Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Pharma makes a last-ditch lobbying effort to save $4 billion

Robert King · November 27, 2018 5:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Trump administration seeks to lower Medicare drug prices by giving insurers more power

Robert King · November 26, 2018 11:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

Medicaid work requirements are helping, and this state shows it

Sally Pipes · November 26, 2018 4:36 pm

Late last year, CVS Health announced a roughly $69 billion deal to buy another insurer, Aetna. Those companies plan to convert drugstores into health care hotspots that people can turn to for a variety of needs in between doctor visits.

CVS completing $69 billion Aetna merger after winning state approvals

Joe Williams · November 26, 2018 3:57 pm

Judge sets deadline for Maine Obamacare Medicaid expansion

Kimberly Leonard · November 21, 2018 7:24 pm

This Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018 photo shows HealthCare.gov website on a computer screen in New York.

Obamacare signups continue to fall behind last year’s pace

Kimberly Leonard · November 21, 2018 3:30 pm

From left to right: Reps. Richard Neal, Elijah Cummings, and Frank Pallone are pictured.

What top Democrats have in mind for healthcare

Robert King · November 21, 2018 5:00 am

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

Trump administration reapproves Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement

Kimberly Leonard · November 21, 2018 2:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., attends a campaign rally in support of Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Bethesda, Md. Jealous is running against incumbent Gov. Larry Hogan.

Beltway Confidential

Former Bernie Sanders adviser makes bizarre case that the debt crisis is a ‘hoax’

Philip Klein · November 20, 2018 3:02 pm

A volunteer carries a tray of dental instruments as patients receive medical attention at a Care Harbor LA free health clinic for the uninsured and underinsured at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013.

More than 12,000 dropped from Arkansas Medicaid after failing to meet work requirements

Kimberly Leonard · November 15, 2018 7:09 pm

Peter Strzok, the FBI agent facing criticism following a series of anti-Trump text messages, walks to gives a deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on June 27, 2018.

Maryland’s Cummings wants drugmaker CEOs to come before Congress

Robert King · November 14, 2018 2:15 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.

Pelosi faces conflict with her caucus over ‘Medicare for all’

Kimberly Leonard · November 10, 2018 5:00 am