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Expect more aggressive regulatory action from the Trump administration while skirmishes continue in Congress and statehouses across the country. Many of these policies will ultimately be challenged in court.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
California鈥檚 incoming congressional delegation will be the largest in the U.S. House of Representatives to support progressive health care policies such as 鈥淢edicare-for-all.鈥 But the political reality of a Republican Senate and president means that they will need to pursue ideas that 鈥渁ren鈥檛 pie in the sky.鈥
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
Diabetics dying because they can鈥檛 afford insulin. Organ transplant patients undergoing 鈥渨allet biopsies鈥 to get on waiting lists. Are out-of-pocket costs going to dominate the health discussion in the next election? Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Joanne Kenen of Politico and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this as well as new Trump administration rules giving states the ability to make major changes to the Affordable Care Act. Also, lame-duck lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan try to cement health changes before Democrats take over.
KHN鈥檚 Sarah Jane Tribble discusses the twists and turns with CBS News.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health articles from the week so you don鈥檛 have to.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Alice Ollstein of Politico discuss how the Democrats鈥 takeover of the House and other results from the Nov. 6 elections might affect health care, and what Congress may have in store for the lame-duck session.
A ballot initiative to fund Medicaid expansion with a tobacco tax failed in Montana on Tuesday. The expansion will expire in the state in June 2019, unless the legislature finds another way to fund it.
In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the Trump administration鈥檚 new birth control coverage rules and the potential impact of the midterm election results on health policy.
The dialysis industry raised nearly $111 million in a successful bid to defeat the measure, which also was opposed by hospitals and doctors. The union that sponsored the measure collected about one-sixth that amount.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra views his resounding Election Day win as a 鈥渃lear signal鈥 from voters to continue his work defending the Affordable Care Act and pushing back against the Trump administration.
Following the vote, nearly 500,000 uninsured adults in five states are poised to gain Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, say advocates. But many conservatives remain opposed to the expansion.
Democrats, who have a history of championing the Affordable Care Act and railing about drug prices, will now chair several house committees.
Even though they are taking control of the House, Democrats will be unlikely to advance many initiatives on health that don鈥檛 meet Republican approval since the GOP controls the Senate and the White House. But they can block any efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act or change Medicaid or Medicare.
Even though Democrat Gavin Newsom campaigned for single-payer, it鈥檚 unlikely that he and other lawmakers will completely overhaul the state鈥檚 health care system right away. Instead, they will likely propose incremental steps to provide more Californians with health insurance.
Voters in Oregon and Washington will decide whether to strip cities of the ability to tax sugary drinks.
A ballot initiative in Montana would tax cigarettes $2 a pack to help pay for the state鈥檚 Medicaid expansion. But the tobacco industry has spent more than $17 million fighting the effort.
As politicians across the country toss about such health care catchphrases, sometimes interchangeably, many voters say they鈥檙e 鈥渏ust confused.鈥
Both sides in the contentious and expensive battle over California鈥檚 Proposition 8 are cherry-picking the facts ahead of Tuesday鈥檚 vote as dialysis companies spend record amounts to persuade voters through ads.
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