Tag: Health

Maryland is not a right-to-work state, meaning union membership or dues can be a condition of employment. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Union makes nurse’s dream job a nightmare

Emily Leayman · March 8, 2017 2:00 pm

How come some Republicans are still carrying water for former Speaker Nancy Pelosi? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Doing Nancy’s bidding?

Eric Peters · March 8, 2017 10:00 am

Republicans are facing deep political potholes as they move down the road of repealing and replacing Obamacare. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

The road to Obamacare replacement is getting rockier

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 8, 2017 5:07 am

The Palmer-Schweikert amendment would set aside $15 billion for states to reimburse health insurance for covering sicker patients. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Freedom Caucus: House doesn’t have votes for health plan

Robert King · March 8, 2017 3:09 am

Paying states to increase regulations is an odd GOP policy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

House Republican plan only the first step toward repealing and replacing Obamacare

Sally Pipes · March 8, 2017 12:23 am

Like a cheap date, the White House has taken a shine to leadership and left behind the Freedom Caucus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mike Pence vs. the House Freedom Caucus?

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2017 12:17 am

In a Tuesday afternoon interview, Rep. Thomas Massie said, "I'm just not yet buying that this is Trump's plan." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Thomas Massie says House leadership, not Trump, owns health bill

Emily Jashinsky · March 7, 2017 10:00 pm

Vice President Mike Pence said voting against the final bill would be a vote to maintain Obamacare. (Anthony Wahl/The Janesville Gazette via AP)

Mike Pence promises healthcare tweaks to win over House conservatives

Susan Ferrechio · March 7, 2017 9:52 pm

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the White House press briefing, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Spicer on Obamacare bill: ‘We’re not jamming this down anybody’s throat’

Sarah Bedford · March 7, 2017 7:52 pm

Conservatives like Jordan complain that the Ex-Im Bank is a crony capitalist bastion. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Beltway Confidential

Freedom Caucus balks at Republican leadership’s Obamacare replacement

Philip Wegmann · March 7, 2017 3:41 am

Supporters of single-payer use the expression "Medicare for all" to advocate for single-payer, and more tepid Democrats might support "Medicare for more" or lowering the eligibility age as another step in expanding government-provided health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Beltway Confidential

Repeal Obamacare now or brace for single-payer healthcare

Hadley Heath Manning · March 6, 2017 8:39 pm

The House hopes to send a healthcare bill to the Senate in the coming weeks, but internal disagreement over major elements of the plan, including how to structure tax credits for insurance purchases and the fate of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion, could slow things down. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: GOP unveils its ‘secret’ healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio · March 5, 2017 5:01 am