Trump Administration
With One Hand, Administration Boosts ACA Marketplaces, Weakens Them With Another
Guidance issued Monday could make it easier for states to get around some of the law's requirements while a rule proposed 12 hours later could bolster the exchanges.
In the span of less than 12 hours last week, the Trump administration took two seemingly contradictory actions that could have profound effects on the insurance marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act.
Trump Administration Sinks Teeth Into Paring Down Drug Prices, On 5 Key Points
Officials are working on a multi-pronged plan to promote competition, attack the drug rebate system and introduce other ways to lower prices.
Three months after President Donald Trump announced his blueprint to bring down drug prices, administration officials have begun putting some teeth behind the rhetoric.
Briefly: Sen. Wyden blasts Trump administration over drug pricing plan
The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and Oregon senator called on the administration to release public comments on the plan.
Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden again blasted the Trump administration on Monday over its proposed drug pricing plan.
Children Entering U.S. Illegally Find Shelter at Portland Nonprofit
Morrison Child & Family Services, which takes in about 200 of the youth a year, says in a statement that it has been “shocked, horrified and heartbroken by the change in policy and practice at our southern border and its terrible impact on immigrant families.”
Trump Administration Whacks Millions From Budget Used To Push Obamacare
President Donald Trump has insisted for months that “Obamacare is already dead.”
CBO: Killing Cost-Sharing Subsidies Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums And Deficit
If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threats to cut federal cost-sharing subsidies, health insurance premiums for silver plans would soar by an average of 20 percent next year and the federal deficit would rise by $194 billion over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional
In Strong-Arm Tactic, Trump Puts Congressional Health Benefits Into Play
President Donald Trump, who appears increasingly frustrated by congressional Republicans’ inability to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, has led — since before he took office — the ballyhoo to let the law fail.
Whichever Way ‘Repeal and Replace’ Blows, Pharma Is Due For Windfall
The pharmaceutical industry could see windfall profits from a little-noticed tweak to the insurance market tucked into the Trump administration’s draft executive order on drug prices, experts say.
Some GOP Voters Skittish On Full Repeal, Poll Finds
With their party gaining control of both the White House and Congress, some Republican voters are growing hesitant about outright abolition of the Affordable Care Act and instead favoring a more circumspect approach of scaling it back, according to a poll released Thursday.
