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Section: Policies
Policies
Budget Cuts Protections for Medical Errors
Headlines such as “Republicans Pan Trump Budget” and “Donald Trump’s Budget Is Universally Unloved” have suggested that identifying problems with President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget has been like pointing out wet spots on the Titanic. For example, a chorus along the political spectrum have criticized the proposed drastic National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget […]
March 29, 2017
Policies
GOP Hopes to Revive Health Bill
House Republicans struck an optimistic note Tuesday that they would be able to salvage their failed health-care bill, but there was little indication of any concrete shift in the political fundamentals that led to its failure. Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) told reporters that “some of those who were in the ‘no’ camp expressed a […]
March 29, 2017
Policies
Obama Legacy: What Defeat of Repeal Means
After more than seven years of congressional meltdowns and a 2016 election cycle built on the promise of a repeal, Republicans are discovering a hard truth about Obamacare: It’s way easier to give taxpayers government benefits than to take them away. On Friday, House Republican leaders withdrew their legislative attempt to repeal and replace President […]
March 28, 2017
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GOP Leaders Boost Pressure on Healthcare
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House leaders are revving up pressure on balky conservatives and other Republican lawmakers as crunch time approaches on the party’s health care overhaul bill, a drive GOP leaders concede they can’t afford to lose. A day before the House planned votes on the measure, Trump was expected to continue […]
March 23, 2017
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An Architect of ACA Advising Trump
When bioethicist and oncologist Ezekiel Emanuel met with President Trump at the White House on Monday, the session revealed publicly what has been happening privately for months: A trusted ally of former president Barack Obama and chief architect of the Affordable Care Act is trying to help steer how Republicans take it apart. With the […]
March 23, 2017
Policies
Healthcare Tally: Which Side Are They On?
WASHINGTON — A look at opposing sides as Congress considers proposed Republican changes to the Obama administration health law. SUPPORTING THE BILL: President Donald Trump: “We’re going to do something that’s great and I’m proud to support the replacement plan released by the House of Representatives.” Vice President Mike Pence: “I really do believe this […]
March 21, 2017
Policies
Conservatives Amp Up Healthcare Fight
Conservative Republican lawmakers and political groups blasted President Trump’s health care plan Sunday, insisting they wouldn’t support it without major changes. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a constant critic of the proposal, predicted the plan would never get through Congress. “There’s enough conservatives that do not want ‘Obamacare lite,’” Paul said on ABC’s “This Week.” Read […]
March 21, 2017
Policies
Text of CBO Official Report: AHCA Cost Estimate
The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 directed the House Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce to develop legislation to reduce the deficit. The Congressional Budget Office and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have produced an estimate of the budgetary effects of the American Health […]
March 15, 2017
Policies
CBO: 24M More Americans Out Under “Trumpcare”
The Congressional Budget Office on Monday estimated that as many as 24 million more people would be uninsured and that the federal budget deficit would shrink by more than $300 billion over the next decade under the Republican healthcare bill. The findings came in a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the American Health […]
March 15, 2017
Policies
VA Secretary Wants to Extend Choice Program
WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says Congress needs to act quickly to extend a program aimed at widening veterans’ access to private-sector health care, pointing to a growing demand for medical treatment outside the Department of Veterans Affairs. Shulkin also pledged additional efforts by his agency to combat suicide, saying he wanted to […]
March 13, 2017
Policies
Medical Providers Oppose GOP Health Plan
The top U.S. doctors’ organization and several hospital groups came out strongly on Wednesday against a Republican plan backed by President Donald Trump to overhaul America’s healthcare system, as Democrats mounted a fierce battle to thwart the bill. Two House of Representatives committees debated the plan late into the night, two days after the proposals […]
March 13, 2017
Policies
High Anxiety: Polls Show Increase Since Election
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — We have become a stressed and anxious nation, increasingly so since the election of Donald Trump as president. Concerns about immigration restrictions, health care, past sexual trauma and world peace rose even before Trump was elected and have continued since his inauguration, say mental health caregivers in Connecticut. The strain is […]
March 13, 2017
Policies
GOP Plans Massive Changes to Medicaid
The text of the long-awaited Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was released Monday evening and included tax credits to help people buy coverage based somewhat on income, instead of just on age as previous drafts obtained by Politico had suggested. It also eliminates the cap on employer-sponsored health insurance […]
March 8, 2017
Policies
Conservatives Push Back on GOP Health Plan
WASHINGTON — A powerful conservative backlash threatened to sink the new Republican health care bill less than 24 hours after its launch, even as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders began trying to sell the legislation as the long-promised GOP cure for “Obamacare.” “We’re going to do something that’s great and I’m proud to support […]
March 8, 2017
Policies
Policies Put Women at Risk
Donald Trump’s sexual and reproductive health policy changes threaten women in the USA and across the world, warns an expert in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. “Much progress has been made in the use of more effective contraception and in the reduction of unintended pregnancies”, explains Professor Daniel Grossman from the […]
March 6, 2017
Policies
Drug Trump Touted Costs $300,000 a Year
President Donald Trump told Congress on Tuesday that more needs to be done to bring down “artificially high” prices for prescription drugs, while at the same time praising a drug that turns out to cost $300,000 per year. During the televised address, Trump acknowledged in the audience Megan Crowley, a college student who has Pompe […]
March 6, 2017
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Reform Could Offer Opportunity in Digital Healthcare
The next few years are likely to see a major attempt to use market mechanisms to reduce the cost of U. S. healthcare. Healthcare costs are rising again, and Republican campaign promises will put huge pressure on the federal budget. Republicans prefer market based solutions to problems, and they harshly criticize the parts of Obamacare […]
March 1, 2017
Policies
GOP Under Pressure to Revamp Health Plan
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Monday that “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.” Yet the opposite has long been painfully obvious for top congressional Republicans, who face mounting pressure to scrap the law even as problems grow longer and knottier. With the GOP-controlled Congress starting its third month of work on […]
March 1, 2017
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