Health CareNews
Tom Price Resigns as HHS Secretary
President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced late… Read More
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Obamacare Repeal Isn’t Dead, House Conservatives Insist
Despite “fake news” claims that Republicans’ chance to repeal and replace Obamacare ends Saturday, that isn’t necessarily true, a conservative House member said Tuesday. Obamacare… Read More
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How the GOP Can Make Graham-Cassidy a Success
Over the weekend, Republican senators released a new version of “Graham-Cassidy,” their latest effort to undo Obamacare’s damage. It’s far from clear the bill can… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Think Obamacare Is Bad? ‘Medicare for All’ Would Make Things Even Worse.
As Republican senators look to scrape together the votes for a deal on health care, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing his own proposal. He… Read More
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We Hear You: Why Republicans Haven’t Kept Their Promise to Repeal Obamacare
Editors’s note: With the Senate once again on the brink of a vote to partially repeal and replace Obamacare through the Graham-Cassidy bill, it’s a… Read More
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30 Years Later, Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ Plan Hasn’t Improved With Age
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was against socializing the U.S. health care system before he was for it. Who knew? In the late 1980s, Sanders, who… Read More
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Jimmy Kimmel Knows Comedy, Not What Ails Obamacare, Conservatives Say
Jimmy Kimmel may be a funny man, but he doesn’t understand Obamacare, according to a U.S. senator who the late-night TV host slammed this week… Read More
Health CareCommentary
What Needs to Change in the Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill
Since January, Republicans in Congress have been working on efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare using the budget reconciliation vehicle. As a last-ditch effort to… Read More
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Bernie Sanders Introduces Single-Payer Health Care Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing a single-payer health care bill that would give Americans health insurance through Medicare. “Today, we begin the long and… Read More
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The GOP’s Last-Ditch Effort to Partially Repeal Obamacare
Republican senators are pitching one last-ditch effort to repeal Obamacare regulations before a Sept. 30 deadline. A bill, drafted by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of… Read More
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Pentagon Critics See Better Way to Help Troops Quit Smoking
As the federal government continues to tackle smoking as a public health issue, some experts argue it should be more open to allowing electronic cigarettes… Read More
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2 Governors Push Congress for More Money, Leeway Under Obamacare
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper have teamed to recommend that Congress keep the Obamacare mandate requiring Americans to have health insurance,… Read More
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Governors Urge Greater Flexibility for States in Creating and Implementing Health Care Policy
Five governors—representing both parties and from states across the country—told a Senate committee Thursday that inaction on health care is not an option and lawmakers… Read More
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Why Lisa Murkowski’s Senate Vote Preserving Obamacare Riles Alaska Conservatives
Some Republicans in Alaska are frustrated that one of their own broke ranks to vote with Senate Democrats against repealing Obamacare. Lisa Murkowski, Alaska’s senior… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why I and Other Lawmakers Should Live Under Obamacare
For seven years, Republican candidates running for every office from president to dogcatcher campaigned on the need to repeal and replace Obamacare. The spectacular collapse… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How to Bring Real Stability to the Health Care Market
Following Congress’ failure to enact “repeal and replace” legislation this summer, the new Obamacare buzz phrase for the fall is “market stabilization.” An ad hoc… Read More
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As GOP Senators, Governors Pitch Plan to Save Obamacare, White House ‘Can’t Imagine’ Backing Bailout
The White House says it “can’t imagine” supporting an Obamacare bailout, even as some Republican senators and governors are urging boosting federal subsidies to insurance… Read More
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How House Conservatives Plan to Revive Obamacare Repeal, and Why It Could Work
It’s time to “put the screws” to Republican lawmakers who promised to repeal Obamacare, one House member says, and that’s why he supports reviving a… Read More
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Obamacare Insurer Lost $57.6 Million in First Half of 2017
Oscar Insurance Corp. is hemorrhaging money on the Obamacare state exchanges, posting a $57.6 million loss in the first half of 2017. Oscar is a… Read More
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House Conservatives Move to Revive Obamacare Repeal
The House’s most conservative caucus hopes to force a vote on a clean Obamacare repeal bill in coming weeks through a rare congressional procedure. The… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How the Latest GOP Health Care Bill Stacks Up
After last month’s disappointing failure to roll back Obamacare’s damage, senators are now reflecting on how best to proceed. One approach reportedly under consideration is… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Desperate Patients Shouldn’t Need Permission to Try to Save Their Own Lives
The anguish experienced by Connie Yates and Chris Gard—parents of Charlie Gard—has sparked outrage and sympathy across the globe. Their 11-month-old son died in hospice… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How States Can Get Exemptions From Obamacare’s Rules
The Senate’s failure to pass even a watered-down version of health care reform was compounded by its decision to leave Washington rather than finish the… Read More
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Trump Backs ‘Right to Try’ Experimental Drugs, Already Law in 37 States
Laura McLinn’s son Jordan was diagnosed at age 4 with muscular dystrophy, a terminal illness with no cure. But, McLinn says, matters could be much… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Here Are 7 Implications of Ending Obamacare’s Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments
In the wake of Congress’ failure to pass Obamacare repeal and replace legislation, the Trump administration is reportedly debating whether to stop paying Obamacare’s “cost-sharing… Read More
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Ben Shapiro, Cenk Uygur Lock Horns on Health Care Bills
Ben Shapiro and Cenk Uygur got to the heart of the health care disagreements between conservatives and liberals in front of 3,000 people in Pasadena,… Read More
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How Trump Could Force Congress and Its Staff to Live Under Obamacare
President Donald Trump could have Congress in an uncomfortable corner over the lawmakers’ exemption, and that of their staff, from Obamacare. “I think he should… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Hear You: Facing the Opioid Crisis and Defending the Marriage Views of Farmers
Editor’s note: We were pretty jazzed to publish a commentary on the opioid crisis by William Bennett and Robert DuPont. We’ve been meaning to run… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Congress Needs to Go Right Back to Work on Health Care Reform
Enough is enough. The Senate needs to get back to work and deliver a health care reform bill. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump needs to shut… Read More
