Category: Health Care Policies

We are discussing in detail the latest updates in American healthcare policies. The Biden administration hit the road running, announcing approximately 40 Executive orders, notes, and presidential proclamations in its first ten days.

Many addressed health difficulties. On Inauguration Day, the government issued orders to obstruct recent Trump commands and eliminate roadblocks it had created to stall President Biden schedule; on January 21, it declared ten COVID-19 directives; and on January 28, it issued an executive order to extend Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces, in addition …

The white house shared a new plan that would radically revamp Medicaid by allowing states to opt-out of a part of the current federal funding program and seek a fixed payment annually in exchange for achieving unprecedented flexibility over the schedule.

Medicaid, a federal-state health program that involves 1 in 5 Americans, has been an open-ended entitlement since its start in 1965. That means the total amount of money given by the federal government grows with growth in health expenses and enrollment.

The government said the new program would …