Drug companies have infiltrated nearly every part of the process that determines how their drugs will be covered by Medicaid, an investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity finds.
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Legal groups intervene in Republican’s lawsuit over counting undocumented in census
A coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Democracy Forward filed a motion on Tuesday to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), who decided to sue the U.S. Bureau of the Census for counting undocumented immigrants in the decennial census.
The legal groups decided to get involved because they didn’t trust the Department of Justice (DOJ) — led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, known for his hardline immigration policies ...
Insurers And Government Are Slow To Cover Expensive CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Treatment costs for the immunotherapy can run to more than $1 million. Some state Medicaid programs aren't paying for the treatment, and Medicare's complicated payment rates have hospitals worried.
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Hospitals Challenge Medicare Payments, With Help From Judge Kavanaugh
A ruling allowing more hospitals to seek more money was based on evidence that the government had been using faulty data to calculate costs for decades.
Morrisey hits Manchin over Supreme Court, ‘liberal’ record
Morrisey criticizes Manchin for his voting record on ObamaCare repeal and the GOP's tax overhaul.
Record number of Muslim Americans running for office
A record number of American Muslims are running for Congress, state, and local office this election cycle, motivated into action in large part by President Donald Trump’s Islamophobic rhetoric and policies, a new report by the Associated Press found.
More than 100 candidates ran for office over the past year, more than ever since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to Jetpac, a 501(c)(3) organization working to increase American Muslim civic engagement. Roughly 40 of th...
Bernie Sanders will be live-streaming his town hall to shame CEOs
Bernie Sanders is holding a get-together tonight (July 16), but he’s still waiting for a few RSVPs.
Sanders, the relentless independent and leftist senator from Vermont, and a former presidential candidate who is expected to run again in the 20...
The Health 202: Trump White House finds new reason to target Medicaid
A new report argues safety net programs have worked.
Republican lawmakers advocate for arming toddlers in debut of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new show Who is America? debuted on Sunday by embarrassing several Republican lawmakers.
Cohen portrayed Col. Erran Morad, a former Israeli commando offering a provocative claim: He can prevent school shootings by putting “deadly weapons into the hands of America’s schoolchildren.” After impressing a couple of guns rights advocates with his program providing gun training for children “from the age (of) 16 down to the age (of) ...
University of Michigan nurses hold rally to fight for patients’ equal access to health care
University of Michigan nurses have been negotiating a contract for 90 days, and their employer has not moved on several issues they care about. On Saturday, they plan to hold an informational picket in the hope that it moves their employer at the negotiating table.
The contract with the University of Michigan Professional Nurse Council (UMPNC) would cover about 6,000 nurses. The nurses’ last collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30, and now, they are looking for a ne...