Associated PressJuly 24, 2020
9min363
Getting initiatives through Congress will be another matter.
Tag: health-care reform
Associated PressJuly 24, 2020
Guest AuthorMarch 11, 2020
3min684
This is the kind of bold reform that too many politicians talk about, but never deliver.
Jacob OglesMarch 31, 2019
4min399
Florida senator wants Pharma accountability, not Medicare for all.
Christine Jordan SextonMarch 21, 2019
7min541
It's opposed by the state’s nursing home, hospital and hospice associations.
Scott PowersDecember 11, 2018
7min376
When Republican Michael Waltz takes his seat in Congress next month he’ll be bringing his concerns about health care costs from his business background, veterans and national security from his military background, and space from both. The lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard with multiple deployments as an Army Green Beret officer and years as […]
Scott PowersJune 18, 2018
6min537
In a statement released by his U.S. Senate campaign, Republican Gov. Rick Scott insisted that he continues to support the requirement that health insurers not discriminate against people with pre-existing medical conditions. The statement puts Scott at odds with the apparent strategy of President Donald Trump, whose Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in recent court […]
Associated PressMarch 23, 2017
5min196
The Latest on the upcoming health care vote in the House (all times local): 1:35 p.m. The chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus says there’s “no deal” on the GOP health care legislation after a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump. The assertion from Congressman Mark Meadows of North Carolina throws […]
Associated PressMarch 16, 2017
6min313
The White House and Republican leaders are talking to rank-and-file lawmakers about revising the GOP health care overhaul, hoping to keep a rebellion by conservatives and moderates from snowballing and imperiling the party’s showpiece legislation. Four days after a congressional report projected the bill would pry coverage from millions of voters, signs of fraying GOP […]
Associated PressJanuary 17, 2017
4min217
Insurance premiums would soar and some 18 million Americans would lose health coverage if Republicans partially repeal President Barack Obama‘s health care law without a replacement, Congress’ nonpartisan budget office estimated Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office analyzed a GOP 2016 repeal measure, which Republicans have cited as a starting point for their 2017 drive to […]
Guest AuthorMarch 16, 20153min208
Innovation is all around us. We see it in electronics, automobiles and many other sectors of our economy. American consumers regularly use products with new features they think will make their lives a little more interesting, more convenient, more efficient or otherwise better. While a thinner phone or a faster computer certainly might seem significant […]