Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

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)

Seema Verma becomes the latest Trump official to criticize ‘Medicare for all’

Robert King · October 2, 2018 2:13 pm

Trump administration overhauls Medicare website to help with plan comparisons

Kimberly Leonard · October 1, 2018 5:28 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Democrats to push for more opioid funding if they take the House

Robert King · September 29, 2018 4:00 am

"I personally am not aware of other states who have been talking about that, and I certainly have not had any interactions with Idaho myself," Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, said of the state's proposal to flout rules in Obamacare. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alex Azar bashes ‘Medicare for all’

Robert King · September 27, 2018 5:50 pm

"Our ability to withstand these losses is dependent on our achieving anticipated synergies in the Humana acquisition," Aetna's Mark Bertolini wrote. (AP Photo)

With CVS merger under review, Aetna sells Medicare prescription unit

Joe Williams · September 27, 2018 4:30 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill during a meeting on July 11, 2018.

Supreme Court to take up Medicare payments case previously decided by Brett Kavanaugh

Kimberly Leonard · September 27, 2018 2:32 pm

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaks to reporters Thursday, March 29, 2018, during a visit to the Center for Medical Interoperability in Nashville. Verma has declined to say whether imposing work requirements on certain beneficiaries is better suited for states that expanded Medicaid than those that didn't, saying her agency is assessing state proposals case-by-case.

Trump administration to approve state requests for Medicaid work requirements

Kimberly Leonard · September 27, 2018 12:20 pm

Insurers, drug price advocacy groups pressure Congress to keep Medicare discounts

Robert King · September 26, 2018 12:23 am

Pharmaceutical lobby fails again to advance ‘doughnut hole’ fix: Sources

Robert King, Joe Williams · September 25, 2018 8:50 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters as he walks on Capitol Hill, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in Washington.

Patty Murray expects final opioid bill by Tuesday

Robert King · September 25, 2018 1:08 am

The Entitlement Crisis Is Looming

James C. Capretta, Yuval Levin · September 24, 2018 7:33 am

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., delivers opening remarks during a hearing about the recent OPM data breach in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ron Johnson presses administration to end state Medicaid ‘shell games’

Robert King · September 21, 2018 6:29 pm