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06.23.17

Benefits May Not Be as Good After “Coverage Gap” Is Fixed

Kaiser Health News quoted Manatt’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on how attempts to fix the “coverage gap” could be an illusion.  Kaiser Health News reports that Senate Republicans are purporting to fix one of the ACA’s ...


06.23.17

High Chance BCRA Will Pass House if It Clears Senate

Modern Healthcare quoted Manatt’s Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the likelihood of the Senate Republican’s healthcare reform bill passing. Shortly after details surrounding the bill dropped, so did predictions that changes would need to ...


06.22.17

Takeaways From Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act

Law360 interviewed Manatt’s Joel Ario and Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, managing directors with Manatt Health, for an article on the key takeaways from the Senate’s newly unveiled repeal bill, known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act.  Law360 reports that immediate reactions from GOP ...


06.21.17

States Could Soon Be Forced to Eliminate Medicaid Expansion

CNN Money interviewed Manatt’s Deborah Bachrach, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the likely effect that the GOP health plan would have on Medicaid expansion.  CNN Money reports that moderate GOP senators are hoping to extend the life of Medicaid expansion beyond the hard ...


06.20.17

Senate Contemplates Making Deeper Cuts to Medicaid

CNN Money interviewed Manatt’s Jocelyn Guyer, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on the potential impact that the current Senate negotiations could have on benefits and coverage if lawmakers decide to make deeper cuts to the Medicaid program.   As CNN Money reports, ...


06.12.17

Republican Senators Debate Medicaid Expansion Phase-Out

Inside Health Policy quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on the similarities between Republican senators’ debate over the phase-out of Medicaid expansion funding in the American Health Care Act and Democrats’ decision to write the expansion ...


06.07.17

Senate Vote Could Lead to Thousands of Iowans Losing Coverage

The Gazette quoted Manatt’s Cindy Mann, a partner with Manatt Health, for an article on why Iowa’s hospital executives, who recently gathered for the Iowa Hospital Association’s Summer Leadership Forum, are expressing worry over the future of Medicaid.   The publication ...


06.05.17

Legal 500 US Recognizes Manatt Practices Among Top in Nation

Manatt has received nine national practice area rankings in the newly released 2017 edition of The Legal 500 United States. Additionally, two Manatt partners—Robert Belfort and Lindsay Conner—were recognized in the elite "Leading Lawyers" list for their areas.  The Legal ...


06.05.17

Alaska’s Health Insurance Plan Could Be Hard to Copy

CQ Magazine quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on how Alaska was able to keep its health insurance premiums low at a time when nearly every state was seeing their ACA rates jump.   The publication reports that Alaska successfully put in ...


05.31.17

How to Stabilize the Individual Insurance Market

Medpage Today quoted Manatt’s Joel Ario, a managing director with Manatt Health, for an article on why Congress and the Trump administration must act now to stabilize the individual insurance market.   The publication reports that this is a “slim, struggling slice” of the ...