A Guide to the President’s Proposed (and Politicized) Health Care Plans President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet with survivors, families, hospital staff, and first responders, Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. (Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks, Public Domain) … [Read more...]
Kamala Harris Supports Medicare for All During ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
Kamala Harris poses with a young child at event. (Photo Credit: Public Domain) Senator Kamala Harris of California told Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd on Sunday that she supports the estimated $2.5 trillion Medicare for All proposal in which Medicare would be expanded to include all Americans and many of the deductibles and co-pays would be … [Read more...]
Trump Outlines Watered-Down Health Insurance Plans
President Skirting Obamacare with Skimpy State Plans Sold by Suspect Carriers The Trump Administration, intent on crippling The Affordable Care Act’s value-added and cost-effective healthcare mechanism, outlined new “guidance” in November that loosens ACA state waiver restrictions, allowing states and insurance carriers to offer the same … [Read more...]
Weekend Nursing Home Inspections Catch Understaffing Issues
If you have ever worked as a healthcare professional in a nursing home or assisted living setting, you know that caring for the elderly is one of the most meaningful acts a healthcare worker perform in their career. But if you have worked in this field, you also understand the challenges that come with this type of work: long hours, high turnover, … [Read more...]
Medicaid Expansion Wins With Red State Voters
When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, it contained a mandatory expansion of Medicaid, the insurance program for low income Americans that's run as a joint venture of the federal government and the states. States were required to expand Medicaid to those making 138 percent of the federal poverty level, but the federal government … [Read more...]
Trump Efforts on Drug Prices Lead to Big Announcements, Uncertain Results
A year and a half into what we now know is a far-right Trump Administration; it's easy to forget that in 2015 and 2016 then-candidate Donald Trump ran as a different kind of Republican. While playing hard to his party base's racial resentments, Trump purported to reject party orthodoxies on the role of government and support for big business. It … [Read more...]
Gag Orders Keep Pharmacists from Telling Customers About Cheaper Drug Options
In December, the New York Times released a report in collaboration with ProPublica, exposing the unnerving logic behind prescription drug prices. The report outlined a complicated network of insurers, pharmacies, drug companies and pharmacy benefit managers – all of which are motivated by one thing: money. One might expect that after factoring … [Read more...]
