Traditionally, the industry tends to favor Republicans.
Jay Hancock | Kaiser Health News
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U.S. Senate to examine drug prices Tuesday
Kenneth Frazier, CEO of pharma giant Merck, is set to face senators Tuesday who say drug costs are “sky-high” and “out of control.”
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Ending a ‘shadowy system of kickbacks’
The administration’s plan for drug rebates, announced Thursday, would end the pharmaceutical business as usual.
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High-deductible health plans falling from grace in employer-based coverage
With workers harder to find and Obamacare’s tax on generous coverage postponed, employers are hitting pause on a feature of job-based medical insurance much hated by employees: the high-deductible health plan.
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‘Massive confusion’ abounds for insurers as GOP wavers on Obamacare redo
Premiums for Obamacare plans sold by New Mexico Health Connections could rise as little as 7 percent next year, says Martin Hickey, the insurance company’s CEO. Or they might soar as much as 40 percent, he said. It all depends on what happens in Washington.
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Employers fret job-based coverage vulnerable in GOP health overhaul
As President Donald Trump promises a replacement for the Affordable Care Act that will provide “insurance for everybody,” employers worry Republican attempts to redo other parts of the insurance market could harm their much larger one.