Budget Battles
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16 States Sue Trump: The Court Battles Over His ‘Emergency’ Are Just Getting Started
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Trump’s Risky Plan to Get $8 Billion for His Wall
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Trump to Sign Border Deal — and Declare a National Emergency, Too
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Trump Likely to Sign Border Deal, Avert Another Shutdown
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Shutdown Makes a Bad Situation Worse at the IRS
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Trump’s ‘Not Happy’ with the Border Deal. Why He’ll Probably Sign It Anyway.
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Lawmakers Scramble to Avert Another Government Shutdown
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Bernie Sanders Says He’s Running Again. Why 2020 Will Be Different Than 2016.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced Tuesday that he’s making another run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Among the items on the 77-year-old democratic socialist’s 2020 agenda: enacting a...
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Klobuchar Pitches Herself as Pragmatic Alternative to Progressive Dems
In a CNN town hall in New Hampshire Monday night, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) drew some clear distinctions between herself and some of the most progressive Democratic presidential candidates in the...
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Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll
With Democratic proposals to provide “Medicare for all” increasingly in the headlines — and increasingly the subject of debate over whether the program would or should involve eliminating private...
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Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study
Growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending per enrollee was slower than in private insurance between 2006 and 2017, according to an analysis released this week by the Urban Institute. Medicare spending...
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Affordable Care Act Hasn’t Reduced Bankruptcies: Study
By Michael RaineyMedical problems are still the most common cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S., according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. Using a sample of 910 Americans who filed for...
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White House: Trump Didn’t Sabotage Obamacare — and We’re Savings Billions on Health Care
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump boasted during his State of the Union address this week about eliminating the “very unpopular” individual mandate that was a key part of the Affordable Care Act, and has claimed at...
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Why Record Approvals for Generic Drugs May Not Save Consumers Much Money
By Michael RaineyThe Trump administration has pushed to speed up the approval process for generic drugs as part of its strategy to lower drug prices. A recent study by PwC found that the Food and Drug Administration...
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Record Approvals for Generic Drugs, but Many Aren’t for Sale
By Sydney Lupkin and Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health NewsThe Trump administration has been trumpeting a huge increase in FDA generic drug approvals the past two years, the result of its actions to streamline a cumbersome process and combat anti-competitive...
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Are Democrats Really Going ‘Socialist’?
By Michael RaineyPresident Trump earned a rousing cheer from Republican lawmakers during his State of the Union address when he proclaimed, “America will never be a socialist country.” His proud declaration echoed...
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SOTU 2019: 3 Important Things Trump Said, and 1 Big Thing He Didn’t
President Trump’s 82-minute-long State of the Union address Tuesday night put a uniquely Trumpian spin on the usual recipe for the address: a healthy helping of rah-rah patriotism and legislative...
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Buyers Of Short-Term Health Plans: Wise Or Shortsighted?
By Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health NewsSupporters of the nation’s health law condemn them. A few states, including California and New York, have banned them. Other states limit them. But to some insurance brokers and consumers, short-term...
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Medicare Improper Payments Fall to Lowest Since 2010
By The Fiscal Times StaffImproper payments by Medicare in fiscal 2018 dropped to their lowest rate since 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said Friday in a report flagged by Modern Healthcare . CMS...
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Pfizer Says It Will Raise Prices on 41 Drugs
When drug giant Pfizer announced in July that it would roll back price hikes on its drugs, it made clear that the change was temporary . Facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump, the...
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Poor Health of Workers Costs Employers an Extra $530 Billion: Report
U.S. employers spend about $880 billion on health care benefits for employees and their dependents, but poor health among workers costs them another $530 billion — or about 60 cents for every dollar...
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Trump Administration Plots Costly Private-Care Expansion for Veterans
By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublicaLast June, President Donald Trump signed a landmark law on veterans’ health care after months of tense negotiations. At the ceremony in the Rose Garden, Trump said the bill would deliver on his...
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