Health Care

White House Stops Short of Endorsing Florida Drug Importation Proposal

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
Democrats Call for End to Medicaid Work Requirements

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
Florida’s New GOP Governor Wants to Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs from Canada

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

For 2020 Dem Hopefuls, ‘Medicare-For-All’ Is A Defining Issue, However They Define It

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

Democrats 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...
Baby Boomers Will Drive Health Care Spending to Nearly $6 Trillion a Year by 2027

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...

Bernie Sanders Says He’s Running Again. Why 2020 Will Be Different Than 2016.

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
Klobuchar Pitches Herself as Pragmatic Alternative to Progressive Dems

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study

By Yuval Rosenberg

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...
Affordable Care Act Hasn’t Reduced Bankruptcies: Study

By Michael Rainey

Medical 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...

Kamala Harris Kicks Off Brutal Battle Over ‘Medicare for All’

By Yuval Rosenberg

The hazards Democrats face as they debate “Medicare for all” are on full display this week. California Sen. Kamala Harris, a leading contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination,...
Key Democrat Says He Wants to Cut the Deficit in Half

By Michael Rainey

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY), chair of the House Budget Committee, told Reuters Tuesday that Democrats are working on a fiscal plan that would cut the annual deficit in half in 10 years. While it won’t...
‘Greatest Threat’ to the US? Two Top Democratic Economists Aren’t So Worried About the Debt

By Michael Rainey

Starbucks founder Howard Schultz told “60 Minutes” Sunday that he is considering a run for president in 2020, possibly as a “centrist independent,” and one of his top issues is the growing national...
Pulling Back Curtain on Hospital Prices Adds New Wrinkle in Cost Control

By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News

As President Donald Trump was fighting with Congress over the shutdown and funding for a border wall, his administration implemented a new rule that could be a game changer for health care. Starting...
Cancer Drug Prices Are Out of Line: WHO

By Michael Rainey

The World Health Organization says that cancer drug prices have little or no connection to the cost of developing and manufacturing the treatments. "The costs of R&D and production may bear...