Two bipartisan measures designed to bring down Obamacare insurance premiums will be left out of a year-end spending bill after Republicans agreed with the party leaders to let debate slip into next month.
Doctors blame holdups in getting the treatment paid for by Medicare and Medicaid, the two giant U.S. government health programs, as well as some of the U.S.s largest insurers.
Measures proposed in the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday would cut some Affordable Care Act taxes for health insurers, drugmakers and medical-device makers. Patients, too, would benefit from the changes, which are likely to be attached to an end-of-year spending bill.
The House of Representatives attached a rule change for the Childrens Health Insurance Program to Thursdays continuing resolution to keep the U.S. government running until Dec. 22.
Alex Azar isnt likely to shy away from the topic of sky-high medication prices -- but it may be insurers and drug plans that feel the heat as much as his former industry.
The bill would reauthorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program for five years, after which Congress will have to reconsider it. It passed the House by a vote of 242-174 on Friday.
Overwhelmed by the deluge of analyses, scrutiny, predictions and other responses to the Trump administration's health care reform efforts? Here are nine basic questions and answers.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday hinted on Twitter that hes getting closer to signing an executive order that could erode Obamacare, after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a repeal bill.
Republican senators pushing another attempt at an Obamacare repeal made tweaks to their bill this weekend to try to sway a few GOP holdouts whose votes they need.
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