration from implementing a rule that would have required insurers that cover abortion services not covered by the Hyde Amendment to send two bills to consumers.

Major state and local government organizations called on congressional leaders to again bump the federal Medicaid match, this time from 6.2% to 12%, in the next coronavirus relief package on Friday (July 10).

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to divide 30 minutes of oral argument time between itself and the GOP attorneys general -- and two Texas residents -- seeking to throw out the entire Affordable Care Act in California v. Texas, since the parties have distinct positions on standing and on a potential remedy in the case.

The Trump administration must designate a point person whose sole job is to lead the federal government’s coronavirus testing efforts, which Democrats allege were flawed from the start and continue to face challenges due to lack of leadership, according to a 30-page report by Democratic staff of the Senate health committee.

HHS will do everything it can to permanently keep telehealth waivers granted during the pandemic, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday (July 9) at The Hill virtual event on the future of health care.

The Supreme Court Wednesday (7-2) upheld the Trump administration’s rule that lets employers refuse to provide cost-free contraceptives to workers due to religious or moral objections, saying the Affordable Care Act grants HHS the discretion to set that policy.

The task force set up by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (DE) and formal rival Bernie Sanders Wednesday (July 8) unveiled a unity platform on securing universal health care.

The Democratic leaders of key congressional health committees say recent Trump administration guidance that says insurers are not required to cover COVID-19 testing for surveillance or return to work screenings clashes with congressional intent.