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2 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Margot Sanger-Katz |Rebecca Robbins
The president has long complained that the United States pays more for medicines than other wealthy countries. But he offered no clear legal authority to mandate lower prices. President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the United States. But the order cites no obvious legal authority to mandate lower prices.
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2 days ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Rebecca Robbins |Margot Sanger-Katz
President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said on Truth Social on Sunday evening. The proposal he described, which alone cannot shift federal policy, is what he calls a “most favored nation” pricing model.
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3 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Rebecca Robbins |Margot Sanger-Katz
The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term. President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said on Truth Social on Sunday evening. The proposal he described, which alone cannot shift federal policy, is what he calls a "most favored nation" pricing model.
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5 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz |Alicia Parlapiano
Now, Trump's big budget bill might require particularly painful cuts in the South. For months, Republicans have been trying to figure out how to reduce Medicaid spending to help enact President Trump's domestic agenda. But their list of possible cuts is shrinking. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that major cuts to the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion were off the table.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Catie Edmondson |Margot Sanger-Katz
The Republican speaker's decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson has dropped one of the most aggressive options the G.O.P. was considering to cut Medicaid costs to help pay for President Trump's domestic agenda, bowing to pressure from politically vulnerable Republicans and underscoring the deep party divisions imperiling the plan.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Margot Sanger-Katz |Sarah Kliff
States have long used taxes on hospitals and nursing homes to increase federal matching funds. If Republicans end the tactic, red states could feel the most pain. In 1989, New Hampshire's Republican governor, Judd Gregg, had a gaping budget hole he didn't know how to fill. His health secretary came up with a solution: a tax maneuver he'd learned through the grapevine that would force Washington to send the state millions in extra Medicaid funds.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Reed Abelson |Margot Sanger-Katz
The Justice Department accused three large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people toward coverage that might not offer the best medical care. The complaint was against three of the nation's largest health insurance companies - Aetna, Elevance Health and Humana - and three large insurance brokers.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Sarah Kliff |Margot Sanger-Katz
Those ballot initiatives took more work, requiring more signatures to get onto the ballot. Activists decided the extra hurdle was worth it to entrench Medicaid in areas of the country that had been hostile to the program - thus giving it more protection in Washington. The politics of the Republican Party have changed since 2017, too, shifting from Tea Party austerity toward working class populism.
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1 month ago | 
infobae.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman
Últimas NoticiasRusia invade UcraniaDeportesVenezuelaTecnologíaESPNQué Puedo VerEntretenimientoEEUU Federal-State Relations (US)States (US)Trump, Donald JFederal Aid (US)United States Politics and GovernmentMedicine and HealthHealth and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and PreventionCoronavirus (2019-nCoV)Disease Ratesyour-feed-healthcareyour-feed-science Se ha comunicado a los estados que ya no pueden usar las...
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Margot Sanger-Katz |Jan Hoffman
Se ha comunicado a los estados que ya no pueden usar las subvenciones para la gestión de enfermedades infecciosas, servicios de salud mental, tratamiento de adicciones y otros problemas de salud. El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos canceló abruptamente más de 12.000 millones de dólares en subvenciones federales a los estados que se estaban utilizando para el seguimiento de enfermedades infecciosas, servicios de salud mental, tratamiento de adicciones y otros problemas de salud urgentes.
