Health Care

$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

Voter Support for 'Medicare for All' Plunges: Poll

By Yuval Rosenberg

With Democratic proposals to provide “Medicare for all” increasingly in the headlines — and increasingly the subject of debate over whether the program would or should involve eliminating private...
Medicare, Medicaid Control Costs Better Than Private Insurers: Study

By Yuval Rosenberg

Growth in Medicare and Medicaid spending per enrollee was slower than in private insurance between 2006 and 2017, according to an analysis released this week by the Urban Institute. Medicare spending...
Affordable Care Act Hasn’t Reduced Bankruptcies: Study

By Michael Rainey

Medical problems are still the most common cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S., according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. Using a sample of 910 Americans who filed for...
White House: Trump Didn’t Sabotage Obamacare — and We’re Savings Billions on Health Care

By Michael Rainey

President Trump boasted during his State of the Union address this week about eliminating the “very unpopular” individual mandate that was a key part of the Affordable Care Act, and has claimed at...
Why Record Approvals for Generic Drugs May Not Save Consumers Much Money

By Michael Rainey

The Trump administration has pushed to speed up the approval process for generic drugs as part of its strategy to lower drug prices. A recent study by PwC found that the Food and Drug Administration...

Record Approvals for Generic Drugs, but Many Aren’t for Sale

By Sydney Lupkin and Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News

The Trump administration has been trumpeting a huge increase in FDA generic drug approvals the past two years, the result of its actions to streamline a cumbersome process and combat anti-competitive...
Are Democrats Really Going ‘Socialist’?

By Michael Rainey

President Trump earned a rousing cheer from Republican lawmakers during his State of the Union address when he proclaimed, “America will never be a socialist country.” His proud declaration echoed...
SOTU 2019: 3 Important Things Trump Said, and 1 Big Thing He Didn’t

By Yuval Rosenberg

President Trump’s 82-minute-long State of the Union address Tuesday night put a uniquely Trumpian spin on the usual recipe for the address: a healthy helping of rah-rah patriotism and legislative...
Ideas To Curb Surprise Medical Bills Percolate With Rare Bipartisan Push

By Shefali Luthra and Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News

Surrounded by patients who told horror stories of being stuck with hefty bills, President Donald Trump recently waded into a widespread health care problem for which almost everyone — even those with...
Why Hospital Prices Are Rising Fast

By Michael Rainey

Prescription drugs get much of the attention when it comes to soaring medical costs, but a new study published in Health Affairs finds that hospital prices have been rising quickly as well — more...

Pfizer Says It Will Raise Prices on 41 Drugs

By Yuval Rosenberg

When drug giant Pfizer announced in July that it would roll back price hikes on its drugs, it made clear that the change was temporary . Facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump, the...
Poor Health of Workers Costs Employers an Extra $530 Billion: Report

By Yuval Rosenberg

U.S. employers spend about $880 billion on health care benefits for employees and their dependents, but poor health among workers costs them another $530 billion — or about 60 cents for every dollar...
Trump Administration Plots Costly Private-Care Expansion for Veterans

By Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica

Last June, President Donald Trump signed a landmark law on veterans’ health care after months of tense negotiations. At the ceremony in the Rose Garden, Trump said the bill would deliver on his...
20 Million More Americans Have Health Insurance, Compared to 2010

By The Fiscal Times Staff

When President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, about 48.6 million people lacked health insurance in the U.S. In the first half of 2018, 28.5 million lacked insurance – a decrease...
The Growth of Medicare Advantage

By Michael Rainey

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans – which provide more comprehensive coverage than Medicare parts A and B and are managed by private insurers – has more than tripled since 2005, according to a...