Dec 08 How plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act could affect Medicare By Philip Moeller There continue to be loud drumbeats from Congressional Republican leaders that they will repeal the Affordable Care Act and also consider significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid. Continue reading
Dec 08 Obama vows to sign this sweeping mental health bill Congress passed By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News The bill strengthens laws mandating parity for mental and physical health care and includes grants to increase the number of psychologists and psychiatrists, who are in short supply across the country. Continue reading
Dec 07 If Republicans repeal Obamacare but stall to replace it, this study predicts millions would be uninsured By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The plan is for Congress to first use a special budget-related procedure to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, next year. The effective date of that repeal would be delayed by months or years to give… Continue reading
Dec 04 Birth control emerges as rallying cry against Trump's pick for health secretary By Rebecca Robbins, STAT Reproductive rights activists opposed to Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary have hit upon a potent rallying cry: the cost of birth control. Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch 5:11 Sen. Thune on Wilbur Ross, Trump's trade policy and entitlements By PBS News Hour On Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump announced billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as his choice to head the Department of Commerce. Hari Sreenivasan asks Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a leading Senate Republican, about how Ross’ business dealings will be evaluated for potential… Continue watching
Nov 30 Need pricey drugs from an Obamacare plan? You'll shoulder more of the cost By Jordan Rau, Julie Appleby and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News Substantially more health plans on the federal insurance marketplaces require consumers next year to pay a hefty portion of the cost of the most expensive drugs. Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch 2:38 Trump announces administration health officials By PBS News Hour President-elect Donald Trump chose orthopedist and six-term Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and health policy expert Seema Verma to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s pick for… Continue watching
Nov 28 Pence expanded Medicaid coverage as governor, now threatens to take away By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was one of 10 Republican governors to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, but as President-elect Donald Trump’s running mate, Pence is now calling for the health law’s repeal and replacement. Continue reading
Nov 27 What Trump can learn from Obama's rough ride on health care By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Barack Obama took on the problems of a lack of access to health care and high cost, but he and Democrats paid a political price. Continue reading
Nov 23 Column: Under a President Trump, Medicare reforms are a matter of when, not if By Philip Moeller Donald Trump's victory has put our entire health care system in play, if not up for grabs. Will Trump and a Republican Congress follow through on pledges to end the Affordable Care Act? How might ACA changes affect Medicare?… Continue reading