Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney has said the growth of Medicaid, which is funded by the government, is "unsustainable" and the Trump administration is committed to addressing it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump administration weighs in on Medicaid expansion in Virginia, stirring confusion

Kimberly Leonard · March 1, 2018 11:34 pm

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that ongoing efforts are needed to collect potentially dangerous opioids that are sitting in people's medicine cabinets. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

HHS Secretary Alex Azar invites more states to seek Medicaid waivers to fight opioids

Kimberly Leonard · March 1, 2018 7:14 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm

"I am very proud of Levi's commitment to public service and his years of work on behalf of low income and working people," the Vermont senator said, but added, "Levi will be running his own campaign, in his own way, with his own ideas. The decision as to who to vote for will be determined by the people of New Hampshire's first district, and nobody else." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File )

Bernie Sanders is ‘very proud’ of son’s run for Congress, but doesn’t offer an endorsement

Tristan Justice · February 27, 2018 6:48 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, (pictured center) is cosponsoring a bill with Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and more than a dozen other senators from both parties. The bill would improve the nation's background check system used for scrutinizing most firearms purchases. However, House Republicans are likely to oppose it unless they can add language allowing concealed carry permit holders to legally bring their weapons to other states. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Trump and Congress move on guns after Florida

Susan Ferrechio · February 27, 2018 5:01 am

Ralph Northam, who became governor of Virginia in January, ran his campaign on the promise to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam open to ‘carrot approach rather than a stick approach’ on Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · February 24, 2018 12:06 am

The Department of Health and Human Services announced on Friday the application process for grants administered through the Title X family planning program. The acting deputy assistant secretary for population affairs said that womenÃ¢â¬â¢s health and abortion provider Planned Parenthood is welcome to apply for the funding if it meets the criteria. (iStock Photo)

HHS announces long-delayed family planning grants

Robert King · February 23, 2018 9:43 pm

Condoleezza Rice said she doesn't want guns present in her classroom and called it a "sad thing" that a discussion is being held about needing guards to protect schools in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Condoleezza Rice: ‘I don’t really like the idea of a gun in my classroom’

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 7:56 pm

Gov. John Hickenlooper said there are a "lot of people very frustrated when they think that people are freeloading on the system." (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado’s Democratic governor open to Medicaid work rules

Robert King · February 23, 2018 6:28 pm

"Every church that I know of has that same kind of policy," Rep. Jim Jordan said. "There are parishioners each Sunday who've had the training — maybe they're retired law enforcement, retired military ... they have a policy in place." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Freedom Caucus leaders support arming teachers, oppose Trump’s other gun ideas

Al Weaver · February 23, 2018 5:50 pm

On average, premiums have doubled for Americans who can, or once could, afford to buy health insurance on their own. (iStock)

Healthcare price-fixing and overregulation are a big brake on prosperity and economic growth

Dan Jones · February 23, 2018 5:01 am

The progressive think tank Center for American Progress released a plan that would make Medicare available to everyone but also seeks to preserve employer coverage. (iStock photo)

Progressive think tank touts new ‘Medicare Extra for All’ plan

Robert King · February 22, 2018 4:04 pm