Budget Battles
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Dems Debate Smaller Unemployment Checks
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Now It's the Senate's Turn on Stimulus
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Democrats Scramble to Save $15 Minimum Wage
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The US Is About to Get a New Top Tax Break
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150 Top Business Leaders Back Biden's Covid Plan
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Fed's Powell Warns Congress on the Economy
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Two Key Senators Say No to Biden’s Budget Office Pick
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Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine for Every Adult by End of May
President Biden on Tuesday announced that drug giant Merck will help manufacture the newly approved single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “Two of the largest health care and pharmaceutical...
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Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster
By Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublicaPresident Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, and his administration says it’s using the full force of the federal government to get the doses by July...
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Biden to Commit $4 Billion to Global Covid Vaccine Fund
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden announced Friday that the U.S. will soon release $2 billion in initial funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a private-public partnership that combats disease in low-income...
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6 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Delayed by Winter Storms, White House Says
Hazardous winter storms across much of the country have delayed delivery of 6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the White House said Friday. Andy Slavitt, White House senior advisor for Covid...
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Best Way to Control Hospital Costs? Regulate Prices, New Study Says
By Michael RaineyHospitals account for the largest single category of health care spending in the U.S., and policymakers have long debated the best way to bring their costs under control. According to a new report...
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Democrats Reintroduce Public Option Plan for Health Care
By Michael RaineyTwo Democratic senators on Wednesday reintroduced a plan for creating a public option for health care in the U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Tim Kaine of Virginia propose to create a...
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5 Policy Takeaways From Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
President Biden made news on a number of fronts at his Tuesday night CNN town hall in Milwaukee. Here’s a quick recap. A goal for vaccinations, and some normality: Biden said that by the end of July...
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White House Says It Will Send 13.5 Million Vaccine Doses a Week to States
The White House said Tuesday that it is upping the supply of coronavirus vaccines the federal government sends to states each week from 11 million to 13.5 million. It is also doubling the doses sent...
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![FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi](https://dcewboipbvgi2.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/reuters/usa-obamacare-insurers_1.jpg?itok=PL3Nil7P "FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi")
The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again. Here’s What You Need to Know
By Michele Andrews, Kaiser Health NewsFor people who’ve been without health insurance during the pandemic, relief is in sight. In January, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to open up the federal health insurance marketplace...
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Biden Rolls Back Medicaid Work Requirements
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration on Friday afternoon revoked permission for states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. The move comes two weeks after President Joe Biden ordered federal...
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Point-Counterpoint: Bernie Sanders’ Big Spending Plans
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has proposed ambitious plans — most notably, a transition to a Medicare-for-All system — that would...
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Court Strikes Down Trump Administration’s Medicaid Work Requirements
By Michael RaineyA federal appeals court on Friday struck down the Trump administration’s approval of work requirements in the Arkansas Medicaid program, delivering a serious blow to the effort to impose more...
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Would ‘Medicare For All’ Cost More Than U.S. Budget? Biden Says So. Math Says No
By Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health NewsDuring the Feb. 7 Democratic presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden once again questioned the price tag of “Medicare for All,” the single-payer health care proposal championed by one of...
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More Than 14% of Americans Struggled to Pay Medical Bills in 2018
About one in seven Americans reported belonging to a family that struggled to pay medical bills in 2018, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percentage...
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Surprise Medical Bills Hit 1 in 5 After Surgery: Study
By Michael RaineyEven patients who plan their elective surgeries ahead of time — using in-network surgeons at in-network facilities — can receive unforeseen bills from out-of-network providers, according to a new...