To repair our fiscal foundation, we need to bend the health care cost curve 

Willie Sutton famously explained (in a possibly apocryphal quotation) that he robbed banks because “that’s where the money is.” If he turned his attention to the federal budget, he’d start with health care.  

Our total national debt has ballooned to nearly $35 trillion – the highest level in U.S. history. This translates to over a quarter of a million dollars — $265,838 to be exact — of accumulated liabilities for every American household. 

Washington now spends abou...

Abortion, drug prices at play for Trump-Biden debate

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White House extends health insurance access to ‘Dreamers’ 

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Becerra says rural health would improve if states expand Medicaid

Rural health outcomes would improve if more states expanded Medicaid, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told a Senate panel Tuesday. 

During a hearing on the administration's budget request, Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith (R-Miss.) said she is particularly worried about maternal care deserts caused by hospital closures. Mississippi sees some of the worst maternal health outcomes in the country, she said, and often leads the country in infant mortality. 

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Nearly one-quarter of adults booted from Medicaid are still uninsured, survey finds

Nearly a quarter of adults who said they were disenrolled from Medicaid coverage in the past year since states started resuming eligibility checks remain uninsured, according to a survey released Friday by KFF. 

The survey is the first to look at health coverage among adults who had Medicaid coverage in early 2023, just before states resumed eligibility checks and disenrollments after pandemic-era protections ended. 

It found that nearly half of th...

Congress sends Biden bill to fund health agencies

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Biden administration cracks down on prior authorization

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Record 20M sign up for ACA coverage

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