Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

A solemn Rick Snyder held a press conference after the charges were announced, and told reporters he has not been asked for an interview by Attorney General Bill Schuette or other investigators. (AP Photo)

Michigan governor signs Medicaid work requirements into law

Kimberly Leonard · June 22, 2018 8:54 pm

This file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt.

Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance share responsibility for opioid crisis, study suggests

Kimberly Leonard · June 22, 2018 3:15 pm

Applications for disability benefits plummet, extending life expectancy of program

Brooke Conrad · June 20, 2018 9:59 pm

The law passed Congress with majority support from both parties in December 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lamar Alexander urges Trump administration to be more flexible on Obamacare for states

Kimberly Leonard · June 15, 2018 6:52 pm

State spending on Medicaid expected to significantly slow in short term

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2018 4:00 am

Bernie Sanders: Starbucks CEO ‘dead wrong’ on government-run healthcare

Kimberly Leonard · June 8, 2018 5:11 pm

Obama's proposal for solving the Social Security crisis would only make it worse, Senate Republicans said.

Red Alert Politics

Grim Medicare and Social Security report shows entitlement reform is urgent

Jackson Richman · June 8, 2018 4:01 am

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stand for a photograph outside of the White House ahead of the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Trump will become the 45th president of the United States today, in a celebration of American unity for a country that is anything but unified.

Republicans and Democrats are allies in the war against America’s youth

Philip Klein · June 7, 2018 9:35 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly as Lt. gov. Justin Fairfax, left, and House Speaker Kirk cox, R-Colonial Heights, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

Virginia governor signs Medicaid expansion into law

Kimberly Leonard · June 7, 2018 8:55 pm

The new Parkland Memorial Hospital building sits ready for business in Dallas, Texas.

Beltway Confidential

Healthcare reform everyone can support: Universal catastrophic coverage

Ed Dolan · June 7, 2018 6:43 pm

Editorial: Who Cares about Entitlements?

The Editors · June 7, 2018 10:01 am

Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., holds a press conference on a "Medicare for All" healthcare bill on Capitol Hill, September 13, 2017. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Medicare is running out of money. Democrats want to expand it

W. James Antle III · June 7, 2018 4:00 am