Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall speaks during a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee on the "Budget and Economic Outlook for FY2019-2029," on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

This Congressional Budget Office chart on the unsustainable federal debt should scare every American

Philip Klein · June 25, 2019 4:20 pm

A young caucasian person, seen from behind, holding a transgender pride flag over his head against the blue sky.

Vermont Medicaid will now cover gender reassignment surgeries for people under 21

Ellie Bufkin · June 21, 2019 9:36 pm

Repealing Obamacare could severely damage local hospitals in rural communities. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Medicare for All would shutter rural hospitals

Washington Examiner · June 21, 2019 7:57 pm

Two women wait in an exam room at Nuestra Clinica Del Valle, in San Juan, Texas.

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid expansion is a failure: Lots of spending, little benefit

Sally Pipes · June 21, 2019 4:05 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

Beltway Confidential

‘Medicare for all’ branding could be backfiring on liberals

Philip Klein · June 18, 2019 8:20 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, pauses as he and other Democratic Senators hold a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform healthcare.

Nearly 3/4 of Democrats don’t know what ‘Medicare for all’ is

Tim Pearce · June 17, 2019 10:11 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

Mitch McConnell says he and Nancy Pelosi agree: ‘I am indeed the grim reaper’

Tim Pearce · June 14, 2019 5:11 pm

Ryan Ciccozzi (pictured seated, center) is taken to surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Healthcare freedom or free everything?

Rep. Daniel Webster · June 13, 2019 4:00 am

Two people hold signs supporting "Medicare for All" in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

AMA says ‘No’ to ‘Medicare for All’ while endorsing policies that would make it inevitable

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 11, 2019 11:18 pm

In this March 21, 2013, file photo, a homeless woman has a bite to eat in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. Reducing poverty has emerged as the key theme in California after state lawmakers moved closer to raising the minimum wage, expanding healthcare to immigrants, and allowing child care providers to unionize.

What’s the matter with California?

Washington Examiner · June 11, 2019 4:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks.

Beltway Confidential

Kamala Harris campaign should either be honest about private insurance or admit she isn’t for ‘Medicare for all’

Philip Klein · June 10, 2019 7:53 pm

Oralia Sandoval, center, holds her son Benjamin, 6, as she participates in an Immigrants Day of Action rally, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed offering government-funded health care benefits to immigrant adults ages 19 to 25 who are living in the country illegally. State Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, has proposed a bill to expand that further to include seniors age 65 and older.

Proposals call for undocumented immigrants to get full access to healthcare in California

Grayce McCormick · June 10, 2019 4:30 pm