Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

White House Watch: The Dream Will Never Die

Michael Warren · February 14, 2018 11:17 am

Documents from a whistleblower suggest the Department of Health and Human Service received input from a conservative group a week before announcing new guidance on Planned Parenthood funding. (iStock)

Democrats slam Trump administration for conservative group input on Planned Parenthood defunding

Kimberly Leonard · February 14, 2018 12:37 am

This 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. On Tuesday, West Virginia became the first state to get a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which affects newborns whose exposure to opioids is cut off at birth, through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

Robert King · February 13, 2018 11:31 pm

A New York Times piece showed that statin use by Medicare beneficiaries dropped from 58.9 percent at 6 months down to 41.6 percent at 2 years. Lower cost of medication was identified as one way to alleviate this problem. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Too many people don’t follow their prescriptions, but one change could fix it

Kenneth Braunstein · February 13, 2018 5:01 pm

According to a speech in which CMS Administrator Seema Verma previewed the scorecard, the documentation would use data from states to track whether positive health outcomes had resulted from the policies, and will be available to the public. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump administration drafting ‘scorecard’ for Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 2:44 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has maintained the Republican Party is committed to bringing down the national debt, but timing is everything. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Cornyn: GOP hasn’t given up on reducing deficits and debt

Al Weaver · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Scott Whitaker is the president and CEO of AdvaMed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Scott Whitaker: Medical device industry wants to end payment logjams

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The White House budget proposal unveiled Monday offers several measures to help lower drug prices. However, none of the proposals directly address the problem of expensive, specialty drugs, experts say. (iStock)

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

Robert King · February 13, 2018 1:07 am

Sen. Bill Cassidy said that groundswell could start as states begin to shoulder more of the financial burden of Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. (Zach Gibson/ Bloomberg)

Bill Cassidy says it’s unlikely Republicans will take another stab at Obamacare alone

Robert King · February 12, 2018 10:47 pm

As a member of Congress, Mick Mulvaney was a deficit hawk. As director of the Office of Management and Budget, he has been unable this year to piece together a budget request that balances. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney defends his nonbalancing budget

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2018 10:26 pm

At a time of rising drug prices (and drug company profits) and a projected increase in the number of uninsured Americans, Medicare cuts are the wrong way to go. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Trump administration drug pricing policy hurts the most vulnerable

David Ramsey · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am