Senate to vote on competing health care plans
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Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led measure alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring tax credits.
Dr. William McGuire, the visionary former CEO at UnitedHealth Group who stepped down amid financial scandal nearly 20 years ago, has been called on to help broker a deal in the public feud between Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota.
The Senate will vote on a Republican-led proposal and a Democratic-led one — but it’s unclear if either have the support to pass.
President Donald Trump in an interview with our Dasha Burns was noncommittal on the fate of Obamacare subsidies set to lapse at the end of the month, the latest sign that Republicans will let them expire.
New provider: Substandard medical care has caused preventable harm — and even death — to people locked up in American prisons and jails. That care is often provided by private, for-profit companies. Among them is Centurion Health, the provider with which Illinois recently inked a deal to deliver medical care to people housed in every state prison.
Congress faces tight deadline to address spiking health care premiums before year-end, with only nine meeting days left and Jan. 15 action needed.
Health care facilities that plan to end services — or close their doors for good — now have a new set of rules to follow.
Dozens of health care organizations have asked the Trump administration to shield the doctors, nurses, and techs they need to fill shortages from a $100,000 visa fee for skilled foreign workers.