Jun 23 Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health plan By Julie Carr Smyth, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press The doubts about the latest plan from Washington came from Republicans, Democrats and the nation's one independent governor. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 8:41 Senate GOP plan to delay Medicaid cuts ‘doesn’t make it less awful,’ says former HHS secretary By Judy Woodruff, Jason Kane Former President Barack Obama responded Thursday to the Republicans’ planned overhaul of the Affordable Care Act, saying “If there’s a chance you might get sick, get old, or start a family, this bill will do you harm.” Judy Woodruff gets… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 5:58 Why the Senate Republican health care bill has a vote problem By PBS News Hour The biggest change proposed by the Senate Republican health care bill is how the federal government would fund Medicaid. Lisa Desjardins and Mary Agnes Carey of Kaiser Health News join Hari Sreenivasan to help break down the details and the… Continue watching
Jun 22 What’s in the Senate Republican health care bill By Lisa Desjardins It's part Obamacare-replace, part sweeping-Medicaid-overhaul. At roughly 10:45 am Thursday, Senate Republican leaders posted their 142-page health care proposal. This is the key starting point. Here is our initial look at what the Senate bill proposes. Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 9:47 For vulnerable Californians, expanded Medicaid is a lifeline at risk of being cut By Cat Wise, Jason Kane Fourteen million Medicaid recipients could lose their health coverage under the GOP House Obamacare replacement bill, and reports suggest the Senate version would make even deeper cuts. California, where 1.2 million residents gained health insurance under the Medicaid expansion, stands… Continue watching
Jun 21 Senate health-care plan would halt Obamacare penalties, taxes By Alan Fram and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Top Senate Republicans prepared Wednesday to release their plan for dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, a proposal that would cut and revamp Medicaid, end penalties on people not buying coverage and eliminate tax increases that financed the statute's… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 10:04 After 8 years, Hawaii sees decline in homelessness rate By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Hawaii leads the nation in its rate of homelessness, which affects about 505 out of every 100,000 people there and is a major toll on its health care system. But just last month, the state announced a slight decrease in… Continue watching
Jun 18 At first meeting of Trump’s opioid commission, health advocates plead for Medicaid spending By Lev Facher, STAT Health advocates on Friday used the first meeting of President Trump’s commission on the opioid crisis to criticize a bill that would slash future Medicaid spending and deregulate the health insurance market, arguing that the legislation would undermine whatever progress… Continue reading
Jun 01 Mylan may have overcharged taxpayers by $1.27 billion for EpiPens, HHS says By Ike Swetlitz, STAT Mylan may have overcharged taxpayers as much as $1.27 billion over 10 years for its signature EpiPens, according to an analysis released Wednesday. Continue reading
May 31 House GOP health care bill does not deliver on Trump’s promises, poll says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Three in four Americans say they don't think the narrowly-passed bill fulfills most of Trump's promises, according to a poll from Kaiser Family Foundation… Continue reading