A Trump administration change will require TV ads for prescription drugs covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price if it is over $35.
Month: May 2019
Cory Booker and Ayanna Pressley introduce bill to address maternal mortality
The bill aims to substantially extend the amount of time Medicaid covers postpartum women
‘Caravan’ of Americans crossed Canadian border to purchase affordable insulin
For Quinn Nystrom, and millions of other Americans living with Type 1 Diabetes, insulin affordability is a “real crisis issue.”
So Nystrom took it upon herself to find a temporary solution. Last week, she and seven others organized a four-car “caravan” from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to drive 600 miles across the border to Fort Francis, Ontario, in Canada to purchase the life-saving insulin they all needed.
“It was a black and white difference,” Nystrom told ThinkProgress of her...
Republicans troll Democrats with proposals to rename upcoming health care bill
Republicans on a key House committee are trolling Democrats with amendments to rename legislation aimed at blocking some of the Trump administration's moves on the Affordable Care Act.The Protec...
If the first 2 years of Trump’s presidency don’t count, here’s everything that should be reversed
President Donald Trump retweeted a post from Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. on Sunday night, embracing the unconstitutional idea that his four-year term should be extended by two years.
Falwell suggested that the extension would make up for the two years “stolen” from his presidency by the “corrupt failed coup” that was special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference.
“After the best week ever for @r...
The Health 202: States aren’t taking up the Trump administration’s offer of Obamacare ‘relief’
The House is also planning a vote on the subject.
Booker: I support Medicare for All, but I’m a ‘pragmatist’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday said he supports the progressive "Medicare for All" health care plan, but noted that he is a "pragmatist" who is interested in looking for more "immediate" reforms to the system....
Betsy DeVos appears to have no idea who Alexander Hamilton was
Hooboy. Where to start with this?
I’m honored to receive the Alexander Hamilton Award from @ManhattanInst tonight. And, as I said in my speech tonight, I will continue to honor this award’s namesake by fighting for freedom. Freedom from government. Freedom for teachers. Freedom for each one of America’s students. pic.twitter.com/mxQxZsMmf5
— Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVosED) May 2, 2019
Let’s set aside, for a second, that the entire p...