The dramatic growth of a key federal drug discount program has fueled debate about whether it is helping low-income patients as intended or primarily benefiting health care providers. Congress created ...

This article describes the overriding goals and concepts discussed in the healthcare reform plans currently under consideration by the Congress. Specifically, the article discusses the concept of a ...

Paul Ryan emphasized the importance of clear legislation to limit executive overreach and encouraged engagement with policymakers to influence healthcare decisions. He highlighted the fiscal ...

The polls dealt Democrats a strong hand heading into the mid-term elections. Health care affordability has emerged as Americans’ number one pocketbook concern, with voters trusting the minority party ...

The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health is holding a series of hearings on health care affordability, each one focusing on a different aspect of the health care system. The ...

A mid-sized cadre of Senate Democrats believes long-term care reform is important enough to highlight as part of their affordability agenda in this year’s campaign, ...

Lanhee J. Chen is David and Diane Steffy fellow in American public policy studies and co-chair of the Healthcare Policy Working Group at the Hoover Institution. Daniel L. Heil is a policy fellow at ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Local healthcare system Bon Secours is caught in the middle of a nationwide controversy. The U.S. Senate Committee on Health Education, Labor and Pensions recently released a ...

A number of Republicans criticized Medicare Advantage during a congressional hearing on Tuesday, suggesting that the privatized Medicare program could be due for an overhaul from Washington. Calls to ...

House lawmakers today will examine reforms to physician pay. The Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing, "Examining the Medicare Physician Fee ...

Homelessness is driven by structural factors like affordable housing shortages and income inequality, with individual vulnerabilities increasing personal risk. Health issues are both a cause and ...