Nevada State Assembly 401 South Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701-4747 Dear Assembly Member, AB 215, a so-called pharmaceutical price transparency bill, was introduced on February 13, 2017 and is currently being considered by the Assembly Committee on Health and Human Services. It would require pharmaceutical companies to provide to the Division of Insurance an […]
The House Republicans have introduced a bill that will begin the process to repeal and replace Obamacare, entitled the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA). Obamacare is collapsing and Congress must act to stabilize and prevent further turmoil in the individual and small group health insurance market. For example, there are more than 1,000 […]
On February 28, 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced, S. 469, the “Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act.” As of March 3, the bill is co-sponsored by 20 of his Democratic colleagues. In a February 28 press release, the sponsors challenged President Trump to “support our efforts” and to “encourage his Republican colleagues to […]
On February 16, an “Obamacare Repeal and Replace Policy Brief and Resources” document was released that laid out the following points: Obamacare has failed; it will only get worse; that repealing the law will provide relief combined with a stable transition to something new; and the Republicans in Congress have a better way to deliver […]
The process of repealing and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, is underway. While Republicans in Congress are anxious for Obamacare to disappear as soon as possible, most Democrats want the healthcare reform law to be preserved and “fixed.”
You can tell the new secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is on the job. Sworn in hours after he was confirmed by the Senate on Friday, February 10, Doctor Tom Price began his first full day at HHS on Monday. By Wednesday, a new proposed rule was released that will […]
Disturbing news was reported in the January 31, 2017 Washington Post about a growing resistance from federal workers in implementing President Trump’s policies. According to the Post, “[l]ess than two weeks into the Trump’s administration, federal workers are in regular consultation with recently departed Obama-era political appointees about what they can do to push back […]
As the nation prepares for the transfer of power from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, the issue of veteran healthcare and the insidious and continuing wait-times scandal remains a critical area of concern.
The repeal and replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, has begun. On January 3, 2017, the day the 115th Congress was sworn in, Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) introduced S. Con. Res 3, a budget resolution for fiscal year 2017. This was not an ordinary budget bill, since its only purpose was to serve as a framework to repeal Obamacare. The most important part of the resolution is reconciliation instructions for the Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committees, and the House Ways and Means (W&M) and Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committees to write repeal legislation.
The left is doing their best in trying to disrupt and stop Dr. Tom Price’s nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). They are throwing every smear and outrageous accusation they can up against the wall, hoping something sticks. Why? Because Dr. Price has been a strong voice in opposing Obamacare (The Patient Protection […]
