Tag: Health

Beltway Confidential

At the GOP convention? Look out for norovirus

Jason Russell · July 19, 2016 11:11 am

The Department of Veterans Affairs tried to shrink the VA Choice Program despite the program's 2 million vets. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

VA boasts 2 million vets on health program it wants to shrink

Diana Stancy Correll · July 15, 2016 5:20 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, said blocking the bill again, "months after saying it was so urgent," is tantamount to "tying the hands" of those working to prevent outbreaks of Zika. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP senator: Blame Dems if Zika spreads

Mariana Barillas · July 14, 2016 8:46 pm

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., describes how Obamacare is stealing $3.5 billion from citizens and giving it to insurance companies. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

This Obamacare program is stealing $3.5 billion from you and giving it to insurance companies

Rep. Mark Walker · July 14, 2016 7:34 pm

Senate Dems block Zika funding for the summer

Susan Ferrechio · July 14, 2016 7:03 pm

Check out Planned Parenthood’s Pokemon

Robert King · July 14, 2016 5:29 pm

Spending is growing faster than right before Obamacare started but slower than in the decade preceding it. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Healthcare spending rising faster than inflation

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 13, 2016 8:00 pm

The House Appropriations Committee voted 31-18 to not include an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have enabled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct gun violence research. (Bloomberg News/George Frey, File)

Republicans kill Dems’ gun research efforts

Robert King · July 13, 2016 4:34 pm

Poe, who represents Texas' 2nd Congressional District, says he will focus on his health during the upcoming Capitol Hill recess. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Texas congressman announces he has leukemia

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2016 2:25 pm

Demonstrators on both sides of the abortion issue stand in front of the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Supreme Court ruling puts politics above women’s health and safety

Rep Trent Franks · July 13, 2016 1:28 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will be unable to attend Tuesday's memorial services for the five officers slain last week in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Texas governor to miss Obama, Dallas memorial because of burns

Kelly Cohen · July 12, 2016 1:40 pm

Whether or not the platform as ratified includes a commitment to repeal the Hyde language, inclusion of such language in the final draft highlights the Democratic Party's steady shift toward abortion extremism. (AP Photo)

Clinton and the pro-abortion party

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2016 4:04 am