Under Trump, Congress Likely to Pull Plug On Medical Device Tax

When Donald Trump takes over as president on Jan. 20, one of the first business tax breaks he delivers is likely to go to the U.S. medical device industry and companies like Mark Throdahl's.

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Drug Price Transparency Before California Lawmakers Again

A key California lawmaker has reintroduced legislation intended to make drug price increases more transparent, vowing to take up arms again with the pharmaceutical industry over runaway costs.

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Trump’s Vow to Control Drug Costs Alerts Another Industry

President-elect Donald Trump promised to drive down the cost of medicines, defying investors who saw a boon in his election last month and injecting himself again into a contentious economic debate.

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Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Turn To Medicaid, CHIP To Insure Kids

Lower income parents who have health insurance through their employers are increasingly likely to forgo family coverage and enroll their kids in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) instead, a new study found.

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Hospitals Warn Trump, Congress of Massive Losses With Affordable Care Act Repeal

The nation’s hospital industry warned President-elect Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Tuesday that repealing the Affordable Care Act could cost hospitals $165 billion by the middle of the next decade and trigger “an unprecedented public health crisis.”

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U.S. Insurer Lobby Group Seeks Delay in 2018 Obamacare Deadline

The largest lobbying group for health insurers has asked U.S. lawmakers weighing the fate of Obamacare to push back the due date for 2018 individual insurance submissions to regulators in hopes of obtaining greater clarity on the program's future later on.

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