Health Care

Mitch McConnell on Rising Deficit: ‘It’s Not a Republican Problem'

By Yuval Rosenberg

The quotes: “It’s disappointing, but it’s not a Republican problem. It’s a bipartisan problem: unwillingness to address the real drivers of the debt by doing anything to adjust those programs to the...
What Will Work Requirements for Medicaid and Food Stamps Really Accomplish?

By The Fiscal Times Staff

A new paper from the Brookings Institution raises more doubts about the usefulness of work requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). More than a dozen states...
GOP Scrambles to Send a Pre-Election Message on Pre-Existing Conditions

By Yuval Rosenberg

From The Hill’s Jessie Hellmann : “Thirty-two of the 49 GOP incumbents in races deemed competitive by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report have backed congressional measures on pre-existing...
Chart of the Day: The Surge in Medicare Advantage Enrollment

By Yuval Rosenberg

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that serve as an alternative to traditional Medicare, has doubled since 2010, writes Phil Galewitz at Kaiser Health News...
Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Is a Medicaid Critic

By Yuval Rosenberg

The Trump administration has reportedly named Mary Mayhew , a former Maine health commissioner, as deputy administrator and director of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...

Trump Administration Seeks to Force Drugmakers to Post Prices in Ads

By Yuval Rosenberg

The Trump administration is pushing ahead with its plan to require drugmakers to disclose their list prices for medications in consumer advertising, much as they warn about possible side effects. The...
Medicare Advantage Riding High as New Insurers Flock to Sell to Seniors

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an alternative to original...
Fact Check: Who’s Right on Protections for Preexisting Conditions?

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News

Ensuring that people with preexisting health conditions can get and keep health insurance is the most popular part of the Affordable Care Act. It has also become a flashpoint in this fall’s campaigns...
$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

Can Democrats Win with Medicare for All?

By Yuval Rosenberg

Axios’ Caitlin Owens reports that most Democrats running in competitive House races this year “are supporting or at least leaving the door open to some form of ‘Medicare for All,’” — though just what...
Here's How Much Soaring Health Care Prices Have Cost American Workers

By Michael Rainey

It’s not news that health care costs have been rising for years, but a new report from Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute puts some eye-opening numbers on just how much the rising price of...

Who Gets the Blame for High Health-Care Costs

By Yuval Rosenberg

Drug companies making “too much money” tops the list of factors Americans blame for rising health care costs, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll , released Wednesday...
Who's Using the Social Safety Net? More and More, It’s the Middle Class

By Michael Rainey

Middle-class families account for a growing share of social safety net spending in the U.S., according to a report from the Brookings Institution Tuesday. The Axios chart below, based on the...
Here’s What Democrats Want to Do if They Win the House in November

By Yuval Rosenberg

Election Day is just over two months away, but Democrats — with reason to be confident that they can win control of the House — are already planning their legislative agenda for 2019. In addition to...
California Assembly Passes Bill Cracking Down on Dialysis Reimbursement

By Yuval Rosenberg

The California State Assembly on Wednesday passed a landmark bill cracking down on the prices and payment practices of dialysis centers, delivering a win to insurers who backed the bill and...
Majority of Americans Support Medicaid for All

By Michael Rainey

Most Americans support the expansion of Medicaid to provide universal health care coverage, according to a recent study by the Health Research Institute at PricewaterhouseCoopers. But while there is...