Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

In this photo from Feb. 24, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks in Washington, D.C. So far, Azar and the Trump administration want to leverage greater competition in the pharmaceutical market to entice lower prices. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump’s drug-price crackdown misses the mark, experts say

Robert King · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

The federal lawsuit filed Friday against the Trump administration focuses on the work of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

HHS sued over Seema Verma conflict of interest concerns

Robert King · March 9, 2018 6:14 pm

President Trump is expected to announce a 25 percent tariff on steel and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum this week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans will let tariffs ruin the economy, because they are afraid of angering Trump

Philip Wegmann · March 8, 2018 6:46 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that he wants to offer new affordable and flexible healthcare plans "consistent with the law." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar: Obamacare holding back change in healthcare

Robert King · March 8, 2018 2:38 pm

To avoid the regular recurrence of government shutdowns, and to make fiscal profligacy at least somewhat easier to ward off, Reps. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., and Paul Mitchell, R-Mich., on Thursday will introduce a bill to reform Congress' budget process. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

How to end government shutdowns (or at least make them much less likely)

Quin Hillyer · March 8, 2018 2:18 am

Supporters of two Obamacare stabilization bills are looking into adding protections that prevent the money from funding abortions into a must-pass, two-year spending bill Congress is expected to take up this month. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., said, "Hyde language needs to be in whatever we do." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

House Republicans seek anti-abortion protections in Obamacare stabilization bills

Robert King · March 8, 2018 12:27 am

Rep. Keith Ellison, center, D-Minn., is now the lead sponsor of the Expanded and Improved Medicare For All Act after receiving unanimous consent on Wednesday. The bill would would move everyone in the country from private healthcare coverage and Medicaid onto Medicare.

Keith Ellison becomes lead House Democrat on ‘Medicare for All’ bill

Kimberly Leonard · March 7, 2018 7:37 pm

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced a new tool as part of the initiative, which is called MyHealthEData, during a speech at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Las Vegas. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Trump administration outlines new moves to boost access to electronic health records

Robert King · March 6, 2018 8:17 pm

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., voiced concerns about the Medicare for All Act, would move all people onto Medicare, even if they have private healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tim Kaine: ‘I’ve got some concerns’ about single-payer healthcare

Kimberly Leonard · March 5, 2018 9:26 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., chairman of the House Health Subcommittee, said the opioid epidemic is "completely overwhelming us." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Peter Roskam: ‘Big plan’ on opioids is a ‘pipe dream’

Kimberly Leonard · March 5, 2018 8:52 pm

Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks at a news conference Monday, March 5, 2018, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., with Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma on Monday approved a state plan to require that thousands of people on its Medicaid expansion seek ways to work or volunteer. Traditional Medicaid recipients are not affected. Arkansas is the third state to win permission, following Kentucky and Indiana. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

Trump administration approves Arkansas Medicaid work requirements

Kimberly Leonard · March 5, 2018 6:17 pm