Tag: Health

Sense and License

Steven Rhoads · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

Focusing on competition won't solve every disagreement, but it will move the debate in the right direction. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

The Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul is dead. But it’ll be back.

Paul Howard · October 5, 2017 4:58 pm

There's broad support for abolishing IPAB on both sides of the aisle. Reps. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., and Paul Ruiz, D-Calif., and Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have put forward bills repealing the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare might not be dead, but IPAB should be

Sally Pipes · October 5, 2017 4:52 pm

Democrats objected to Republican ideas for funding CHIP, especially charging high-income seniors higher Medicare premiums and using the Obamacare funding. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Funding roils talks on bipartisan children’s insurance program

Robert King · October 4, 2017 6:25 pm

The House is expected to pass on legislation that would penalize people who perform abortions late in a pregnancy. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

White House backs 20-week abortion ban

Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2017 11:04 pm

"This terrible tragedy is another reminder that we still need to address the role of gun violence in our country," Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. "Individuals everywhere deserve laws that protect them from random acts of violence like this one." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Medical groups call for gun control following Las Vegas shooting

Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2017 7:37 pm

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo urged residents to donate blood. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Donors line up to give blood in Las Vegas after mass shooting

Caitlin Yilek · October 2, 2017 3:55 pm

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise returned to the House to hugs and a roaring bipartisan standing ovation, more than three months after a baseball practice shooting left him fighting for his life.( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Paul Ryan and Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s emotional reunion: Watch

Melissa Quinn · September 29, 2017 12:45 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., received a standing ovation from House members as he made an emotional return to Congress on Thursday, three months after being shot at a congressional baseball practice game. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Trump says Steve Scalise is ‘brave’ as he makes emotional return to Congress

Caitlin Yilek · September 28, 2017 6:36 pm

Law enforcement officers investigate the scene where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. was shot at a congressional baseball practice. Scalise described for the first time the moments after he was shot at the GOP baseball practice in June. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve Scalise: ‘I just started to pray’ after the shooting

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2017 3:22 pm

"I prayed for very specific things, and I will tell you pretty much every one of those prayers was answered," Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Steve Scalise returns after baseball shooting: ‘Miracles really do happen’

Al Weaver · September 28, 2017 3:12 pm

Senate Democrats are demanding information from HHS Secretary Tom Price about his use of private planes for official government travel. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Senate Democrats demand answers on Tom Price’s use of private jets

Melissa Quinn · September 28, 2017 2:02 pm