Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar looks on as President Trump speaks during an event about prescription drug prices in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 11, 2018, in Washington.

Trump administration moves to give Medicare drug plans more control over their offerings

Robert King · August 29, 2018 10:13 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders and Milton Friedman agree on healthcare costs

Tim Worstall · August 28, 2018 6:39 pm

Does size matter in healthcare?

Ross Marchand · August 28, 2018 4:00 am

People casts their ballots in a building.

Nebraska latest state to add ballot question on Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Robert King · August 24, 2018 7:44 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

Beltway Confidential

Take that poll showing overwhelming support for ‘Medicare for All’ with a grain of salt

Philip Klein · August 24, 2018 2:47 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

Big majorities, including Republicans, support ‘Medicare for all’ policy: Poll

Diana Stancy Correll · August 23, 2018 8:40 pm

President Trump has discussed Gov. Paul LePage with White House advisers and said he plans to call LePage about the race and that he would offer his endorsement if LePage opted to run. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Top court rules Maine has to start implementing Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Robert King · August 23, 2018 5:52 pm

In this June 14, 2011 photo, the blood thinner medication Plavix is displayed at Medco Health Solutions Inc., in Willingboro, N.J. The cost of prescription medicines used by millions of people every day is about to plummet.The next 15 months will bring generic versions of seven of the world's 20 best-selling drugs, including the top two: cholesterol fighter Lipitor and blood thinner Plavix.

Medicare could have saved nearly $1 billion by using generics, study finds

Robert King · August 21, 2018 9:51 pm

Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier listens as President Trump speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical industry leaders. "You folks have done a tremendous job, but we have to get prices down," Trump said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pharma industry sales climb despite Trump’s pressure on prices

Joe Williams · August 21, 2018 6:15 pm

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, gestures as he speaks for Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum during a campaign stop for Gillum Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Tampa, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

On ‘Medicare for all,’ Bernie Sanders nukes reality

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2018 9:22 pm

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. A federal judge says Kentucky can't require poor people to get a job to keep their Medicaid benefits, chastising President Trump's administration for rubber-stamping the new rules without considering how many people would lose their health coverage.

Kentucky judge tosses governor’s lawsuit over Medicaid work requirements

Robert King · August 20, 2018 5:25 pm

Insurers, businesses and unions join to try to stop opioid bill in Senate

Robert King · August 20, 2018 3:53 pm