Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The off-election year ballots Tuesday include proposals that will affect Obamacare and drug prices, while other states have elections that could have a more indirect impact on healthcare policy. (iStock)

5 major healthcare measures on the ballot today

Kimberly Leonard · November 7, 2017 5:01 am

The House bill, passed on Friday, reauthorizes the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides insurance for low-income children, for five years and funds community health centers for two years. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

House passes child insurance bill, sends it to the Senate

Robert King · November 3, 2017 3:05 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said the GOP's plan to cut taxes isn't enough to return the government to fiscal stability. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mark Meadows: Entitlement reforms coming in 2018

Pete Kasperowicz · November 3, 2017 12:06 pm

Lawmakers say the Independent Payment Advisory Board takes away congressional authority over entitlement spending. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

House passes bill to nix Obamacare panel

Robert King · November 2, 2017 9:21 pm

Menendez in the Dock

Jay Cost · November 2, 2017 6:16 pm

House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have charged their Republican colleagues with attempting to chip away at Obamacare programs after past attempts at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act failed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House panel advances child insurance, Obamacare bills to full vote

Robert King · November 1, 2017 10:33 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the waiver would allow "thousands more" in the state receive access to treatment. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration announces opioid waivers for states

Kimberly Leonard · November 1, 2017 7:00 pm

A former score projected that 32 million more people would be uninsured in a decade. (iStock by Getty Images)

Republicans drop Medicare premium hikes in children’s health insurance bill

Robert King · October 31, 2017 3:49 pm

While it is forbidden under Obamacare from making a proposal that would "ration healthcare, raise premiums or Medicare premiums," Independent Payment Advisory Board can cut payments to doctors, hospitals, and other providers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Democrats joining bipartisan push to kill Obamacare’s rationing board

Elizabeth Wright · October 28, 2017 4:01 am

FILE - This June 14, 2011 photo, shows various prescription drugs on the automated pharmacy assembly line at Medco Health Solutions, in Willingboro, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The siren song of disastrous price controls on prescription drugs is playing again

Larry Hart · October 27, 2017 10:37 pm

Menendez in the Dock

Jay Cost · October 27, 2017 5:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that more needs to be done to fight the U.S. opioid epidemic than just an emergency declaration from the White House. She asked to see a serious request for funding to fight the crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats say Trump must back up opioid declaration with money

Robert King · October 26, 2017 8:22 pm