Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The HHS inspector general's office found that the government overpaid about $1.27 billion for the allergy antidote under the Medicaid rebate program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Grassley: Mylan fleeced taxpayers $1.27 billion for EpiPen

Robert King · May 31, 2017 7:38 pm

Seema Verma said she believed there should be a mechanism for people in poverty can pay for coverage, but suggested it occur through the private market. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

CMS chief hints at changes to Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · May 30, 2017 3:01 pm

President Trump Should Be Happy That His Budget is DOA

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 27, 2017 1:30 pm

In its current form, Medicaid is costly for taxpayers. The federal government contributes $1.33 for every state dollar spent on Medicaid, on average. It's also failing patients who depend on it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

If Trump’s promises can be overridden, reform entitlements

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2017 4:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, center, speaks during a news conference on the American Health Care Act in Washington on March 7. Some on the Left are distorting the less-than-reliable Congressional Budget Office's projection that 23 million fewer people will be insured under the American Health Care Act than if Obamacare were left alone. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Congress, be bold on Obamacare. It’s what you’re there for.

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2017 4:01 am

Lately, Ryan has been striking an optimistic tone on the potential for tax reform in the coming months despite strife that has plagued healthcare in past months since the House passed the American Health Care Act. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hospitals urge Senate not to cut Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · May 25, 2017 9:54 pm

The recommendations from America's Health Insurance Plans had been requested by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. (AP Photo, File/Cliff Owen)

Insurers send wish list to Senate

Kimberly Leonard · May 25, 2017 3:27 pm

Trump's budget blueprint would refocus Medicaid's resources towards truly needy patients by capping federal reimbursements and offering states greater flexibility to streamline and modernize the program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid is costly for taxpayers, downright disastrous for patients — Trump’s budget would change that

Charlie Katebi · May 24, 2017 8:59 pm

The report's release comes as senators debate how to craft their own healthcare bill, and GOP members have said they will view it as a guide to inform their ideas. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

CBO: 23 million uninsured but $119 billion deficit with revised healthcare bill

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · May 24, 2017 8:37 pm

Dissatisfaction with American leadership is up since President Trump's election, but economic worries are down. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s budget requires and should produce optimism

Washington Examiner · May 24, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has suggested that all of the House Republicans' ideas for eliminating tax breaks to achieve lower tax rates enjoy little or no Senate support. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators plan Medicaid’s future

Robert King · May 24, 2017 4:01 am

"At some point we will have to make decisions and then we will have to put something out there and eventually vote," said Sen. John Thune. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Time may be running out on Senate Obamacare talks

Robert King · May 23, 2017 8:43 pm