Budget Battles
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The Healthiest — and Unhealthiest — US States
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Health Spending Hits Record High, Even With 1 Million Fewer Insured
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A White House Report Slams Pelosi’s Drug Plan. Experts Call Its Claims ‘Nonsense’
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Hospitals Sue to Protect Secret Prices
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How a Public Option Would Affect the Insurance Market
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Joe Biden Says Pete Buttigieg ‘Stole’ His Health Care Plan
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63% Say U.S. Health Care Has Huge Problems — and That’s an Improvement
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The Healthiest — and Unhealthiest — US States
Vermont is the healthiest state in the U.S., according to the latest annual ranking by the United Health Foundation. Vermont climbed three spots, thanks in part to “a low incidence of chlamydia, a...
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Health Spending Hits Record High, Even With 1 Million Fewer Insured
U.S. spending on health care grew to $3.65 trillion last year, climbing above $11,000 per person for the first time, according to a new report from Medicare actuaries. Spending rose 4.6% in 2018,...
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A White House Report Slams Pelosi’s Drug Plan. Experts Call Its Claims ‘Nonsense’
The White House Council of Economic Advisers issued a report Tuesday warning that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill to lower prescription drug prices would have devastating health and economic costs...
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How a Public Option Would Affect the Insurance Market
By Michael RaineySeveral Democratic presidential candidates say a public option for health insurance would provide a more moderate, less disruptive alternative to the Medicare for All plan backed by Senators Bernie...
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Joe Biden Says Pete Buttigieg ‘Stole’ His Health Care Plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that Pete Buttigieg, a surging rival for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, “stole” his health care proposal to expand the Affordable Care Act...
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63% Say U.S. Health Care Has Huge Problems — and That’s an Improvement
Here’s a nugget of good news: Nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed by Gallup say that the U.S. health care system is in a state of crisis or has major problems. Yes, that’s good news because...
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Chart of the Day: Record Low Poverty Rate
By Michael RaineyThe extensive array of government assistance programs — including Social Security, unemployment insurance, veterans’ benefits, nutritional aid, rental assistance and the Earned Income Tax Credit —...
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Feud Between Top Officials Hinders Trump Health Care Agenda: Report
A deep, personal feud between President Trump’s health secretary and his Medicare administrator has undermined the administration’s health care agenda and disrupted the development of an Obamacare...
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Fact Check: Do 160 Million Americans Really Like Their Health Plans?
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsArticulating his proposal for health care reform, former Vice President Joe Biden emphasized the number of Americans who, he said, were more than perfectly satisfied with the coverage they have. “One...
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How Hospital Price Transparency Can Lead to Lower Costs
By Neeraj Sood, The ConversationNew federal regulations finalized Nov. 15 require hospitals to make public all the prices they negotiate with insurers and health plans, starting in 2021. The aim is to untangle the hospital...
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A Life-Saving Drug Could Come with a $4 Million Price Tag
Swiss drugmaker Novartis hinted Monday that it is considering charging an eye-popping price as high as $4 million to $5 million for a life-saving new gene therapy to cure rare cases of a disease...
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Chart of the Day: Who Voters Trust with Medicare
Older Americans come out to vote — and they trust Democrats more than Republicans on health care, writes Drew Altman of the Kaiser Family Foundation at Axios . Advantage Democrats, right? Maybe, but...
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What’s The Difference Between Medicare-For-All and Single-Payer?
By Samantha Young, Kaiser Health NewsMODESTO, Calif. — Betsy Foster and Doug Dillon are devotees of Josh Harder. The Democratic upstart is attempting to topple Republican House incumbent Jeff Denham in this conflicted, semi-rural...
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3 Big Health Care Issues That Could Be Affected by the Election
Voters have made it clear that health care is the most important issue for them this election, and maintaining protections for insurance shoppers with pre-existing conditions has emerged as a key...
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The Election’s Impact on Health Care: Some Bellwether Races to Watch
By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health NewsVoters this year have told pollsters in no uncertain terms that health care is important to them. In particular, maintaining insurance protections for preexisting conditions is the top issue to many...
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