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The Senate鈥檚 vote to proceed with debate on an Obamacare repeal bill had drama and plenty of color, but you couldn鈥檛 get the complete picture on TV.
The deliberations will be strictly governed by a time limit on debate and strict rules about what is germane.
In a head-to-head comparison, several of the cheaper devices performed nearly as well as the expensive hearing aids. The study lends credence to lawmakers鈥 efforts to get the FDA to set standards for over-the-counter versions.
Embattled opioid seller Mallinckrodt is one of many pharmaceutical companies boosting political contributions and lobbying on Capitol Hill.
The parliamentarian finds that provisions of the bill cannot go forward with a simple majority vote.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the ever-changing status of the Senate鈥檚 effort to 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 the Affordable Care Act, and the Trump administration鈥檚 efforts to undermine the working of the law.
During another day of fast-moving developments, Senate Republicans signaled their intent to attempt to bring an updated repeal-and-delay bill to the floor for a vote next week.
Where women prefer to go for health care becomes a proxy for the abortion debate.
At a hearing Wednesday, federal health officials pointed to billing errors, fraud and overcharges that led Medicare to overpay by staggering sums.
The failure this week of the U.S. Senate鈥檚 ACA repeal effort was one more twist in the ongoing political drama that has complicated routine rate setting for insurers and state officials.
The debate over whether to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has been heated 鈥 and many of those moments have captured a wide audience on YouTube and Twitter.
Doctors, consumers and politicians say big federal cuts to Medicaid funding would jeopardize the treatment a lot of kids rely on. The state would either have to make up lost funding or cut benefits.
A key bill provision would likely lower premiums, but coverage would be skimpier with consumers left to figure out the trade-offs.
Readers have a variety of concerns about what鈥檚 going to happen with 2018 marketplace coverage.
Sen. John McCain鈥檚 surgery impacted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell鈥檚 ambition to push health care bill forward this week.
The Senate draft bill released Thursday to replace the Affordable Care Act risks creating a high-cost ghetto for those with preexisting conditions or long-term sickness, experts say.
KHN chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner and KHN senior correspondent Mary Agnes Carey have been featured on a variety of radio and television shows to discuss the revised Senate GOP legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act.
Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times discuss the changes to the proposed Senate health bill.
Six in 10 Americans say they do not approve of the Senate Republicans鈥 plan to replace Obamacare, according to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
At least two Republicans have already said they cannot support the new legislative draft, which means all other GOP senators would have to agree to the bill to pass it.
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