Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced on Tuesday that Alex Azar (pictured above), President Trump's nominee to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be part of a hearing next week.

HHS to expand negotiating power for Medicare

Robert King · August 7, 2018 8:59 pm

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks to reporters about issuing subpoenas as part of his investigation of people in President Donald Trump's administration who were granted security clearances despite "disqualifying issues" in their backgrounds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Top oversight Democrat presses Trump administration on Obamacare online content deletions

Robert King · August 7, 2018 3:10 pm

Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada is the latest centrist Republican to say he supports a seven-year phaseout.

Dean Heller says GOP made ‘big mistake’ by tackling Obamacare first

Al Weaver · August 7, 2018 4:00 am

Correcting an injustice: HHS moves to stop unions from skimming from Medicaid

Chantal Lovell, Vincent Vernuccio · August 7, 2018 12:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid work requirements are common sense

Sally Pipes · August 2, 2018 1:30 pm

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., speaks at the dedication for Gateway Arch National Park Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in St. Louis. The $380 million renovation to the park surrounding the Gateway Arch is the first major renovation since the monument opened in 1965 and one Missouri political leaders see as a template for the future of the national park system.

Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices could save nearly $3 billion: Democratic report

Robert King · August 1, 2018 3:03 pm

Supporters line up to get into a news conference to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform healthcare.

Socialism would take the culture war to 11

Timothy P. Carney · August 1, 2018 12:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally for Omaha Democratic mayoral candidate Heath Mello, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Omaha, Neb.

Bernie Sanders thanks Koch brothers for ‘accidentally’ making case for ‘Medicare for all’

Brooke Conrad · July 31, 2018 9:18 pm

Behind the Debate Over ‘Medicare for All’

Chris Deaton · July 31, 2018 6:55 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by other democratic Senators and supporters, 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.

Democrats become socialists, so let’s look at the costs

Washington Examiner · July 31, 2018 4:30 pm

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

Bernie Sanders says Koch-funded study makes case for ‘Medicare for all’

Robert King · July 31, 2018 3:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

Rick Scott slams Bill Nelson for not paying into failing social safety net

Philip Wegmann · July 30, 2018 10:27 pm