Health Care

Trump Administration Wants More Health Care Price Transparency

By Yuval Rosenberg

As part of a push for more price transparency in the health care sector, the Trump administration is interested in forcing insurers to disclose the negotiated rates they pay for services, The Wall...
Democrats Look to Squeeze GOP on Drug Pricing Vote

By Yuval Rosenberg

The House is set to vote Thursday on a package of three bipartisan bills aimed at lowering drug prices, but Democratic leaders combined those measures with four other proposals to reverse the Trump...
Health Care CEOs Made $2.6 Billion in 2018: Report

By Michael Rainey

The CEOs at 177 health care companies collectively earned about $2.6 billion in 2018, according to a new analysis of corporate financial filings by Axios. The highest paid CEO in the group was...
Fact Check: Trump’s Talk On Preexisting Conditions Doesn’t Match His Administration’s Actions

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

Delivering remarks on surprise medical billing, which is a concern that has drawn bipartisan interest, President Donald Trump waded into another high-profile health issue: making sure insurance...
Do Drug Companies Need High Prices to Pay for Research, or Is That Just an Excuse?

By Michael Rainey

Critics of the pharmaceutical industry have long complained that drugmakers use high research and development costs as an excuse for their sky-high prices. A new study from a coalition of health care...

Generic Drugmakers Colluded to Jack Up Prices: Lawsuit

By Michael Rainey

Forty-three states are suing some of the largest generic drug manufacturers in the U.S., accusing them of conspiring to inflate prices for more than 100 widely-used medications, including antibiotics...
Obamacare, Medicare or ‘Medicare for All’? Democratic Debate Kicks Into High Gear

By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News

The health care debate has Democrats on Capitol Hill and the presidential campaign trail facing renewed pressure to make clear where they stand: Are they for “Medicare for All”? Or will they take up...
It's Not Just Prescription Drugs: Why Hospital Prices Are a Big Problem, Too

By Yuval Rosenberg

Private health insurance plans nationwide, on average, paid hospitals about 2.4 times as much as Medicare did for the same services in the same settings in 2017, according to a new study released...
Trump Calls for an End to Surprise Medical Bills

By Michael Rainey

President Trump said Thursday that he wants Congress to protect Americans from surprise medical expenses — the large, unexpected bills patients sometimes receive after they undergo surgery or get...
Trump’s Big, Uncertain Step to Lower Drug Prices, Explained

By Yuval Rosenberg

The Trump administration on Wednesday finalized a rule requiring pharmaceutical companies to disclose drug prices in their television ads if the cost is greater than $35 a month. The requirement is...

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Beyond Bernie: Dems Unveil Sweeping Medicare-for-All Plan

By Michael Rainey

House Democrats introduced a sweeping Medicare-for-all proposal Wednesday that would transform the U.S. health care system in just two years. Co-sponsored by more than 100 lawmakers, the plan would...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says ‘We Need to Stabilize Debt to GDP’

By Yuval Rosenberg

Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned lawmakers Tuesday that the federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal path, with debt as a percentage of GDP growing quickly: “We need to stabilize...
Pharma Execs to Congress: Don’t Blame Us for High Drug Prices

By Michael Rainey

There were few fireworks, and even fewer solutions, as executives from seven major pharmaceutical companies appeared Tuesday before the Senate Finance Committee to address high drug prices. Sen...
Will Congress Force Pharma CEOs to Take Their Medicine?

By Yuval Rosenberg

Tuesday could be a watershed moment in the push to lower U.S. prescription drug prices. Seven top executives from leading pharmaceutical companies will be on the congressional hot seat as the Senate...
Chart of the Day: High Tax, High Service

By Michael Rainey

Can the U.S. afford to dramatically increase public spending on a whole host of new programs, potentially including Medicare for All, expanded Social Security and a massive Green New Deal? That...