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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation was charged by the health law with exploring payment reforms that could cut health care costs and possibly improve quality. But its future is hinged to whether GOP lawmakers see value in its work.
Sponsors of Congressional action up for vote Wednesday have championed mental health changes since the 2012 Newtown shootings.
Privatizing the Medicare program for the elderly and disabled and turning the Medicaid program for the poor back to the states are long-time goals for Republicans in Congress and the White House.
Three lobbyists for every member of Congress in a push to pass a bill that increases research funding and speeds up approvals.
Trump and leading Republicans like the idea. Some policymakers and experts say it wasn鈥檛 viable in the first place.
The legislation would give federal officials more flexibility in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs and devices and add billions of dollars to NIH funding. But critics say it could endanger patients鈥 safety and doesn鈥檛 do enough to stop spiraling drug prices.
The company鈥檚 CEO also dismisses Trump鈥檚 notion of selling insurance plans across state lines, calling it 鈥榩erplexing.鈥
But block grants face likely resistance from states, poised to lose many millions.
Republicans will likely chip away at the ACA piecemeal and say they will try to provide a soft exit.
Some 鈥渕ust-pass鈥 health legislation next year could give the new administration a vehicle for some proposals that might not be able to clear political or procedural hurdles on their own.
UCLA health policy expert Gerald Kominski says a 鈥減ublic option鈥 health plan would look a lot like private insurance, and politics will determine whether it would happen on a state or national level.
A federal law enacted shortly after the end of World War II provided grants and loans to fund hospital construction that have left a lasting legacy.
A voucher awarded to companies that find treatments for rare childhood diseases can be sold to the highest bidder 鈥 and then used to speed up approvals for much more common drugs.
U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) renews his call for tightened laws that would force manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration when they issue safety warnings in other countries related to the design and cleaning of their devices.
Two-thirds of the federally funded co-ops created by the health law to sell health insurance to individuals and small employers have folded and those that remain are diversifying to stay alive.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently spoke with KHN鈥檚 Carmen Heredia Rodriguez about vaccine development and the ongoing fight in Congress over emergency funding.
The president made the proposal as part of a comprehensive look at the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 legacy in an article under his byline in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The decision runs counter to a Senate committee that voted to strip the $52 million appropriation for the State Health Insurance Assistance Program, which helps beneficiaries understand their Medicare coverage and helps them with billing issues.
Patrick Kennedy, a former congressman from Rhode Island, and Newt Gingrich, who was once the House speaker, are advancing policies to combat this national crisis.
Almost two-thirds say federal funds should help women in Zika-affected areas get access to abortion, family planning and contraception services, a new Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds.
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