Budget Battles
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Could Democrats Blow Up Biden’s Tax Plans?
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McConnell Lays Down a Marker on Infrastructure
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Shockingly Weak Jobs Report Spurs Partisan Clash
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US Incomes Soar on Covid Relief Payments
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Biden Says He’s Willing to Compromise on Major Tax Hike
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Yellen Spooks Investors With Talk of Rate Hikes
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McConnell: ‘Zero’ GOP Support for Biden’s Big Plans
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Biden Sets New Vaccine Target: 70% Dosed by July 4
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden said Tuesday that he wants 70% of the adult population in the U.S. to have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose by July 4, up from the current level of 56%. Some experts...
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Why the US May Never Achieve 'Herd Immunity'
Nearly 45% of Americans have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine and nearly a third are fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . As the vaccination...
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Defying Biden, Some Congressional Democrats Still Seek to Expand Medicare
President Biden didn’t include major health care reforms in his new $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. Congressional Democrats are planning to push for them anyway, The Washington Post’s Tony Romm...
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Chart of the Day: Federal Medicaid Spending Rose by Nearly 20% in One Year
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that federal Medicaid spending grew dramatically in the year since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, reflecting increased enrollment and...
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U.S. Drug Prices Two to Four Times Higher Than in Other Rich Countries: GAO
A new government analysis commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) finds that the United States pays more than two to four times as much for certain prescription drugs as other wealthy countries...
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Chart of the Day: A ‘Stunning’ Drop in Health Care Costs Under Medicare
Health care spending tends to increase with age, but a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that per-person spending among people aged 60 to 64 in large employer-provided insurance...
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Biden Offers New Tax Credit to Help Drive Vaccinations
By Michael RaineyPresident Biden said Wednesday that by the end of the day, the U.S. will have achieved his stated goal of administering 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses within the first 100 days of his...
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Another Battle Brewing Over Prescription Drug Prices
The White House is expected to include proposals to lower prescription drug prices as part of President Biden’s next big spending plan, focused on caregiving and what the White House calls “human...
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Satisfaction With Vaccine Rollout Surges: Poll
By Michael RaineyIn a remarkable turnaround from just a few weeks ago, a solid majority of Americans now say they are satisfied with the way Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, according to a Gallup poll...
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Biden Announces New Push for Vaccinations
By Michael RaineyWithin three weeks, 90% of American adults will be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot at a site within five miles of their home, President Joe Biden announced Monday. Biden said that by...
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5 Key Takeaways From Biden’s First Presidential Press Conference
President Joe Biden’s first news conference in office covered a range of topics, including the migrant surge at the southern U.S. border, GOP efforts to restrict voting rights , foreign relations...
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How Democrats Could Finally Bring Down Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyDemocratic lawmakers are getting behind a plan to enable the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices of some drugs covered by Medicare, potentially saving the federal...
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Obamacare Turns 11: How Biden Is Expanding the Law
President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law 11 years ago. President Biden and Democrats marked the anniversary Tuesday by celebrating the law — even as they look to...
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A ‘Crazy Quilt’ of State Rules for Covid Vaccine Eligibility
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health NewsIn North Carolina, the nation’s leading tobacco producer , any adult who has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime can now be vaccinated against covid. In Florida, people under 50 with...
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CDC Eases Rules on Distancing in Schools
By Michael RaineyElementary school students can sit 3 feet from each other in classrooms as long as they are wearing masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. The agency said it was...