Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

This shows an emergency room entrance at a hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif.

Medicaid spending to hit $1 trillion within a decade: Study

Kimberly Leonard · September 21, 2018 5:42 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Beltway Confidential

Despite Obamacare, healthcare spending is spiraling out of control

Sally Pipes · September 21, 2018 4:59 pm

Drug makers avoided a far-reaching set of proposals clamping down on the industry from Hillary Clinton.

Pharma lobby mounts last-ditch effort to fix prescription ‘doughnut hole’

Robert King, Joe Williams · September 20, 2018 6:30 pm

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, speaks to reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democrats seek to subpoena documents on Medicaid work rules

Robert King · September 20, 2018 4:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Washington.

Single payer ‘can’t be afforded,’ says Trump

Kimberly Leonard · September 19, 2018 7:45 pm

Pharmaceuticals are pictured.

Generics would hit the market faster under Senate bill, saving more than $3B, says CBO

Kimberly Leonard · September 19, 2018 7:28 pm

"We're going to fight back against the extremes in both parties Ã¢â¬" the Steve Bannons and the Elizabeth Warrens of the world, who do not represent the best interests of this country," Thomas Donohue said in his annual "state of business" address. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chamber of Commerce chief prefers export controls to Trump’s China tariffs

Joe Williams · September 19, 2018 3:18 pm

Nonprofit takes on drugmakers’ lobbying on Medicare drug discount

Robert King · September 19, 2018 3:16 pm

America's Health Insurance Plans said the proposal "cannot work." (iStock photo)

Stop maligning Medicaid

Washington Examiner · September 19, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference.

Bipartisan senators angle for more treatment beds in opioid legislation

Kimberly Leonard · September 18, 2018 6:06 pm

Needed or outdated? Trump officials and Congress eye healthcare fraud and abuse rules

Kimberly Leonard · September 18, 2018 12:00 am

Senate advances bill to end pharmacy ‘gag clauses’

Robert King · September 17, 2018 10:25 pm