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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump meets with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Whatever happened to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Despite support for Medicare - the nation's health-care safety net for its senior population - many tea-leaf readers are predicting that the Yes, he is just the Speaker of the House and Donald Trump is the President-elect.
Even with a presumably business-friendly president-elect in Donald Trump, drugmakers that have been battered by criticism over high prices in the past year are bracing for Republican and Democratic lawmakers to take aim at the industry. Although Trump's brief health plan released last week on his transition's website doesn't mention drug prices, he has previously voiced support for having the government negotiate prices in Medicare, and allowing the re-importation of cheaper treatments from other countries -- two proposals the pharmaceutical industry has long opposed.
"What people don't realize is, because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke." - House Speaker Paul D. Ryan , interview with Fox News Channel, Nov. 10 Our eyebrows went up when we saw this quote from Ryan.
President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan converse about Trump's transition to the White House. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, is giddy about a Republican-controlled White House because it will let him and the Republican majority in Congress wield legislative influence that was previously denied by President Barack Obama's veto pen.
Congressional candidate Chris Peters answers questions from the members of the Burlington Hawk Eye newspaper, Thursday Oct. 27, 2016 in Burlington. Congressional candidate Chris Peters answers questions from the members of the Burlington Hawk Eye newspaper, Thursday Oct. 27, 2016 in Burlington.
At a rally this week in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump pulled what he said was this nugget from hacked excerpts of a speech that Hillary Clinton had given to Wall Street bankers. "The speeches also show that Crooked Hillary supports cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits, one more example of how Hillary Clinton's public position is a lie," Trump said of the remarks that were revealed in hacked emails of Clinton campaign officials that were published by WikiLeaks.
Unraveling the ins and outs of Medicare, including what it covers, what it costs, and what stocks move higher or lower because of it. Medicare provides an important safety net in your retirement, but if you don't understand the ins and outs of this critical program, you might not get the most out of it.
Gov. Maggie Hassan and Sen. Kelly Ayotte had their first candidate forum of the general election Monday morning in Manchester. At the AARP-sponsored event, the U.S. Senate candidates focused on Social Security and Medicare.
A prominent scholar says that Medicare will not be saved either by vouchers backed by Republican congressional majorities or the national health-care overhaul achieved under Democratic President Barack Obama. Theodore Marmor, who is making several stops in Oregon, says the ideal of Medicare for all - universal coverage based on the 50-year-old federal program of health insurance for people 65 and older - rests on stemming medical cost increases and setting limits for medical care.
In response to the U.S. Census Bureau's report " Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2015 ," AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement: "Today's report from the Census Bureau is really good news. President Obama's policies are working, and he deserves credit.
As Deborah Ross sharpens her criticisms this week of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's plan for Medicare, the North Carolina Republican incumbent's office says he's no longer looking for a vote in Congress on the plan he helped draft four years ago. Ross has spent much of her time on the campaign trail recently talking about Social Security and Medicare and attacking the plan Burr promoted in 2012 with former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
With the hourglass running out for his administration, President Barack Obama's health care law is struggling in many parts of the country. Double-digit premium increases and exits by big-name insurers have caused some to wonder whether "Obamacare" will go down as a failed experiment.
She cracks similar jokes as she welcomes visitors into "the house of the living dead" or comments on how good she feels, considering her "condition." Murphy says she has tried to see the humor in the situation that began two weeks ago.
With the hourglass running out for his administration, President Barack Obama's health care law is struggling in many parts of the country. Double-digit premium increases and exits by big-name insurers have caused some to wonder whether "Obamacare" will go down as a failed experiment.
A slew of news, from insurers dropping out to possible fraud among healthcare providers, has all accumulated in a deluge of negative headlines for one of President Obama's signature law. While there are issues, and this past week highlighted many of them, it does appear that there is a long road ahead before we have a definitive understanding of Obamacare's survival and a good chance that it makes it.
News this week that insurance giant Aetna would pull out of Obamacare exchanges in 11 of 15 states resulted in a chorus of "I told you so" from those opposed to the Affordable Care Act. And no wonder.
Humana's stock price fell by 2.6% Monday because of investors' fears that the U.S. Justice Department will try to squash Aetna's $37 billion takeover of the insurer. Humana's stock descent began in earnest last week after antitrust trade publication MLex cited sources who said the Justice Department was skeptical about the Aetna-Humana deal and potentially was ready to sue to block it.
Along with roll call votes this week, the House also passed the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act , to improve access to durable medical equipment for Medicare beneficiaries; passed the Senior Safe Act , to provide immunity from suit for certain individuals who disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of senior citizens; ... (more)
Citing her commitment to expand Social Security, strengthen Medicare and rein in prescription drug prices, the executive board of the Alliance for Retired Americans voted to endorse Hillary Clinton for president. "Hillary Clinton has been a champion for retirees throughout her distinguished career.