Politics Jan 16 WATCH: Trump blames Democrats for rural health care struggles at roundtable event By Associated Press
Politics Jan 08 House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders The vote is a remarkable rebuke of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who tried to stop it. By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Jan 07 5 things on Congress' agenda right now We lay out a rough to-do list for members of Congress as they return from holiday break. By Lisa Desjardins
Arts Jan 04 Watch 5:53 Emerging field of culinary medicine helps fight diseases through better food As the saying goes, we are what we eat. That age-old wisdom is behind the emergence of a new field in medicine. Ali Rogin brings us this report for our ongoing coverage of the intersection of arts and health, part… By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson
Health Dec 19 WATCH: Trump announces 9 pharmaceutical companies will lower drug prices Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, GSK, Merck, Novartis and Sanofi will now rein in Medicaid drug prices to match what they charged in other developed countries. By Sally Ho, Associated Press
Dec 18 WATCH: Trump administration seeks to cut off access to transgender health care for U.S. children By Ali Swenson, Matthew Perrone, Devi Shastri, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans. Continue reading
Dec 17 Republicans defy Speaker Mike Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The stunning move comes after House Republican leaders pushed ahead with a health care bill that does not address the soaring monthly premiums that millions of people will soon endure as specific tax credits through the Affordable Care Act expire… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 10:05 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how President Trump's string of seeming disappointments this week is raising some doubts about his grip on the… Continue watching
Dec 10 Republicans are torn over health care. Here's what we know By Lisa Desjardins In about 22 days, a large portion of government health care subsidies expire, affecting the cost and availability of insurance for no less than millions of people. And yet, Congress is set to leave Washington in two weeks. Continue reading
Dec 10 WATCH: Senate meets ahead of dueling health care proposal votes, each likely to fail By Mary Clare Jalonick, Ali Swenson, Associated Press Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with new savings accounts, and a Democratic bill to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three years lack the bipartisan support needed for passage. Continue reading