Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, pauses as he and other Democratic Senators hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform healthcare.

Voters happy with their healthcare, survey finds, highlighting risks of sweeping reform plans

Kimberly Leonard · May 15, 2019 2:03 pm

Healthcare

Beltway Confidential

Employer coverage is a barrier to free market healthcare, and a bulwark against socialism

Philip Klein · May 14, 2019 3:54 pm

Attendees hold signs while waiting for a health care bill news conference to begin on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Anti-abortion advocates come out against Medicare for All

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2019 1:00 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., addresses the Road to the Green New Deal Tour final event.

The Green New Deal is about power, not the planet

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2019 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

So-called ‘Medicare for all’ gets its 15 minutes of infamy

Sally Pipes · May 13, 2019 12:00 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee, in Washington, as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued new warnings about the danger of patients on medication for opioid addiction taking popular drugs such as Ambien and Xanax that also depress breathing and brain activity. "Careful management of the patient and coordination of care is recommended," rather than denying use of methadone or buprenorphine, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb wrote in a statement issued with the warning.

Former Trump FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns ‘Medicare for All’ would hold back medical progress

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2019 5:59 pm

2020 Democrats buy in to the public option

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2019 12:00 am

This photo taken Thursday, July 27, 2017, shows a man walks by an healthcare insurance office in Hialeah, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare insurers are profitable — and that’s bad news for liberals

Philip Klein · May 8, 2019 7:46 pm

In this June 15, 2018 photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. As Congress and the Trump administration aim to curb spiraling drug costs, outside groups like the Alliance for Patient Access are raising their voices as they seek to sway the outcome.

Trump administration will make drug companies post prices in commercials

Kimberly Leonard · May 8, 2019 1:14 pm

Demonstrators hold posters of Kamala Harris 2020 during the Women's March.

Feinstein breaks home-state endorsement rule to spurn Kamala Harris and back Biden: ‘I feel very loyal to him’

Emily Brooks · May 8, 2019 4:01 am

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at the Starbucks annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Seattle.

Oh, how they all hate Howard

Justin Danhof · May 5, 2019 4:00 am

Attendees hold signs while waiting for a health care bill news conference to begin on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

CBO spells danger for House-sponsored ‘Medicare for all’

Tiana Lowe Doescher · May 3, 2019 6:49 pm