Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

People in Ohio, including some residents of Steubenville, voted against a ballot initiative that would require the state to pay no more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs does. However, the man behind the ballot, Michael Weinstein, hopes to get it on several states' ballots ahead of next year's mid-term elections. (Jmiller wiki / Wikimedia Commons)

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The Drug Price Relief Act, defeated soundly in Ohio last week, is coming to a state near you in 2018

Salena Zito · November 15, 2017 10:45 pm

A group of former Obama administration officials created a new Obamacare enrollment group they say will counteract the Trump administration's cutbacks in outreach. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

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The individual mandate belongs in the trash heap

Hadley Heath Manning · November 15, 2017 5:11 pm

The government says more than 600,000 people signed up for Affordable Care Act coverage in the first week of open enrollment season, and nearly 8 in 10 of those were current customers renewing their coverage. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Nearly 1.5 million people signed up for Obamacare in first 12 days

Kimberly Leonard · November 15, 2017 3:22 pm

Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., brokered a bipartisan deal that would fund Obamacare insurer payments for two years in exchange for more flexibility for states to waive the law's regulations. But Senate Republicans crafting tax reform legislation have put that deal in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats mum on abandoning Alexander-Murray if GOP guts Obamacare individual mandate

Kimberly Leonard · November 15, 2017 1:08 am

CBO: Republican tax bill would result in cuts to Medicare, other programs

Joseph Lawler · November 14, 2017 3:18 pm

President Trump on Monday picked Alex Azar to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, drawing immediate scrutiny from Democrats who pointed out his tenure at the helm of drug maker Eli Lilly's U.S. division. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats plan to use HHS pick Alex Azar to push Trump on high drug prices

Robert King · November 14, 2017 5:01 am

The majority of signups came from returning customers. (AP)

More than 600,000 sign up for Obamacare in first four days

Kimberly Leonard · November 9, 2017 4:09 pm

"I think it's significant that healthcare was such a prominent issue," the Maine Republican told reporters, pointing to how residents in her state voted to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Susan Collins points to elections as evidence of need to fix Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · November 8, 2017 7:36 pm

Democrat Chris Hurst defeated Republican Joseph Yost to win House of Delegates District 12 on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Blacksburg, Va. Hurst celebrates with a packed room of supporters at The Hyatt Place in Blacksburg. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)

Chris Hurst, former TV anchor whose girlfriend was shot on-air, wins Virginia delegate seat

Kara Zupkus · November 8, 2017 5:46 pm

Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, said that the expansion will need to be paid for first. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine Gov. Paul LePage to hold up Obamacare Medicaid expansion after voters OK it

Kimberly Leonard · November 8, 2017 3:52 pm

Supporters of Medicaid expansion celebrate their victory, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Portland, Maine. Maine voters say they want to join 31 other states in expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the signature health bill of former President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Maine voters choose to expand Medicaid

Robert King · November 8, 2017 3:19 am

Ohio is expected to defeat a measure that would have required state health agencies to buy prescription drugs at prices that aren't any higher than those paid by Veterans Affairs, which negotiates steep discounts with drug companies. (iStock)

Ohio voters projected to defeat drug price ballot measure

Robert King · November 8, 2017 1:54 am