Budget Battles
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Republicans Fume Over ‘Dumpster Fire’ Funding Bill
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Congress Struggles to Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
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GOP Hardliners Say Border Bill Should Come Before Tax Cuts
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Senate Tees Up Vote on a Social Security Boost for Millions
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House Passes Massive Defense Bill
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Trump’s Tax and Tariff Plans Are a ‘Major Mistake,’ Biden Warns
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Trump ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Tariffs Won’t Raise Prices
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More Americans Say Healthcare Coverage Is Government’s Responsibility: Gallup
Is it the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have healthcare coverage? Gallup pollsters found that 62% of U.S. adults now say yes , the highest percentage in more...
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Millions Would Lose Health Coverage if ACA Subsidies Expire: CBO
By Michael RaineyA massive legislative response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021 included more generous subsidies for those who get...
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Penn Economists Propose Reforms to Cut Debt Without Economic Damage
Economists at the Penn Wharton Budget Model have constructed a package of 13 major tax and spending reforms that they say can grow the U.S. economy while also reducing federal debt and enhancing the...
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Trump Picks TV’s Dr. Oz to Run Medicare and Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump continued to fill the top levels of his administration on Tuesday, choosing Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his presidential transition team and CEO of brokerage firm...
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Trump Drops Another Bombshell Cabinet Choice: RFK Jr. for HHS
Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are still grappling with how to handle a trio of shocking Cabinet nominations this week by President-elect Donald Trump. Even as questions continue to swirl...
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Trump Visits New Mexico Seeking to Boost ‘Credentials’ With Latinos
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday swung his campaign away from the seven key swing states to hold an event in Albuquerque, New Mexico — a state where Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris...
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Speaker Johnson Promises ‘Massive Reform’ of Healthcare if Trump Wins
House Speaker Mike Johnson said this week that Republicans are planning for a “massive reform” of the U.S. healthcare system and the Affordable Care Act if Donald Trump wins a second term as...
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Medicaid Enrollment Drops 7.5%, Expected to Fall Further
By Michael RaineyThe Medicaid rolls declined by 7.5% in fiscal year 2024, the nonpartisan policy research group KFF reported this week in its annual survey of state Medicaid directors. The decline is expected to...
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Medicare Advantage Paid Billions for Questionable Home Diagnoses: Report
By Michael RaineyFor-profit insurers in the Medicare Advantage program boosted payments from the federal government by $4.2 billion last year after adding diagnoses for patients during home visits, even though those...
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Biden and Harris Celebrate $1 Billion in Savings from New Medicare Price Caps
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday hailed a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services that said that the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act saved Medicare...
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Harris Targets Middle-Class Affordability in New Economic Agenda
By Michael Rainey and Yuval RosenbergVice President Kamala Harris on Friday outlined the economic policies she aims to pursue in the first 100 days of her administration, including proposals to subsidize homebuyers, reward families with...
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Biden, Harris Celebrate Medicare Drug Price Cuts That Will Save Billions
By Michael RaineyAppearing together for the first time since she replaced him atop the Democratic ticket, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday celebrated a milestone in the new program...
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Childhood Vaccinations Have Delivered Huge Benefits Over 3 Decades: CDC
Routine childhood vaccinations have benefitted the public immensely over the past three decades, in both economic and health terms, according to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and...
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National Uninsured Rate Rises in 2024
By Michael RaineyAfter hitting a record low of 7.2% last year, the percentage of the U.S. population without health insurance rose to 8.2% in the first quarter of 2024, according to new data from the Centers for...
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Powerful Middlemen Are Jacking Up Drug Prices: FTC
By Michael RaineyThe middlemen who buy and sell prescription drugs throughout the U.S. healthcare system are inflating prices for consumers, according to an interim report released Tuesday by the Federal Trade...