Health Care

Number of Uninsured Americans Rose by 700,000 in 2017

By Yuval Rosenberg

The number of uninsured people in the United States rose by nearly 700,000 to 27.4 million in 2017, the first increase since 2010, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The...
How Congress Got So Broken

By Yuval Rosenberg

More than 50 House members chose not to seek re-election in 2018, and a new report from nonprofit groups Issue One and the R Street Institute examines what drove so many to that decision. The report...
Obamacare Sign-Ups Down by 11%. Why?

By Michael Rainey

Fewer people have enrolled in health care plans through the HealthCare.gov website this year, with sign-ups down by 11 percent compared to the same period in 2017. Margot Sanger-Katz and Reed Abelson...
The 20 Most Expensive Drugs in the US

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Drug price-comparison platform GoodRx recently released an expanded rundown of the 20 most costly drugs in the U.S., based on the list price set by manufacturers — which can be very different from...
Fixing U.S. Health Care: Can States Step Up Where Washington Has Failed?

By Yuval Rosenberg

The midterm elections may have focused extensively on health care, but the results have done little to clarify where health care reform is headed. “The future of U.S. health care reform is muddier...

Narrow Networks Still Dominate Obamacare Exchanges

By Yuval Rosenberg

Networks that offer less choice of health care providers remain the most common types of plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges, with 72 percent of the market, according to a new analysis by research...
No, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a $21 Trillion Pentagon Accounting Error Can’t Pay for Medicare for All

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Newly elected representative and social media lightning rod Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sparked a round of controversy this weekend when she compared the potential cost of Medicare for All to the...
Republicans Push Back on Trump Plan to Lower Drug Prices

By Yuval Rosenberg

In late October, the Trump administration announced a plan to lower some Medicare drug prices in part by tying them to an index of prices in other advanced economies, like France and Germany...
Under Trump, Number of Uninsured Kids Rose for First Time This Decade

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

After years of steady decline, the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 276,000 in 2017, according to a Georgetown University report released Thursday. While not a big jump...
Do Your Health Insurance Premiums Keep Rising? Here’s One Likely Reason Why

By Yuval Rosenberg

Competition in the health insurance market isn’t as healthy as it could be, a new study by the American Medical Association finds. The key details: 73 percent of metropolitan areas in the U.S. have...

Poll of the Day: Who's Responsible for the Health Care System

By Yuval Rosenberg

A recent Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 56 percent of voters say that President Obama is most responsible for the current state of the health care system and the Affordable Care Act, up...
Drug Industry Prepares for 2019 ‘Doomsday Scenario’

By Yuval Rosenberg

Nancy Pelosi recently gave the pharmaceutical industry a taste of what might lie ahead if Democrats win control of the House in 2019. When Pelosi with the board of directors of PhRMA, the drug...
GOP’s Latest Campaign Punch on Health Care Relies on Classic Hook: Medicare

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News

Once again, Medicare is front and center in this fall’s campaigns. Democrats throughout the election season have been hammering Republicans over votes and lawsuits that would eliminate insurance...
Transfer Payments Hit $3 Trillion Annual Pace

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Total government transfers reached $3 trillion on an annualized basis for the first time in September, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Monday. Transfer payments include...
Paid Family Leave: The Leading Democratic and Republican Proposals, Explained

By Emily Zeppieri, The Fiscal Times

Since 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has provided workers with the right to unpaid time off and guaranteed job security following qualified medical and family events, including...