Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by other democratic Senators and supporters, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

White House compares top Democrats and the media to Marx, Lenin, and Mao

Caitlin Yilek · October 23, 2018 3:56 pm

The next big test for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Kimberly Leonard · October 23, 2018 4:01 am

A shopper walks toward the pharmacy at a Little Rock, Ark., Wal-Mart store.

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid expansion on your ballot? There’s no reason to vote yes

Charles Katebi · October 20, 2018 4:00 am

Sara Hayden poses for a photo with some of her rheumatoid arthritis medications at home in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

Arthritis patients could see higher drug prices under Trump plan: Study

Robert King · October 18, 2018 5:59 pm

Beltway Confidential

Larry Kudlow: ‘We’ll continue to go after Obamacare’ but won’t touch big entitlements

Philip Klein · October 18, 2018 3:27 pm

"Believing that community engagement requirements do not support or promote the objectives of Medicaid is a tragic example of the soft bigotry of low expectations consistently espoused by the prior administration. Those days are over," said Seema Verma. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Seema Verma takes swipe at ‘Medicare for all’ by tying it to Obamacare’s problems

Kimberly Leonard · October 16, 2018 2:17 pm

Trump triggers fight over drugs with proposal to require price disclosures in ads

Robert King · October 16, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 5, 2018 file photo, gubernatorial candidate Mary Mayhew speaks at the Republican Convention in Augusta, Maine. Mainers go to the ballot box, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, to rank candidates for the first time. It's the biggest test yet of ranked-choice voting.

Maine official responsible for work requirements for food stamps joins Trump health team

Kimberly Leonard · October 15, 2018 6:44 pm

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a news conference on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson said Monday that he wants to add a work requirement to Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal health overhaul remains unclear.

Failing to meet work requirement, 4,000 more Arkansans dropped from Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · October 15, 2018 5:41 pm

President Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena.

Beltway Confidential

The World Bank (basically) tells Trump he’s right about ‘Medicare for All’

Tim Worstall · October 13, 2018 4:00 am

A doctor checks a patient.

Patient Medicare costs to rise slightly in 2019

Kimberly Leonard · October 12, 2018 5:56 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

Beltway Confidential

The lie at the heart of Bernie Sanders’ case for ‘Medicare for all’

Philip Klein · October 12, 2018 5:29 pm