The recommendation comes on the heels of an aggressive push to reduce funding.This June 2017 photo shows discarded used hypodermic needles at an encampment where opioid addicts shoot up along the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA. CREDIT: AP Photo/Charles Krupa
The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, established by President Donald Trump in March in response to a nati...
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These Americans Hated the Health Law. Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.
Sentiment in a Pennsylvania county has tracked with a national shift in opinion about the Affordable Care Act amid fears that millions could lose coverage.
Susan Collins: Pence is wrong about Trumpcare’s Medicaid cuts
The Maine senator is one of two Republicans already opposing the Senate’s latest Affordable Care Act repeal bill.Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on CNN’s State of the Union CREDIT: CNN
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) dismissed claims by Vice President Mike Pence that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest iteration of the Trumpcare legislation “strengthens and secures Medicaid for the need...
Governors Give Chilly Reception to Health Bill Push
At an annual gathering of state executives, there appears to be broad discomfort with legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. The only question is how to express it.
Senate Republicans Unveil New Health Bill, but Divisions Remain
A bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act was revised to help hold down insurance costs while allowing insurers to sell stripped-down plans, but the changes may not be enough.
Trumpcare would destroy Louisiana’s fragile coverage gains for the poor
The state’s belated Medicaid expansion is especially vulnerable under the Senate GOP’s Obamacare repeal plan.Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
In 2009, Louisiana legislators were ardent defenders and critics of t...
The New Health Care: Don’t Assume That Private Insurance Is Better Than Medicaid
A closer look at a notion embraced by conservatives, who are backing big changes to Medicaid.