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CBO Estimates 14 Million More Would Be Uninsured Next Year Under GOP Repeal Plan
The Congressional Budget Office releases its anticipated analysis of the American Health Care Act, Republican’s replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act.
Viewpoints: A Doctor To Treat The FDA’s Issues; Confronting The Nation’s Drug Problem
A selection of opinions on health care from across the country.
Different Takes On How The Republican Health Plan Might Impact States, Individuals
In newspaper editorial pages from around the country take a look at how the GOP’s American Health Care Act could affect local health care systems and the safety net.
Perspectives: Bracing For The CBO’s Estimates; What Would Change Under GOP Health Plan?
Opinion writers examine expectations of what the Congressional Budget Office might have to say about the Republican’s plan to dismantle Obamacare, handicap how that repeal-and-replace effort is proceeding and take a hard look at how it could play out.
Outlets report on news from Minnesota, California, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Maryland, Connecticut, Georgia and Virginia.
Police Wear Hats Of Drug Counselors, Social Workers In Face Of Growing Opioid Epidemic
In other news on the national crisis, a judge waives a California state law in order to allow registered nurses to administer overdose antidote to inmates. And Kaiser Permanente makes moves to review opioid prescriptions.
Increasing Violence Against Health Care Workers Hurts Patient Care, Finances And Retention
Modern Healthcare reports on the problem of violence at work and the debate on how to protect nurses, doctors and other medical staff.
Bill Could Require Employees To Submit To Genetic Testing Or Face Financial Penalties
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved legislation that would allow employers to ding workers up to 30 percent of the cost of their health insurance if they refuse to participate in genetic testing as part of a company’s wellness program.
After 3 Discussions With Trump, Rep. Cummings Says Drug Prices Are A Top Priority For President
However, the director of the Office of Management and Budget plays down the possibility of allowing Medicare to negotiate the cost of drugs. Also, the Columbus Dispatch examines the difficulties that seniors face in enrolling and navigating Medicare. And hospitals must now give Medicare patients official notice if they haven’t been admitted to the hospital and are instead in observation care.
Trump Picks Bush Alum With Deep Ties To Pharma, Wall Street As FDA Nominee
Scott Gottlieb, a physician who left the Food and Drug Administration in 2007, is a consultant to GlaxoSmithKline’s product investment board; a managing director at T.R. Winston & Company merchant bank, which specializes in health care; and a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine.
The Human Ramifications Of Repealing The Health Law
From a millennial with Parkinson’s to a farmer with medical bills to seniors and Hispanics, America is watching and bracing for any changes that will come with the Republicans’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
The Americans With The Most To Lose Under GOP’s Plan? Trump Voters
The proposal will hit older, low-income rural people the hardest.
Women’s Health Services Would Be Cut Under Proposed Republican Plan
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee, says the legislation is a “slap in the face” to women.
Hospitals Worried About Being Walloped Financially By Repeal
“We are likely looking at situations where hospitals would close down service lines, shorten clinic hours and lay off staff,” said Beth Feldpush, a senior vice president at America’s Essential Hospitals.
GOP ‘Rescue Mission’ Could Cause Collateral Damage To Parts Of Law That Are Working
The Associated Press looks at the aspects of the Affordable Care Act that may be affected by the repeal and replace plan.
As States Assess Fate Of Medicaid Expansion, Worries Grow ‘Somebody Is Going To Lose’
Around the country, officials and advocates for low-income residents in states that have pursued the Medicaid expansion are concerned about the impact of the Republican effort to repeal and replace the federal health law.
Concerns About Medicaid Bog Down Prospects For GOP Replacement Bill
Republican governors, members of Congress and the administration are having difficulties coming to agreement on how to handle Obamacare’s expansion of the health insurance program for low-income people.
‘Nobody Will Be Worse Off Financially’: Price, Pence Dispatched To Sell GOP Health Plan
Both Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Vice President Mike Pence spoke out in defense of the American Health Care Act over the weekend.
Trump Playing Pitchman Behind The Scenes But Staying Out Of Limelight So Far On Repeal
President Donald Trump holds off from wading into the public debate quite yet.
After Years Of Absorbing Political Punches Over Health Care, Dems Angling To Turn The Tables
Some experts are even predicting control of the House is within reach if the backlash to the Republicans’ health care plan is strong enough.
