Thoughts On What Happens Next: Will The Health Law Die On The Vine Or Will Bipartisanship Come Into Vogue?
Opinion writers examine what might happen to Obamacare and the challenges that lie ahead.
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Opinion writers examine what might happen to Obamacare and the challenges that lie ahead.
Editorial writers across the country continue to examine the how and why behind the dynamics that played out last week on Capitol Hill as Republicans saw their American Health Care Act fail to reach a House vote.
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A new study finds that the effects of lead are long-lasting, and have a negative impact on social mobility as adults.
"This is an all-out assault on women and a sneak attack from Republicans at the last minute," said Democratic Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a ranking member of the House Human Resources Committee.
Prosecutors say David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt filmed 14 people without permission between October 2013 and July 2015 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado counties. The videos added fuel to congressional Republicans' crusade against the organization.
The drug will cost $37,000 a year. The Food and Drug Administration also has approved the first drug to treat severe multiple sclerosis.
The Health and Human Services Department secretary says the move could undermine the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
The president's proposed executive order, however, left many Democrats on Capitol Hill scratching their heads because much of the information the commission appears to be seeking to establish is already well-known after an extensive public debate last year. Meanwhile, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is pursuing answers on drugmakers' role in the opioid epidemic.
“You can’t come in at the last minute in a budget, to be fair, you weren’t a part of, and negotiate these kinds of changes,” Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said in response to the proposal. “I just don’t think it’s doable.
Hospitals are deeply concerned that the proposal, which would likely also bring a similar reduction in federal funding, could deeply cut into their revenues. Meanwhile, Georgia officials are preparing to add another insurer to the Medicaid managed care program
Some states have been reluctant because they feared Congress was going to end the expansion, and that is now less of a concern, experts say. But in Tennessee, the governor says he's not ready to make that move.
Many conservatives expect the governor to veto the legislation since he has in the past been very critical of the health law's Medicaid expansion. But he has not yet said what he will do.
But if they employ it, the blame for the resulting chaos could fall at their feet. Meanwhile, insurers now have only a few months to decide if they're going to participate in next year's marketplace.
House Republicans are pressing leadership to not give up on repeal and replace, but many know they face long odds. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, at a bipartisan event held out the White House, said he expects everyone to be able to reach a deal "very quickly."
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