Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Even Harry Reid knows ‘Medicare for all’ is a disaster

Sally Pipes · August 29, 2019 6:01 pm

Sen. Mike Lee: The growing challenge of aging alone

Sen. Mike Lee · August 29, 2019 4:00 am

Gary Sanchez, of Honduras, right, watches as his wife, Mariela comforts their son, Jonathan, 16, during a news conference, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, in Boston. The Sanchez family came to the United States seeking treatment for Jonathan's cystic fibrosis. Doctors and immigrant advocates say federal immigration authorities are unfairly ordering foreign born children granted deferred action for medical treatment to return to their countries.

ICE now to decide on suspending deportations of seriously ill immigrants

Anna Giaritelli · August 27, 2019 5:24 pm

Biden keeps up attacks against ‘Medicare for all’

Kimberly Leonard · August 23, 2019 10:20 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks as he kicks off his 2020 presidential campaign at Navy Pier in Chicago, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Over the next several weeks, Sanders will travel to Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, and California. He will then return to Burlington, Vt., for the official launch of his campaign.

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders wants to nationalize at least 30% of the American economy

Tiana Lowe Doescher · August 23, 2019 5:59 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., prepares remarks in a television studio prior to a televised debate, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Phoenix.

‘Medicare for all’ plan politically poisonous to key Senate Democrat races

Kerry Picket · August 22, 2019 4:01 am

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a community event, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Prole, Iowa.

Biden courts unions by attacking ‘Medicare for all’

Joseph Simonson · August 21, 2019 7:31 pm

The young have a higher poverty rate than the elderly who benefit from Social Security. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Payroll tax cut would destroy Social Security and Medicare

Quin Hillyer · August 20, 2019 6:45 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders snaps at Kamala Harris over ‘Medicare for All’ flip-flop

Naomi Lim · August 19, 2019 9:44 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Iowa State Fair, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Kamala Harris uncomfortable with healthcare plan she co-sponsored

John Gage · August 19, 2019 4:27 pm

In this May 7, 2015, file photo, people look at the Statue of Liberty from a ferry boat in Jersey City, N.J.

Beltway Confidential

The Statue of Liberty, the ‘Mending Wall,’ and the politicization of poetry

Madeline Fry Schultz · August 13, 2019 7:05 pm

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The CBO sounds another spending alarm

Tiana Lowe Doescher · August 13, 2019 11:00 am