Tag: Health

The GOP Senate's slim majority would allow only two defections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans embrace possible changes to healthcare bill

Susan Ferrechio · March 14, 2017 7:43 pm

Hoyer pointed to repeated examples over the past ten years in which Republicans have praised the non-partisan CBO. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steny Hoyer: GOP trying to ‘discredit’ CBO after health report

Al Weaver · March 14, 2017 6:04 pm

It was easier to campaign on "repeal and replace" than to actually find a way to do it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The CBO report shows why Obamacare repeal and replace is harder than it looks

Capri Cafaro · March 14, 2017 5:33 pm

U.S. air strikes in Syria have suddenly revived a debate in Congress about whether to take up a new measure to authorize the president to use military force. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Report: White House predicts even more coverage carnage on Obamacare repeal

Jeremy Lott · March 14, 2017 3:01 am

The Medicaid expansion is already facing massive budget overruns and crowding out resources for the needy. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Beltway Confidential

Four common-sense Medicaid solutions House Republicans should put in their Obamacare replacement

Josh Archambault · March 14, 2017 12:00 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is making an aggressive effort to convince conservatives that his current plan to overhaul the healthcare system is "what good conservative healthcare reform looks like." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

5 takeaways from CBO report on House Republicans’ Obamacare repeal and replacement

Philip Klein · March 13, 2017 10:08 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday praised the Congressional Budget Office's score of the GOP healthcare bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Paul Ryan: CBO score shows health bill lowers premiums, budget deficit

Al Weaver · March 13, 2017 8:55 pm

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards tweeted, "Planned Parenthood is proud to provide abortion — a necessary service that's as vital to our mission as birth control or cancer screenings." (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones / Pacific Press)

Trump calls Planned Parenthood’s bluff

Washington Examiner · March 13, 2017 5:03 am

"I think that he's very open to compromise, he's told me that," John Kasich said of President Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kasich ‘very confident’ Trump is flexible on healthcare bill

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2017 3:12 pm

HHS Secretary Tom Price says people will be able to select their preferred coverage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

HHS: ‘Nobody will be worse off financially’ with new bill

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2017 2:51 pm

With most Americans' minds on healthcare reform this week, the House of Representatives will take a first step toward fulfilling President Trump's campaign promises to veterans. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)

Veterans’ bill deserves bipartisan support

Washington Examiner · March 12, 2017 4:01 am

Trump chose Scott Gottlieb to lead the FDA. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Trump picks Scott Gottlieb to lead FDA

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2017 1:00 am