Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018.

Justice Kavanaugh’s first test on abortion comes this week

Rachel N. Busick · October 12, 2018 4:00 am

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.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s how Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for all’ proposal would outlaw private healthcare plans

Philip Klein · October 11, 2018 8:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

New proposal to avert America’s debt crisis shows how politically impossible the problem actually is to solve

Philip Klein · October 11, 2018 4:26 pm

According to Donald Trump, it would be "inappropriate" for him to debate either Democratic candidate before the party has chosen its nominee. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trump: Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for all’ can’t work, ‘government can’t run everything’

Robert Donachie · October 11, 2018 2:17 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Washington Post fact-checks Trump’s healthcare op-ed with Bernie Sanders’ claims

Eddie Scarry · October 11, 2018 2:00 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.

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right: There’s no possible way we can afford ‘Medicare for all’

Sally Pipes · October 10, 2018 7:05 pm

President Trump signs something in the White House.

Trump signs bills banning pharmacy ‘gag clauses’

Kimberly Leonard · October 10, 2018 6:08 pm

The transaction would be valued at $66 billion.

Justice Department approves $69 billion CVS-Aetna merger

Robert King · October 10, 2018 3:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump embraces self-defeating Republican attack on ‘Medicare for all’

Philip Klein · October 10, 2018 10:42 am

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., left, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talk about their efforts to defend health insurance protections for people with pre-existing conditions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans will be haunted by their desperate defense of Obamacare’s pre-existing condition ban

Philip Klein · October 4, 2018 8:26 pm

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash, speaks during a news conference.

Beltway Confidential

Baffling: Medicare for All PAC launches in US while Canadians flee their country for healthcare

Sally Pipes · October 3, 2018 8:16 pm

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, walks to speak with reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2017.

Trump administration health chief defends Medicaid work rules in Arkansas

Robert King · October 2, 2018 2:50 pm