How seniors could lose in the Medicare political wars
By Julie Rovner on February 16, 2023 for npr The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington
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Elections – Healthcare issues
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
(By KHN Podcast dated October 20, 2022) What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have
Read More‘Nationalized healthcare’ on the ballot in rural Wisconsin county
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A rural county in Wisconsin is placing a voter referendum on its November
Read MorePharma funded more than 2,400 state lawmaker campaigns in 2020, new STAT analysis finds
(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — State lawmakers in Oregon have tried to lower high drug prices from nearly
Read MoreBiden Plan to Lower Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Faces Hostility From Hospitals
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Of his many plans to expand insurance coverage, President-elect Joe Biden’s simplest strategy
Read MoreFirst-of-its-kind examination shows how widely pharma showers campaign cash at the state level
(By Lev Facher for STAT) By the time Will Guzzardi, a state legislator in Illinois, called a vote on his
Read MoreAs Trump Touts His ‘Great’ COVID Drugs, the Pharma Cash Flows to Biden, Not Him
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Pharmaceutical giants Regeneron and Gilead Sciences got the kind of publicity money can’t
Read MoreNew Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought
(By David Welna for NPR) Amid widespread alarm about the ability of the embattled U.S. Postal Service to deliver mailed
Read MoreSanders releases ‘Medicare for All’ funding details
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., revealed a long-awaited funding plan on
Read MoreNewsom Touts California’s ‘Public Option.’ Wait — What Public Option?
(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News) Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are pitching a federal “public option” as a
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