Budget Battles
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White House Stops Short of Endorsing Florida Drug Importation Proposal
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Democrats Call for End to Medicaid Work Requirements
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Florida’s New GOP Governor Wants to Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs from Canada
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For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It
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Baby Boomers Will Drive Health Care Spending to Nearly $6 Trillion a Year by 2027
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Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll
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Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study
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White House Stops Short of Endorsing Florida Drug Importation Proposal
We told you yesterday that Florida Gov. Jim DeSantis, a Republican, had proposed importing cheaper prescription drugs into his state from Canada and said that President Trump supports the idea. But...
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Democrats Call for End to Medicaid Work Requirements
Top Congressional Democrats this week called on the Trump administration to stop allowing states to implement work requirements for Medicaid, citing the thousands of Arkansas residents who have lost...
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Florida’s New GOP Governor Wants to Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs from Canada
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said he wants to launch a program to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada into his state — and that President Trump backs the idea. Under the federal...
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For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsDemocrats with 2020 presidential aspirations are courting the party’s increasingly influential progressive wing and staking out ambitious policy platforms. Front and center are three words: Medicare...
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Baby Boomers Will Drive Health Care Spending to Nearly $6 Trillion a Year by 2027
As Baby Boomers continue to age and the prices of medical goods and services rise, growth in annual health care spending is projected speed up over the next eight years, the government said Wednesday...
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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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