- Deep-Pocketed Health Care Lobbies Line Up Against Trump Politico by Adam Cancryn, Sarah Karlin-Smith, and Paul Demko—Just about every major health care group opposes President Donald Trump's health care overhaul—and the self-styled negotiator-in-chief hasn't tried cutting a deal with them. Hospitals and doctors are actively engaged in efforts to kill Trump's plan, fearful that its severe cuts to Medicaid and insurance subsidies will wreak havoc on their bottom lines. Patient advocates object to again allowing insurers to charge sick people more. Notably, insurers are largely avoiding this battle, focusing instead on pressuring Republicans to keep paying out Obamacare subsidies.
- Health Insurers Focused on 2018 Unknowns for Obamacare Market Reuters by Caroline Humer—While attention is focused on Republicans' fight to pass a bill to repeal Obamacare starting in 2019, health insurers are busy struggling with decisions they need to make now about how to price premiums and what markets they can afford to be in next year. Hospitals are on the other side of that coin, concerned that a spike in the cost of Obamacare premiums next year will cause many people to simply drop insurance coverage, reducing their revenues in the near future.