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News & Updates:
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Trump administration broadens efforts against the Affordable Care Act (ACA); House votes on overriding President Trump’s veto; House Democrats call for the U.S. to remain in Paris climate accord; Housing starts drop almost 9 percent; Consumer confidence falls in March. -
Under the Trump administration, bank mergers are getting approved at a faster rate; The Trump administration faces a pivotal decision that would determine if states can receive exemption from the Medicaid expansion mandate; Trump to sign a compromise for the federal budget funding; Consumer prices remain unchanged in the month of January; The federal deficit falls to $14billion. -
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2014, it allowed states to expand Medicaid services. One of the states that was impacted by this new measure was California. With other researchers, Wharton Professor Atul Gupta discovered that “…half of the funds that went to California’s Medicaid expansion simply replaced benefits from pre-existing state and county health care programs.” Their discovery challenges whether the expansion of Medicaid services increased the overall health of California’s residents.
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Amid the strong correlation between football and head injuries, one of the biggest issues for the National Football League is finding an insurance partner to cover CTE-related symptoms. Penn Law Professor Tom Baker suggests that “When insurance companies do act like regulators, they do it because of the liability. And the bigger the liability, the more they have a potential to earn a return for acting like regulators.”
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New NAFTA replacement deal signed; Trump administration loosens coverage requirements by allowing states to apply for waivers to distribute subsidies for beneficiaries that don’t meet ACA requirements; Ways and Means Chairman proposes to eliminate fringe benefits for employees of churches and other nonprofits; Interest rates anticipated to be hiked in December.
