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Latest KFF Health News Stories

Trump Executive Order Draft On Drug Prices Would Decrease Regulations, Take Steps To Increase Competition

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CQ Roll Call reports that a draft document indicates that the Trump administration leaning toward a roll back of regulations to foster faster drug approvals and promoting competition and new payment models for federal insurance programs. In other pharmaceutical industry news, Mylan shareholders reject the EpiPen maker’s executive pay policy but re-elect its board.

More Approve Of Obamacare Than House Republicans’ Replacement Bill, New Poll Finds

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But the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey also shows that a majority of Americans want fixes to the existing health law. A separate AARP poll also reports low approval numbers for the American Health Care Act that passed in the House last month.

Senate Health Bill Includes House Provision To Cut N.Y. Counties’ Medicaid Obligations

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The bill would have additional repercussions for other states, too. For instance, because of state law, Illinois could feel the cutback in Medicaid faster than other states. News outlets look at some of the concerns in New York, Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia, California and Georgia.

Senate Plan Would Give Corporations, High Income Earners A $1 Trillion Tax Cut

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The draft released by Senate leaders would delay the Cadillac tax on expensive health insurance and repeal the health law’s taxes on investment income, high-income Medicare beneficiaries, employers who don’t offer insurance, people who don’t get insurance, medical devices and tanning services.