Nothing has changed: Reviving GOP health care bill would mean more uninsured, costlier coverage in North Carolina quoting : ncpolicywatch

However, this approach is not feasible as the House Republican health care bill – the American Health Care Act (AHCA) – is not fixable. The proposed health care bill would mean more uninsured and costlier coverage in North Carolina. Removing key consumer protections would only make a bad bill even worse for North Carolinians. The Plan Would Raise Costs for North Carolinians Buying Marketplace Coverage by $7,549, on AverageNorth Carolinians, especially older residents, would pay far more under the House bill. The bill would raise total out-of-pocket health costs – premiums, deductibles, copays, and coinsurance – by an average of $7,549 per year for people with coverage in North Carolina's health insurance marketplace.




The 1.5 million records were lost during 39 separate incidents nationwide. A sharp spike in the number of health care data breaches was recorded in March with 39 incidents taking place compromising more than 1.5 million patient record. Hackers were responsible for just 28 percent of the breaches in March, these did result in total of 600,270 records lost. Ten of these being the result of honest employee mistakes, resulting in 14,219 records lost, and the remaining seven being malicious in nature affecting 165,162 records. Twenty different states had health care institutions that were impacted by breaches with Texas leading the pack with a total of six.

In Alaska, anxiety grows as debate over health care rages

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