Tag: Health

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., collapsed Wednesday during Washington race, received CPR, and was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sen. Thom Tillis collapses during race

Caitlin Yilek · May 17, 2017 12:44 pm

The Democratic lawmaker from Hawaii is up for reelection in November 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono says she is being treated for kidney cancer

Anna Giaritelli · May 16, 2017 8:32 pm

House Republicans plan to use the CRA to repeal Obama's order requiring states to subsidize Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Senate must defund Planned Parenthood in the healthcare bill

Penny Nance · May 13, 2017 1:00 pm

"How about we stop asking kids how they feel about their food?" the former first lady asked. (AP)

Michelle Obama on kids complaining about school meals: ‘We are the adults in the room’

Kimberly Leonard · May 12, 2017 5:15 pm

The World Health Organization confirmed that a laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola emerged in the central African country of Congo. (AP)

Africa has new Ebola outbreak

Robert King · May 12, 2017 4:33 pm

Forced and Unforced Errors

Chris Deaton · May 12, 2017 9:30 am

The narrative that has arisen - that any change to the current structure of healthcare will instantly "kill significant numbers of Americans" or leave children dying in hospitals - is simply dishonest. (Jonathan Bydlak)

Beltway Confidential

In the healthcare debate, facts matter more than personal stories like Jimmy Kimmel’s (or mine)

Jonathan Bydlak · May 11, 2017 11:00 pm

President Trump's draft budget would cut the renewable office from $762 million for fiscal 2017 to $160 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

The Trump administration is making life harder for Obamacare’s freeloaders

Sally Pipes · May 11, 2017 8:19 pm

The health insurance giant will be withdrawing from Delaware and Nebraska, leaving no state participation. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Aetna completely exits Obamacare exchanges, cites massive losses

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2017 9:29 pm

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Would Use Obamacare Waivers in GOP Health Bill

Chris Deaton · May 10, 2017 5:38 pm

Jimmy Kimmel is right that nobody plans for disasters like this to happen, and there should be laws to help people like his son get quality treatment. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Fixing Obamacare is not akin to wishing death upon those in need

Morgan Deane · May 9, 2017 7:42 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP warns HHS’ Tom Price over gag rule on employees

Susan Ferrechio · May 9, 2017 4:01 pm