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As conservative physicians rise to more powerful positions in government, some question whether they speak for the nation鈥檚 doctors.
After a tough fight by Democrats, Senate Republicans confirmed Rep. Tom Price鈥檚 nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services. He will have the authority to upend some current practices.
With federal investigators bearing down on his committee, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who is line to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, showed little restraint in investing in health companies.
We talk with a leading expert about Republican ideas for reform. Lanhee Chen of the Hoover Institution says it鈥檚 a mistake to think conservatives have too few ideas 鈥 rather they have too many.
KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner is interviewed on WBUR鈥檚 鈥淗ere and Now鈥 about the Senate Finance Committee鈥檚 hearing on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price to head HHS, as well as President Donald Trump鈥檚 recent executive order on the health law.
Rep. Tom Price, up for running HHS under President Trump, helped a company that became a top campaign donor, records show.
Letters sent to Medicare from U.S. Rep. Tom Price, President Trump's pick to run HHS, supported physicians as well as drug or device makers, records show.
President-elect Donald Trump鈥檚 Cabinet pick Tom Price "assisted" a company and campaign donor who tapped executives with an urgent request to donate.
Price and another influential GOP congressman got a discounted deal as an Australian firm seeking federal approval sought 鈥渟ophisticated U.S. investors.鈥
More work is needed to improve health care in U.S., but there are no 鈥渟ilver bullets鈥 to get the job done, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell tells the National Press Club in a farewell speech defending Obamacare.
Rep. Tom Price advocated on everything from a sperm test to a hot pepper ingredient on behalf of medical interests that included campaign donors.
People in these facilities are now guaranteed more flexibility on food and roommate choices, as well as improved procedures for grievances and discharges.
As a Republican congressman, orthopedic surgeon Tom Price introduced bills to protect doctors鈥 financial interests.
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announces that federal officials expect the number of people picking plans will grow by 1 million this year to nearly 14 million people, but she acknowledges that rising prices and fewer insurers are challenging the marketplaces.
This fall, the tool will be available in four states with hopes of expanding it to other states in the future.
Report portrays Affordable Care Act鈥檚 individual market as improving with rising enrollments of healthier, lower-risk consumers, a performance that clashes with recent complaints from some large insurers.
The changes announced Tuesday seek to eliminate the backlog by 2021.
The current guidelines, last updated in 1987, require patients to specify exactly who gets information about their care. But advocates of change say the new rule will fit in better in the era of sharing patient data through electronic medical records.
Regulators unveiled a two-part plan that will change payments and test ways in which the Medicare Part B program can change the incentives that some policy experts say encourage doctors to choose higher-cost medications.
But Mark Bertolini wants the country鈥檚 marketplaces to better serve young people, who define
healthy as 鈥渓ooking good in their underwear.鈥
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