Arizona AG prepares to sue Theranos for fraud
Theranos still has not been charged with any crimes, as this would be a civil lawsuit.
Trump picks David Shulkin, an Obama appointee, to run VA
In naming a new secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs, President-elect Donald Trump has done something he had previously avoided while filling out his Cabinet: choose an insider. The pick also is notable because Shulkin is an Obama administration appointee.
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Burwell: Let Medicare negotiate drug prices, don’t be so quick to repeal ACA
Burwell compared the Affordable Care Act to Jenga, a game where players take turns removing one wooden block at a time from a tower of 54 without making it topple. Republicans, she said, are looking for easy pieces to take out of the law.
AMA tells Congress to slow down on Obamacare repeal
The letter, signed by AMA Executive Vice President and CEO Dr. James Madara, warned against throwing millions of people off the insurance rolls. Follow the money.
Tom Price dislikes bundled payments; New study by Zeke Emanuel says they work
The man Donald Trump has picked to be HHS secretary has vocally opposed the new Medicare payment program and is likely to revoke it.
More controversy around Trump’s HHS pick, Tom Price
Price, the Wall Street Journal said, has traded upwards of $300,000 worth of shares in about 40 healthcare and life sciences companies in just the last four years. All are companies he would regulate as secretary of HHS.
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Republicans haven’t said how they will pay for ACA replacement
Leading Republicans have vowed that even if they repeal most of the ACA early in 2017, a replacement will not hurt those currently receiving benefits. But Republicans have also pledged to repeal the taxes that Democrats used to pay for their health law.
Five ways Tom Price could change U.S. healthcare policy in a hurry
Prospective HHS Secretary Tom Price brings a distinctive to-do list to the agency. And, if confirmed by the Senate, he will have tremendous independent power to get things done.
21st Century Cures Act is heavy on mental health
Mental health advocates have described it as the most significant piece of mental health legislation since the 2008 law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical health.
21st Century Cures Act passes. Is it a good deal for U.S. taxpayers?
The 21st Century Cures Act, an ambitious bipartisan bill primarily designed to advance medical science and accelerate the introduction of innovative therapeutics to market, cleared the Senate Wednesday.
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The bill is a grab bag for industries that spent plenty of money lobbying to make sure it happened that way.
21st Century Cures Act, brought to you by an army of lobbyists
Other than major appropriations bills, a transportation spending bill and an energy infrastructure funding bill, the 21st Century Cures Act garnered more lobbying activity than any of the more than 11,000 bills proposed in the 114th Congress.
Docs may be entering full panic mode for new MACRA rule
The problem is, half of U.S. physicians had not even heard of MACRA, according to a survey released in July.
With Trump, what will become of health IT interoperability?
With the election of Republican Donald Trump to the presidency last week, the future of all kinds of healthcare reform is uncertain.
Trump clarifies his stance on healthcare reform, sort of
"The [incoming] administration recognizes that the problems with the U.S. healthcare system did not begin with — and will not end with the repeal of — the ACA," the Trump statement said.