… said as he kicked off his address. He went on to outline some of the bill’s primary proposals, such as expanding health savings accounts, providing tax credits to individuals to go towards their healthcare costs, and repealing the individual and …
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The Latest: Conservatives say Trump open to GOP bill fixes
The Latest on the health care debate as Congress begins work on a GOP-drafted overhaul : A group of conservative leaders say after a meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence that the administration is willing to make changes to the Republican legislation to repeal and replace the health care law. Club for Growth President David McIntosh says he was encouraged that Trump “indicated they’re pushing to make changes in the bill.”
Trump’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid advances
President Donald Trump ‘s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid won committee approval Thursday, clearing her for a final floor vote in the Senate. Verma would head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an agency that oversees health insurance programs covering more than 130 million Americans.
Trump looks to refocus his presidency in address to Congress
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with health insurance company executives, Monday, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. A presidential address to Congress is always part policy speech, part political theater.
Trump looks to refocus his presidency in address to Congress
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with health insurance company executives, Monday, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. A presidential address to Congress is always part policy speech, part political theater.
Trump nominee has decried Medicaid for fostering dependency
In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, left, then President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gets on an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Verma, the businesswoman selected by President Donald Trump to oversee Medicaid, the health care program for 74 million low-income Americans, has said the program is structurally flawed at its core by policies that burden states and foster dependency in the poor.
Pick for Medicare post faces questions on contracts
Trump pick to run Medicare is under fire over claims she advised states on health policy while being employed by company which makes medical devices President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid faces questions over claims she ‘played both sides’ in health policy negotiations in an arrangement branded ‘definitely improper’ by a former White House lawyer. Seema Verma made millions of dollars through consulting arrangements with at least nine states, and advised Vice President Mike Pence when he was Indiana’s governor.
Pick for Medicare post faces questions
President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid advised Vice President Mike Pence on health care issues while he was Indiana’s governor, a post she maintained amid a web of business arrangements – including one that ethics experts say conflicted with her public duties. A review by The Associated Press found Seema Verma and her small Indianapolis-based firm made millions through consulting agreements with at least nine states while also working under contract for Hewlett Packard.
Activists on both sides of abortion issue protest across the US
Antiabortion groups have called demonstrations at more than 200 Planned Parenthood locations throughout the United States on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the women’s health provider of federal funding. Antiabortion activists have said they were energized by the election of Republican Trump, who selected their long-time ally Mike Pence as vice president and nominated conservative jurist Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Activists on both sides of abortion issue to protest across U.S
Anti-abortion groups have called demonstrations at more than 200 Planned Parenthood locations throughout the United States on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the women’s health provider of federal funding. Anti-abortion activists have said they were energized by the election of Republican Trump, who selected their long-time ally Mike Pence as vice president and nominated conservative jurist Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Activists on both sides of abortion issue to protest across US
Anti-abortion groups have called demonstrations at more than 200 Planned Parenthood locations throughout the United States on Saturday to urge Congress and President Donald Trump to strip the women’s health provider of federal funding. Pro-life and pro-choice activists gather at the Supreme Court for the National March for Life rally in Washington January 27, 2017.
Indiana seeks to continue Medicaid expansion program
Gov. Eric Holcomb has requested the renewal of a federal waiver that allows Indiana’s Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 to serve hundreds of thousands of low-income Hoosiers. The request begins an eight-month process with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that is expected to go smoothly under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Gail Collins: Is Mike Pence is pulling the strings?
… one of the first things he did as president was to sign an order that will eliminate American aid to international health programs that provide information on abortion. Every Republican president since Ronald Reagan has issued the order, which is …
Trump’s Expanded Mexico City Policy Could Affect Fight Against Zika, HIV/AIDS
… action on Jan. 23 to bring back the policy was not itself surprising for a Republican president. But reproductive health advocates are alarmed by the rule’s expansion, with some claiming that it goes against American values. “We’re telling …
The Damage Done: A Media Addiction
… I voted for Donald Trump because I wanted to see change in our country. One change I didn’t want to see was access to health care at Planned Parenthood blocked. But Republican congressional leaders have already promised to do just that, with a …
Trump HHS nominee: It’s ‘imperative’ people be able to keep health coverage
JANUARY 18: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Nominee Rep. Tom Price testifies during his confirmation hearing January 17, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Price, a leading critic of the Affordable Care Act, is expected to face questions about his healthcare stock purchases before introducing legislation that would benefit the companies.
That Vow To Defund Planned Parenthood: Easy To Say, Hard To Do
… reconciliation bill,” referring to a measure Congress has put on a fast track in order to repeal major pieces of the health law. But just as Republicans are discovering that undoing the health law could be complicated , so too is separating the …
Gov. Pence gives farewell address to Hoosiers
… from Evansville to Indianapolis. Our innovative Healthy Indiana Plan is a national model of how to provide affordable health care coverage to our most vulnerable citizens. Hoosiers are proving we can improve healthcare and drive down costs with …
Obamacare: Good, bad and ugly
… and competition via price transparency, insurance companies that can do business across state lines and expanded health savings accounts. The individual mandate was designed to con young people into going to the exchanges and buying insurance …
Obamacare: Good, bad and ugly
… and competition via price transparency, insurance companies that can do business across state lines and expanded health savings accounts. The individual mandate was designed to con young people into going to the exchanges and buying insurance …
The Obamacare debate isna t over
… House, a chorus of voices is urging delay and caution. And it’s true that widespread, sudden disruption of existing health insurance arrangements could short-circuit a workable transition to more market-oriented and less Washington-centric health …
Democrats prepare major effort to save Obamacare
… protect it by touting all of its benefits. “This is not just about the 20 million previously uninsured who now have health security,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said during a call with reporters Monday. “But this is about the …
It’s time to raise Indiana’s cigarette tax
… for every 99.5 cents tax Indiana collects on a pack of cigarettes, Indiana’s Medicaid system spends nearly $16 on health-care costs for smokers. Last winter, when the Legislature was considering a boost in the cigarette tax to $2 per pack, four …
‘Obamacare’ holding its own: 6.4M signed up so far
The Obama administration says 6.4 million people have signed up so far this year for… . FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington.