Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Ryan Doesn’t Have to Worry About Trump and Entitlements Just Yet

Chris Deaton · February 28, 2017 5:15 pm

"We've never proposed to change benefits for current seniors and people who are about to retire," Ryan said. "In the 10-year budget window ... we have never proposed that." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Ryan not bothered by lack of entitlement reform in Trump’s budget

Kyle Feldscher · February 28, 2017 12:49 pm

"We do not want one single one of our citizens to lose access to quality healthcare. I think we are all unified in that," McAuliffe said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stark divisions among governors on Medicaid, Obamacare

Robert King · February 27, 2017 8:04 pm

"We need to create a level playing field for U.S. companies to compete in the world, and they just haven't had that opportunity," Mnuchin said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Mnuchin: Tax reform on the agenda, entitlement cuts are not

Kyle Feldscher · February 26, 2017 7:17 pm

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the head of the National Governors Association, noted that the GOP is trying to reconcile campaign rhetoric about repealing Obamacare. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Governors worried about fate of Medicaid expansion

Robert King · February 25, 2017 5:01 am

Plan would be paid for by capping the tax break for employer-sponsored coverage. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP Obamacare replacement would roll back Medicaid expansion

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 24, 2017 4:37 pm

States have been trapped in an expensive, one-size-fits-all Medicaid model for too long. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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GOP brings flexibility, choice and quality to Medicaid

Sally Pipes · February 24, 2017 3:19 pm

A federal judge blocked Texas' efforts to steer Medicaid funding away from Planned Parenthood, becoming the latest state's effort to fall short. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas judge blocks state from cutting Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · February 21, 2017 11:31 pm

Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator nominee for President Trump, doesn't support turning Medicare into a voucher program, a break from her would-be boss Tom Price. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg)

CMS pick doesn’t support Medicare vouchers

Robert King · February 16, 2017 6:11 pm

oto, Seema Verma, President Trump's nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, refused to endorse giving Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

CMS pick won’t commit to Medicare drug price negotiations

Robert King · February 16, 2017 4:59 pm

Growth in using Medicare services will increase from recent historical lows as more baby boomers reach retirement age. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Healthcare spending to speed up

Robert King · February 15, 2017 9:00 pm

It isn't as cool or as famous as the Coke vs. Pepsi battle, but the battle lines have been drawn in the healthcare debate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Cruz, Sanders trade jabs over healthcare rationing

Robert King · February 8, 2017 2:55 am