Health Care

The Problem with Medicaid Work Requirements

By The Fiscal Times Staff

The New York Times’ Margot Sanger-Katz writes that there’s a “big problem” with Medicaid work requirements that the Trump administration says are meant to encourage low-income Americans to work,...
7 Numbers That Signal Trouble for the GOP

By Yuval Rosenberg

A new Fox News poll delivers a lengthy list of numbers that signal trouble for Republicans: Democrats hold a 7-point edge over Republicans in the generic congressional ballot for the midterm...
Where the Future of Medicaid Is on the Ballot in November

By The Fiscal Times Staff

“The future of Medicaid has a lot riding on the November elections,” writes Harris Meyer at Modern Healthcare. Seventeen states have declined to expand Medicaid since the Affordable Care Act made...
$Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the "Medicare for All Act of 2017\$

How to Pay for Medicare for All? Supporters Say That’s the Wrong Question. Here’s Why.

By Yuval Rosenberg

Any Democrat proposing a transition to a Medicare-for-all system can expect to be pressed on a pivotal question: How do you plan to pay for it? The price tag: Various estimates have pegged the cost...
How Health Care Spending Soared by $1 Trillion in 10 Years

By Yuval Rosenberg

Health care spending per person for Americans with employer-provided health insurance rose by 44 percent, or 4.1 percent a year, from 2007 through 2016, according to a new study in Health Affairs ...

Who Will Protect Medicare? GOP, Dems Duke It Out

By Yuval Rosenberg

The 2018 election may be a referendum on President Donald Trump, but it’s also turning into a battle over Medicare, at least in some key races. The Washington Post’s David Weigel reports that...
Kudlow: ‘I Don’t Buy’ That Tax Cuts Boosted Deficit

By Yuval Rosenberg

Larry Kudlow is at it again. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York, the top economic adviser to President Trump said that, while the administration is looking to cut federal spending — including...
House to Considers Billions in Cuts to Obamacare Taxes

By Michael Rainey

In addition to a package of bills that would make the individual tax cuts permanent , the House is expected to consider legislation this week that would delay or roll back multiple tax provisions in...
Arkansas Drops Thousands from Medicaid

By Michael Rainey

More than 4,000 people will lose their Medicaid coverage in Arkansas for failing to meet the state’s new work requirements. Earlier this year, the Trump administration approved the new work rules,...
‘Things Are So Much Worse’ – but Does Anyone Care About the Deficit?

By Yuval Rosenberg

As we told you yesterday , the Congressional Budget Office estimated this week that the deficit for the first 11 months of fiscal 2018 totaled $895 billion, or $222 billion more than it was over the...

Obama: 'Suddenly Deficits Do Not Matter'

By Yuval Rosenberg

Former President Barack Obama stepped back into the political fray on Friday, delivering a blistering rebuke of President Trump and the Republican Party while signaling how he plans to campaign on...
Obamacare Markets Stabilize, Will See Smaller Premium Hikes in 2019

By Michael Rainey

Premiums for Affordable Care Act insurance plans will see relatively modest increases averaging 3.6 percent next year, and some states will actually see rate decreases, according to an analysis...
Why Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Are Such a Potent Political Issue

By Yuval Rosenberg

The Affordable Care Act provisions preventing insurers from discriminating against patients with pre-existing medical conditions have become a popular — and politically potent — element of the law,...
Is Obamacare Constitutional? The Battle Begins Again

By Yuval Rosenberg

The debate over the Affordable Care Act entered a new phase Wednesday as a federal court in Texas began hearing oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by 20 Republican-led states challenging the...
Who Gets the Blame for High Health-Care Costs

By Yuval Rosenberg

Drug companies making “too much money” tops the list of factors Americans blame for rising health care costs, according to the latest Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll , released Wednesday...