Budget Battles
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Here’s How Eager the House Was to Kill Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’
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Drugmakers Are ‘Winning in Washington,’ New Report Says
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Why Obama’s 'Cadillac Tax' May Be Headed to the Junkyard
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Joe Biden Throws Down the Gauntlet on Health Care
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Poll of The Day: Faith in Trump’s Phantom Health Care Plan
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White House Might Be Open to Progressive Drug Price Proposal: Report
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How Trump Could Win on Obamacare — and Still Lose
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Here’s How Eager the House Was to Kill Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’
We told you yesterday that the House was set to vote to repeal Obamacare’s “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer-provided insurance plans, with Democrats joining Republicans in a rare and surprising...
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Drugmakers Are ‘Winning in Washington,’ New Report Says
The pharmaceutical industry has been the focus of intense political criticism, with President Trump targeting drugmakers on Twitter and lawmakers taking aim at lowering prescription prices through...
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Why Obama’s 'Cadillac Tax' May Be Headed to the Junkyard
The House is expected to deliver a blow to Obamacare Wednesday evening by voting to repeal the so-called Cadillac tax, the law’s yet-to-be-enacted levy on high-cost health insurance plans. The...
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Kamala Harris Takes Aim at ‘Price-Gouging’ Drug Companies
By Michael RaineyPresidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) rolled out a proposal Tuesday to lower drug prices by cracking down on pharmaceutical firms. The plan is similar to proposals from both fellow...
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Joe Biden Throws Down the Gauntlet on Health Care
Joe Biden on Monday unveiled a health care plan intended to shore up and expand the Affordable Care Act, sharpening the contrast with other 2020 Democratic presidential candidates who are backing a...
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Poll of The Day: Faith in Trump’s Phantom Health Care Plan
American voters aren’t quite sure what to make of the latest lawsuit seeking to strike down the Affordable Care Act. While legal experts have largely dismissed the lawsuit, now before a federal...
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Trump Scraps Key Part of Plan to Lower Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyThe Trump administration has abandoned a key part of its plan to lower prescription drug prices, withdrawing its proposal to eliminate the rebates drugmakers give to pharmacy middlemen. The...
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White House Might Be Open to Progressive Drug Price Proposal: Report
By The Fiscal Times StaffThree top White House advisers suggested for the first time Tuesday that they might be open to a proposal favored by liberals to cap drug price increases. STAT’s Lev Facher and Nicholas Florko report...
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How Trump Could Win on Obamacare — and Still Lose
A federal appeals court in New Orleans heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act now that Congress has zeroed out the law’s penalty...
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GOP Disagreements Could Make It Harder to Tackle Surprise Medical Bills
By Michael RaineyLawmakers had hoped they could agree on a plan this summer that would curb surprise medical bills, but intense lobbying by interested groups and disagreements among Republicans are making it...
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How Doctors Could Lose Under Medicare for All
A transition to Medicare for All would mean significant pay cuts for most doctors and health care providers — and could have some unintended consequences, according to a recent analysis in the...
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Most Voters Back Eliminating Private Insurance — if They Can Keep Their Doctor
As Democrats debate Medicare for All and their presidential contenders navigate the politically treacherous question of whether to call for the elimination of private insurance, a new poll from...
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Despite Pressure from Trump and Lawmakers, Drug Prices Keep Rising
Prescription drug prices are surging in 2019, despite pressure from the Trump administration and lawmakers on pharmaceutical companies and public anger about the cost of medications. CBS News’s Aimee...
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Abolish Private Insurance? Why Elizabeth Warren Said Yes
Wednesday night’s initial Democratic primary debate provided Americans with a pretty clear sense of what kind of health-care reforms most of the candidates on stage prefer — and, in most cases, it...
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Court Raises New Threat to Obamacare
By Michael RaineyA federal court on Wednesday added a new and potentially disruptive wrinkle to the ongoing lawsuit that seeks to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The suit, initiated last year by a group of...