Public option for health insurance debated in Senate committee | 2021 Legislature | News | Politics and Government - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Physicians, hospitals, insurers and business groups opposed a bill to create a public health insurance option, even as proponents said it would extend health care to those currently without it. Read More

How Trump's tax bill could cut Medicaid for millions of Americans

President Donald Trump's tax cut bill would enact steep cuts to the nation's safety-net health insurance program for low income families. Read More

State lawmakers propose public option for Colorado health insurance customers - KOAA News 5

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Democratic state lawmakers will soon begin debate over a bill that would create a public option in Colorado's health insurance exchange. Their goal is to lower ... Read More

Medicare Update: Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Expand Health Care Program

Medicare "Part E" would be self-sustaining, funded by premiums, and available through all state and federal health exchanges. Read More

Colorado lawmakers drop contentious hybrid public option bill amid pandemic - The Denver Post

Colorado lawmakers won’t vote this year on a controversial bill to create a hybrid public option health insurance program, bill sponsors announced Monday. The bill passed its first committee in ... Read More

These states tried an Obamacare public option. It hasn’t worked as planned. - POLITICO

Only about 7,000 of the nearly 240,000 people who enrolled in individual plans through the state’s health insurance exchange selected public option plans for 2022. Read More

Governor Walz: Public health insurance option won’t happen this year - InForum | Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports

Governor Walz: Public health insurance option won’t happen this year House Majority Leader Jamie Long, DFL-Minneapolis, speaks at a news conference in support of a public option on Feb. 14, 2024 ... Read More

Take An X To The Public Health Insurance Option - Forbes

Public option supporters are quick to point out that seven in 10 Americans support their plan. But just one in 10 Americans supports eliminating private insurance—that is, the public option's ... Read More

Lawsuit takes aim at Nevada's public option health insurance program - Las Vegas Sun News

Lawsuit takes aim at Nevada's public option health insurance program Members of the Assembly during the floor session inside the Legislature on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 in Carson City. Read More

Alabama Lawmakers Advance Bill to Let Alfa Sell Health Plans Outside Insurance Regulations - U.S. News & World Report

Emmanuel Bankston, a 34-year-old farmer from Henry County, told lawmakers during an earlier public hearing that young people are leaving farming because of economic conditions. Read More

Alabama lawmakers advance bill to let Alfa sell health plans outside insurance regulations - MSN

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — State lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that would allow the Alabama Farmers Federation to sell healthcare plans to its members that would not be considered or ... Read More