Healthcare remains a top issue among voters for the upcoming November 2018 elections. In a September 26, Pew Research poll, 88 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans believe healthcare is second in importance to Supreme Court nominations. Considering the intense debate swirling around the Supreme Court, that is significant. Healthcare ranks higher than […]
Congress is back from its summer hiatus and there will be a flurry of activity the next few weeks. With the elections just around the corner, there is a lot to get done before mid-October, when members will be returning home to campaign. Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) hopes Congress will use this time to […]
In June, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared that August should be healthcare month. The senator would prefer to talk about how to prop up the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), or perhaps Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All Act that would bankrupt the country, anything to avoid voting for President Trump’s […]
Continuing with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s declaration that August should be healthcare month, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) is taking a look at Senator Bernie Sander’s (I-Vt) idea that we should have Medicare for All, colloquially being referred to as #M4A on Twitter and in other social media. Aggressively promoting this new Faustian bargain […]
In June, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) he wanted to spend August on healthcare. The Council for Citizens against Government Waste (CCAGW) agrees! The Senate could start by voting on two bills that would make significant changes to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HSAs operate like Individual Retirement […]
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Treasury Department, and the Labor Department issued a final rule that will provide more lower cost options for Americans in purchasing health insurance. HHS Secretary Alex Azar said, “Under the Affordable Care Act, Americans have seen insurance premiums rise and choices dwindle. President Trump is […]
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) was disappointed to see that the Trump Administration announced on Thursday, July 19, that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exploring ways to import lower cost drugs from foreign countries. Since most countries utilize price controls to determine a drug’s cost, the U.S. would simply be importing a bad […]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid seeks to revise how Medicare will pay for outpatient drugs under the 340B drug discount program.
New final 340B drug discount rule from CMS could save Medicare beneficiaries an estimated $320 million in copayments in 2018 alone
On July 11 and 12, the House Ways and Means Committee marked up and passed 11 bills that will expand the use and availability of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for all Americans and would make other changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. The bills considered were: H.R. 6301, “To […]
