Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, walks to speak with reporters outside the White House.

‘Christmas came early’: Medicaid administrator celebrates new work requirements

Kimberly Leonard · December 22, 2018 12:39 am

Protesters gather across the Chicago River from Trump Tower to rally against the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Chicago.

Democrats file to halt ruling striking down Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · December 18, 2018 2:30 am

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks during a news conference on Monday, March 6, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. Hutchinson said Monday that he wants to add a work requirement to Arkansas' hybrid Medicaid expansion and to lower its eligibility cap, which would add new restrictions to the program even as the future of the federal health overhaul remains unclear.

Nearly 17,000 lose Medicaid because of Arkansas work rule

Kimberly Leonard · December 17, 2018 5:57 pm

Medicare for All

Michael Ramirez · December 14, 2018 7:22 am

Medicare for Everybody Else

The Scrapbook · December 14, 2018 7:22 am

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, talks at a news conference at the State Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, September 12, 2018, about the state's work requirement for its expanded Medicaid program. Officials said more than 4,300 people on the program lost coverage for not meeting the new work requirement.

Arkansas alters Medicaid work requirement after more than 12,000 drop out

Kimberly Leonard · December 12, 2018 7:49 pm

Big Pharma’s likely defeat on ‘donut hole’ foreshadows treacherous 2019

Joe Williams · December 12, 2018 5:36 pm

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.

Conservatives should be wary of ‘Medicare for all’ distraction

Philip Klein · December 12, 2018 4:01 pm

Shorter Obamacare enrollment period: Sabotage or savior?

Kimberly Leonard · December 11, 2018 5:00 am

"It could be discussed," Trump said in the White House after a reporter shouted a question about doing away with the debt ceiling. "There are a lot of good reasons to do that." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Federal debt highlights gap between Trump’s rhetoric and reality

Philip Klein · December 7, 2018 2:58 pm

FILE- In this Aug. 5, 2010, file photo, a pharmacy tech poses for a picture with prescription medication at a pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. More than a dozen websites and apps are vying to help U.S. consumers find the lowest prices for prescription drugs by comparing prices and searching for deals, similar to the way Expedia looks for cheap airfare or Bankrate.com looks for low mortgage rates.

Trump has a new drug pricing chief

Kimberly Leonard · December 6, 2018 2:11 pm

Doctor in white robes shakes hands with a patient in his office.

Direct primary care can rein in America’s out-of-control healthcare costs

Lee S. Gross · December 6, 2018 12:00 am