The secretary of health and human services endured hours of bipartisan grilling over the president’s budget for 2020, including cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and health research.
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Congress Warns Against Medicaid Cuts: ‘You Just Wait for the Firestorm’
The secretary of health and human services endured hours of bipartisan grilling over the president’s budget for 2020, including cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and health research.
Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs. Then Came His Budget Knife.
Several cuts proposed by the president in his budget seemed to contrast with his own words of support.
As Over 100 House Democrats Embrace ‘Medicare for All,’ a Party Division Appears
Members of a more centrist coalition of Democrats say that instead of single-payer health care, Congress should initially focus instead on shoring up the Affordable Care Act.
What Would ‘Medicare for All’ Do to Medicare?
The first legislative proposal of the year on the subject could help shape the terms of the debate.
Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill ‘Medicare for All’
Doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurers have a simple message: The Affordable Care Act works reasonably well and should be improved, not repealed or replaced with a big new public program.
Major hospital lobbying group comes out against ‘Medicare at 50’ bill
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats introduced a bill that would allow people to buy into Medicare beginning at age 50 — and already major players in the health care industry are coming out against it.
Around noon, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced “Medicare at 50,” legislation to let people between 50 and 64 years old buy Medicare coverage when they are shopping on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. It took industry lobbying groups only an hour to come out agai...
How Trump’s Latest Plan to Cut Drug Prices Will Affect You
The proposal seeks to lower out-of-pocket spending in Medicare by taking aim at the secret deals that drug makers strike with industry go-betweens.
Kamala Harris and Michael Bloomberg Clash on Medicare for All
Touring New Hampshire, Mr. Bloomberg said that it was fine to provide Medicare to uninsured Americans, but that giving it to everyone was financially untenable.
Bad UX is keeping hospital prices lists opaque despite new transparency law
Thanks to new US law, we now know the standard price for a cotton ball at the New York Presbyterian Hospital is $1.15. The list price for a skull X-ray at Orlando Health is $695 and NYU Langone’s average charge for a heart transplant is $1,698,831.13.
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