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Section: Policies
Policies
Stocks Slide After Trump Attacks Drugmakers
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said pharmaceutical companies are “getting away with murder” in what they charge the government for medicines, and promised that would change, sending drugs stocks sharply lower. The benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX slipped into negative territory after his remarks at a news conference spooked investors. The iShares Nasdaq Biotech […]
January 17, 2017
Policies
Rural Hospitals Brace for Healthcare Repeal
CONNELLSVILLE, Penn. — Judy Keller, 69, has always relied on Highlands Hospital for medical care, just as her parents did before her. When she walks through the halls, she recognizes faces from the community and even from her days working as a school teacher. The 64-bed facility, she says, is a mainstay of this rural […]
January 17, 2017
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Trump Choice of Antivaccine Leader Alarms Experts
The U.S. medical community is responding with reactions ranging from apprehension to dismay at reports that President-elect Donald Trump reportedly asked a renowned vaccine skeptic to head a new commission on vaccine safety. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has written articles and books claiming a link between childhood vaccines and autism, said Tuesday that Trump […]
January 17, 2017
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GOP Uneasy About Obamacare Repeal Without a Plan
WASHINGTON — Republican anxiety is mounting over voting to unravel the healthcare law without having an alternative in hand, fanned by words of encouragement from Donald Trump to a GOP senator who wants to simultaneously repeal and replace the statute. GOP leaders have made dismantling President Barack Obama’s treasured healthcare overhaul their premier 2017 priority. […]
January 11, 2017
Policies
Obama Health Legacy: Coverage, Conflict, Questions
WASHINGTON — Although his signature law is in jeopardy, President Barack Obama’s work reshaping healthcare in America is certain to endure in the broad public support for many of its underlying principles. Notwithstanding growing pains in connection securing some of the promises of the Affordable Care Act, the belief that people with medical problems should […]
January 11, 2017
Policies
Trump Appears to Back Off of VA Privatization
You don’t often see Donald Trump pull a punch, but he did it last week. Trump spent his entire campaign deeply angered by how the government treats veterans, particularly regarding their medical care. He promised to overhaul the Veterans Administration (VA) health care system and “take care” of the vets. Everyone has interpreted this as […]
January 10, 2017
Policies
Health Insurers Worry about Trump’s HHS Choice
Now that Dr. Tom Price, a Republican congressman, has been picked by Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, insurers fear an assault on narrow networks, reimbursement tied to outcomes and related value-based care models. “Dr. Price understands that there is a critical need to reduce the administrative burden that […]
January 10, 2017
Policies
Healthcare in Trump’s America: How Will Markets React
The stock market has been very resilient this year despite major political events including the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s election win. American investors, Democrat and Republican, have been celebrating the impact Donald Trump has had on American markets. Consumer stocks realized major gains in the immediate aftermath of election results as Trump has proposed […]
January 10, 2017
Policies
Healthcare Outlook for 2017: Everything Is in Play
2017 had been shaping up as a year focused on fixing the Affordable Care Act’s insurance markets, slowing prescription drug price hikes, expanding Medicaid, improving mental health care and spreading value-based payment and delivery. Suddenly there’s a new, more conservative agenda. And almost everything in health care is up in the air. Insurers and providers […]
January 10, 2017
Policies
Trump Has Plans for FDA
The new Trump administration is currently oscillating between two options for his head of the FDA. One is Scott Gottlieb, a right wing but accredited doctor, and a partner at one of the world’s largest venture capital funds. The other is Jim O’Neill, the managing director at Peter Thiel’s tech investment firm Mithril, and a […]
December 19, 2016
Policies
Obama Rule Will Block Defunding Family Planning
One of the few antidotes to the series of bad news this year has been Barack Obama’s final, well-meaning movements in office. The current president, who is due to hand over the keys to American politics to Donald Trump in January, has permanently protected women’s rights to have abortions by signing in a law that […]
December 19, 2016
Policies
Who Is Tom Price? Trump’s Choice for HHS
Washington (CNN) — While some Republicans have signaled major changes to Obamacare are a long time in the making, President-elect Donald Trump has sent a strong signal that the law’s days are numbered, no matter what. That signal is Rep. Tom Price, Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The Georgia […]
December 19, 2016
Policies
Medical Schools Urge Caution on Obamacare Repeal
The President and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges sent letters to President-elect Donald Trump and members of Congress last week urging against an all out repeal of Obamacare without protections for consumers. Dr. Darrell G. Kirch warned that repealing the law could be very disruptive if there are not mechanisms put in […]
December 14, 2016
Policies
Ohio Governor Signs 20-Week Abortion Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first detectable fetal heartbeat. Kasich acted on both proposals the same day they landed on this desk. The so-called heartbeat bill would […]
December 14, 2016
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World Health Organization Urges Obamacare Expansion
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to expand Obamacare and ensure all Americans have access to healthcare. The real estate magnate takes office next month after promising to repeal outgoing President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare policy which helped millions more Americans get medical insurance but has been a target […]
December 12, 2016
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GOP: Repeal Health Care, Then What?
WASHINGTON — Republicans are eagerly planning initial votes next month on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, a cherished GOP goal. But many worry that while Congress tries to replace it, the party will face ever-angrier voters, spooked health insurers and the possibility of tumbling off a political cliff. Republicans have said they first […]
December 12, 2016
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Aging Boomers May Need Wider Network of Kin, Friends
NEW ORLEANS–Family members already form an “invisible workforce” that cares for America’s frail elders. But changes in policy and family structure — from later-life divorce to smaller families — suggest that friends and extended family will play even more important roles as caregivers in coming years. Eighteen million Americans already care regularly for a fragile […]
December 7, 2016
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Health Care Industry Concerns About Trump Threats Ease
Hospitals and health insurers are gaining confidence that their nightmare scenario—millions of Americans instantly losing health insurance once President-elect Donald Trump delivers on a promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare—is looking more like a bad dream than becoming reality. The early view from the healthcare sector still includes an end eventually to President Obama’s signature […]
December 5, 2016
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