Tag: Health

The Trump administration, thankfully, is poised to grant some relief through executive action later this week. The president's action should give health insurance customers at least a few ways outta the Obamacare confusion by allowing them sometimes to buy insurance across state lines, by expanding health savings accounts, and by quadrupling the upper limit on short-term health insurance plans from three months to nearly a year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The answer to Obamacare ain’t blowin’ in the wind

Washington Examiner · October 11, 2017 4:01 am

Obamacare's contraceptive mandate forced businesses, churches, and other non-profit organizations to provide contraception for their female employees, though it meant violating their religious beliefs.

Beltway Confidential

Non-sensical birth control mandate never should have existed

Nicole Russell · October 9, 2017 6:42 pm

Packages riding on a belt are scanned at the Amazon Fulfillment center in Robbinsville Township, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. It's rumored that Amazon has plans to move into the prescription drug market. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

Amazon’s prescription drug plans could overwhelm Warren Buffet’s moat

Tim Worstall · October 9, 2017 2:20 pm

The healthcare system is built for middlemen, not patients and providers. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare empowers middlemen, not patients

Jennifer Minjarez · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Sense and License

Steven Rhoads · October 6, 2017 8:00 am

Focusing on competition won't solve every disagreement, but it will move the debate in the right direction. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul is dead. But it’ll be back.

Paul Howard · October 5, 2017 4:58 pm

There's broad support for abolishing IPAB on both sides of the aisle. Reps. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., and Paul Ruiz, D-Calif., and Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., have put forward bills repealing the program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare might not be dead, but IPAB should be

Sally Pipes · October 5, 2017 4:52 pm

Democrats objected to Republican ideas for funding CHIP, especially charging high-income seniors higher Medicare premiums and using the Obamacare funding. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Funding roils talks on bipartisan children’s insurance program

Robert King · October 4, 2017 6:25 pm

The House is expected to pass on legislation that would penalize people who perform abortions late in a pregnancy. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

White House backs 20-week abortion ban

Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2017 11:04 pm

"This terrible tragedy is another reminder that we still need to address the role of gun violence in our country," Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. "Individuals everywhere deserve laws that protect them from random acts of violence like this one." (Image courtesy screenshot)

Medical groups call for gun control following Las Vegas shooting

Kimberly Leonard · October 2, 2017 7:37 pm

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo urged residents to donate blood. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Donors line up to give blood in Las Vegas after mass shooting

Caitlin Yilek · October 2, 2017 3:55 pm

House Republican Whip Steve Scalise returned to the House to hugs and a roaring bipartisan standing ovation, more than three months after a baseball practice shooting left him fighting for his life.( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Paul Ryan and Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s emotional reunion: Watch

Melissa Quinn · September 29, 2017 12:45 pm