Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

States have been trapped in an expensive, one-size-fits-all Medicaid model for too long. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Beltway Confidential

GOP brings flexibility, choice and quality to Medicaid

Sally Pipes · February 24, 2017 3:19 pm

A federal judge blocked Texas' efforts to steer Medicaid funding away from Planned Parenthood, becoming the latest state's effort to fall short. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas judge blocks state from cutting Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · February 21, 2017 11:31 pm

Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator nominee for President Trump, doesn't support turning Medicare into a voucher program, a break from her would-be boss Tom Price. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

CMS pick doesn’t support Medicare vouchers

Robert King · February 16, 2017 6:11 pm

oto, Seema Verma, President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, refused to endorse giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

CMS pick won’t commit to Medicare drug price negotiations

Robert King · February 16, 2017 4:59 pm

Growth in using Medicare services will increase from recent historical lows as more baby boomers reach retirement age. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Healthcare spending to speed up

Robert King · February 15, 2017 9:00 pm

It isn't as cool or as famous as the Coke vs. Pepsi battle, but the battle lines have been drawn in the healthcare debate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Cruz, Sanders trade jabs over healthcare rationing

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:55 am

The research from the healthcare firm Avalere Health was released as the GOP-controlled Congress eyes overhauling Medicaid as part of a replacement to Obamacare. However, critics say that the move could shift more costs to the state. (iStock photo)

Study: GOP Medicaid plan could save more than $100 billion

Robert King · February 6, 2017 11:17 am

Medicaid advocates push back against block grants and the per-capita approach, noting that 56 percent of all federal contributions to states, not just for healthcare, are for Medicaid programs.

GOP could look to per-person funding for Medicaid reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

If we want to lower the cost of health insurance, we have to lower the cost of healthcare. (AP Photo/Noreen Nasir)

Beltway Confidential

Repealing Obamacare won’t endanger sick children

Hadley Heath Manning · February 2, 2017 10:53 pm

Payments would rise an average of 0.25 percent for plans in the private healthcare program. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Modest pay hike for Medicare Advantage plans

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 1, 2017 10:01 pm

Democrats argue the GOP actually wants to cut federal aid to low-income Americans. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

GOP focuses on overhauling Medicaid eligibility

Robert King · February 1, 2017 6:35 pm

Allowing the feds to negotiate drug prices under Part D likely would have a negative effect on the program. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

President Trump misunderstands what government drug price negotiations entail

Peter Pitts · February 1, 2017 5:04 am