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[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

@NikkiSixx Just wanted to let you know that one of your superfans, Jason Brumley, passed away August 22nd. He saw @MotleyCrue dozens of times - from the front row thanks to his wheelchair. Here's a pic in LA for your "final" NYE concert. He'll be buried in a Motley Crue shirt.

[KFF @KFF]

While some of the same prescription drugs with the highest spending appear across payers, the variation in top 10 rankings reflects how large employer plans, Medicare Part D, and Medicaid serve different populations with differing health needs. https://t.co/tdoIeOF6Zi

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

Individual market insurers had their most profitable year ever in 2018 under the ACA. So profitable, in fact, that they estimate they’ll have to return $800 million in rebates to consumers under the law. Not exactly a market that’s collapsing. https://t.co/1og8EEJWfk

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

BREAKING: Trump Administration lays out changes to ACA which would cut coverage for ~2 million Americans, significantly increase premiums, and raise out of pocket costs. https://t.co/D3MWve1dde

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

This is the regulation that will set the rules for the ACA marketplace in 2020. It was expected out weeks ago. It could now come out at any moment.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

The Trump administration has issued a new proposed ACA marketplace regulation that signals potential changes that could further reduce enrollment and increase consumer costs.
https://t.co/tj9aRZJ2YM

[Christopher Koller @CKollerMilbank]

Consumer captures the secret of health care financing: “I guess that the way things work nowadays. You ask for the moon and if you only get a large island, that’s what you get,” Mass. Patient Receives 'Outrageous' $474,725 Medical Flight Bill https://t.co/Ukn5hpfdfp via @khnews

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

California and other Democratic states are appealing a decision that the ACA in its entirety is unconstitutional.

The Trump administration argues that the entire ACA shouldn't be thrown out, *just* its pre-existing condition protections.

The ACA is still in place for now.

[Michael Keegan @mjkeegan1127]

Sixteen state AGs appeal federal judge’s controversial December ruling that #ACA is unconstitutional, kicking off the next round in a legal battle that could ultimately bring the health care law back before the Supreme Court https://t.co/IzWPEf7q5y

[Tricia Neuman @tricia_neuman]

The ACA included many, many changes to Medicare, which covers 60 million people. Reverting to pre-ACA law could be quite disruptive for beneficiaries & health care providers. Also a very heavy lift for CMS. Our summary of the ACA Medicare provisions https://t.co/5JqGMcOmVi

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

@larry_levitt No it's not. They could simply vote to reinstate the mandate penalty so that it would be a tax again and, with all the pieces back in place, the ACA would no longer be unconstitutional.

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

Big news. https://t.co/7hfBxe7pm6

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

Great read from @Q4intelligence.

[Wendy Keneipp @wendykeneipp]

You may get an adrenaline rush from being disorganized and frantic, but your prospects want no part of it. #Sales #Leadership - https://t.co/MBLieVIyEn

[NABIP @nabipsocial]

A recently-updated @KaiserFamFound analysis looks at 2019 marketplace premium changes for bronze, silver and gold plans across the United States. Take a look! https://t.co/HaGuOojd0U

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

This explains why health care is likely to be an issue on voters' minds in the mid-terms. Its is a pocketbook issue. [Thread]

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

The ACA significantly expanded insurance coverage, but there are still many people who are under-insured. About 1 in 4 nonelderly people — and 1 in 2 sick people — are either uninsured or have affordability problems, @DrewAltman writes in @axios. https://t.co/qIOaEKIltp

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

This is the case where states are asking the court to rule the individual mandate unconstitutional since it's no longer a tax starting in 2019. It's the same case where the DOJ asked the court to toss out guarantee issue and community rating.

[InsideHealthPolicy @InHealthPolicy]

Oral Arguments In Pivotal TX ACA Case Rescheduled: Will Now Take Place As Judiciary Questions Kavanaugh https://t.co/Vij8yTc6ov

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

Short-Term Plans will be popular solutions for healthy individuals in 2019. AHPs could be just as popular for employer groups. The first AHP in Texas was just introduced by the Lubbock Chamber and UHC. Here's Seema Verma's comment on the new options.

[Administrator Seema Verma @SeemaCMS]

Instead of burdensome mandates on Americans priced out of health coverage, the Trump administration is helping connect people to more affordable options by expanding access to Association Health Plans and short-term, limited-duration insurance.

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

Good info on balance billing from @KaiserFamFound.

[KFF @KFF]

For enrollees in large employer plans, inpatient stays that that include an ER visit are much more likely to result in a claim from an out-of-network provider, regardless of whether or not enrollees use in-network facilities. https://t.co/brJssHUrNo

[KFF @KFF]

In employer-based health insurance, the $18,764 avg family premium in 2017 was 19% higher than the avg family premium of $15,745 in 2012. It was 55% higher than the avg family premium of $12,106 in 2007. See our Employer Health Benefits Survey https://t.co/ejExdzaAjY #healthcosts

[ComedyCE.com @ComedyCE]

"Understanding Medicare is easier said than done. You get a big ‘old Medicare & You Handbook for 2018 in the mail, full of terms you’ve never heard before. Then there are scores of insurance companies bombing your mailbox with a foot-high stack of mail every week." https://t.co/gp6BUpbydp

[Boomer Benefits Medicare Expert @BoomerBenefits]

"This is especially important if you are deciding whether to stay working past age 65 for an employer who..." https://t.co/HFdAla2o5L #medicare