Tag: Care
Illinois’ home health care hustle
or those who are ailing but hope to stay out of nursing homes or hospitals — and who wouldn’t? — there’s an increasingly popular alternative: home health care providers. These […]
The state that is leading the way on health care
Could a state in one of the farthest corners of our country finally help us turn a corner on health care? It looked like that on Tuesday when the people […]
A spin-out from Google parent company Alphabet aims to help low-income Americans get better health care
Iyah Romm, Cityblock CEO Sidewalk Labs, the mysterious urban innovation group of Google parent company Alphabet, has spun out a start-up with ambitious plans to rethink health care. The startup, known […]
After Health Care Collapse, GOP Seeks Redemption With Tax Cuts
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by fellow Senate Republicans, holds a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The White House says […]
How Schumer Held Democrats Together Through a Health Care Maelstrom
WASHINGTON — Over the past week, as Senate Republicans feverishly cobbled together their doomed health care bill, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader, made several quiet visits to the private “hideaway” office […]
The wild Senate health care debate is hurtling toward an unpredictable finish
In the next day or so, Senate Republicans are expected to take their first vote in a health care crusade that has consumed Congress for the past six months. Nobody […]
How John McCain’s health scare upends the Senate health care debate
It’s a plot twist steeped in irony: A health emergency for a Republican senator throws the party’s health care plan into jeopardy. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was prepared to […]
California Is Inching Closer to Single Payer Health Care. Is It Already Doomed?
On Thursday, the California state Senate overwhelmingly passed a “single payer” health care bill (the vote was 23-14) that supporters claim would lead to universal coverage and lower medical costs […]
Have Republicans turned into partisan sheep on health care?
As President Trump and Republicans celebrate the passage of the GOP health-care bill in the House, The Post’s Jonathan Capehart offers this piece of advice: Enjoy it while you can. […]
3 Health Care Trends That Don’t Hinge on the ACA
LAURA SCHNEIDER FOR HBR In early May 2017 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (or Obamacare). Subsequently, Republicans in […]