Budget Battles
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Surprise Deal to Protect Patients From Surprise Medical Bills
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Obamacare Back at the Supreme Court — With Billions for Insurers on the Line
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The Rising Tide of Health Care Costs
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The Healthiest — and Unhealthiest — US States
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Health Spending Hits Record High, Even With 1 Million Fewer Insured
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A White House Report Slams Pelosi’s Drug Plan. Experts Call Its Claims ‘Nonsense’
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Hospitals Sue to Protect Secret Prices
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Surprise Deal to Protect Patients From Surprise Medical Bills
By Michael RaineyAfter struggling for months to reach consensus, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced Sunday evening they had come to an agreement on legislation that would protect patients from...
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Obamacare Back at the Supreme Court — With Billions for Insurers on the Line
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health NewsMore than $12 billion is at stake for the nation’s health insurers Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears another Affordable Care Act case. For the federal government, the potential damages could be...
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The Rising Tide of Health Care Costs
By The Fiscal Times StaffWe told you yesterday about new data from the Medicare actuaries showing health care spending in the U.S. hitting a record high last year, totaling $3.65 trillion overall, or more than $11,000 per...
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The Healthiest — and Unhealthiest — US States
Vermont is the healthiest state in the U.S., according to the latest annual ranking by the United Health Foundation. Vermont climbed three spots, thanks in part to “a low incidence of chlamydia, a...
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Health Spending Hits Record High, Even With 1 Million Fewer Insured
U.S. spending on health care grew to $3.65 trillion last year, climbing above $11,000 per person for the first time, according to a new report from Medicare actuaries. Spending rose 4.6% in 2018,...
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A White House Report Slams Pelosi’s Drug Plan. Experts Call Its Claims ‘Nonsense’
The White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report Tuesday warning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill to lower prescription drug prices would have devastating health and economic costs...
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How a Public Option Would Affect the Insurance Market
By Michael RaineySeveral Democratic presidential candidates say a public option for health insurance would provide a more moderate, less disruptive alternative to the Medicare for All plan backed by Senators Bernie...
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Joe Biden Says Pete Buttigieg ‘Stole’ His Health Care Plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that Pete Buttigieg, a surging rival for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, “stole” his health care proposal to expand the Affordable Care Act...
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63% Say U.S. Health Care Has Huge Problems — and That’s an Improvement
Here’s a nugget of good news: Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed by Gallup say that the U.S. health care system is in a state of crisis or has major problems. Yes, that’s good news because...
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Chart of the Day: Record Low Poverty Rate
By Michael RaineyThe extensive array of government assistance programs — including Social Security, unemployment insurance, veterans’ benefits, nutritional aid, rental assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit —...
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Feud Between Top Officials Hinders Trump Health Care Agenda: Report
A deep, personal feud between President Trump’s health secretary and his Medicare administrator has undermined the administration’s health care agenda and disrupted the development of an Obamacare...
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Fact Check: Do 160 Million Americans Really Like Their Health Plans?
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsArticulating his proposal for health care reform, former Vice President Joe Biden emphasized the number of Americans who, he said, were more than perfectly satisfied with the coverage they have. “One...
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How Hospital Price Transparency Can Lead to Lower Costs
By Neeraj Sood, The ConversationNew federal regulations finalized Nov. 15 require hospitals to make public all the prices they negotiate with insurers and health plans, starting in 2021. The aim is to untangle the hospital...
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A Big Potential Problem for Medicare for All: Jobs
By Michael RaineyMassive cost reduction is a crucial feature of the Medicare-for-All proposals from Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, with a big chunk of the trillions in savings coming from...
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Would Medicare for All Save the U.S. Money?
Politico’s policy magazine, The Agenda, on Monday rolled out a special issue focused on Medicare for All, with much of the package centered on a key question: Would switching to a single-payer system...
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