Trump order on regulations could create hurdles for FDA, Cures Act

Trump order on regulations could create hurdles for FDA, Cures Act-stat: President Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to cut two regulations for every new one that they adopt, a move that could have significant implications for the Food and Drug Administration.

Day before Trump pick, Dems talk filibuster

Day before Trump pick, Dems talk filibuster-thehill: The White House and Congress are gearing up for a fierce battle over President Trump’s pivotal nomination to the Supreme Court, which he is expected to announce Tuesday.

Healthcare industry celebrates 'one-in, two-out' executive order despite unknowns

Healthcare industry celebrates 'one-in, two-out' executive order despite unknowns-modernhealthcare: Healthcare industry stakeholders are lauding President Donald Trump's latest executive order which requires executive departments or agencies to remove at least two previously implemented regulations for every new one issued.

Conservatives warn GOP is losing momentum on Obamacare repeal

Conservatives warn GOP is losing momentum on Obamacare repeal-mcclatchydc: Congress was poised to start major work this week on dismantling the Affordable Care Act, but conservatives are already fuming over lost momentum that they fear could doom the repeal effort.

Tom Price’s Heated Hearing Is Unlikely to Derail His Nomination

Tom Price’s Heated Hearing Is Unlikely to Derail His Nomination-newyorktimes: In a heated confirmation hearing that focused on ethical issues, President Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, Representative Tom Price, defended his trading of medical and pharmaceutical stocks on Tuesday, saying, “Everything that I did was ethical, aboveboard, legal and transparent.”

GOP senators: Give states the option of keeping ObamaCare

GOP senators: Give states the option of keeping ObamaCare-thehill: Two Republican senators on Monday unveiled the outlines of an ObamaCare replacement plan that they hope would be able to attract some Democratic support.

After Retreat, GOP Decided Little on Health Plan

After Retreat, GOP Decided Little on Health Plan-morningconsult: After two days of meetings here, Republican lawmakers still have a lot of decisions to make about how they’ll repeal and replace Obamacare.

Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare

Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare-washingtonpost: Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party’s quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act at a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.

Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care

Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care-npr: Much has been written about the 20 million people who gained health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and what could happen to these patients if the ACA is repealed without a replacement. But some people don't realize that hospitals nationwide could take a big financial hit on several fronts, too.

Republicans divided over whether millions of Americans should lose government-subsidized health coverage

Republicans divided over whether millions of Americans should lose government-subsidized health coverage-latimes: Quizzed about the fate of millions of Americans who depend on the Affordable Care Act and its insurance protections, President Trump invariably offers bold but vague assurances.

After Retreat, GOP Decided Little on Health Plan

After Retreat, GOP Decided Little on Health Plan-morningconsult: After two days of meetings here, Republican lawmakers still have a lot of decisions to make about how they’ll repeal and replace Obamacare.

Trump calls top Dem about high drug prices

Trump calls top Dem about high drug prices-thehill: President Trump called House Oversight Committee ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Wednesday morning to talk about high prescription drug prices, a Cummings aide confirmed.

Providers lobby Trump, Congress to follow path away from Medicare fee-for-service

Providers lobby Trump, Congress to follow path away from Medicare fee-for-service-modernhealthcare: Providers and insurers are among healthcare leaders lobbying Congress and the Trump administration to continue to push Medicare into value-based payment models.

House to begin Obamacare repeal work in next two weeks

House to begin Obamacare repeal work in next two weeks-axios: House Budget Committee chairwoman Diane Black says House committees will begin marking up an Obamacare repeal bill within the next two weeks, and the bill will head to the floor around the end of February or the beginning of March.

Hill Republicans feel big-footed on Obamacare

Hill Republicans feel big-footed on Obamacare-politico: President Donald Trump's recent assertion he will deliver his own health care plan to Congress has antagonized many Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Philadelphia, which could make it harder to reach agreement on a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Keep or Replace Obamacare? It Might Be Up to the States

Keep or Replace Obamacare? It Might Be Up to the States-newyorktimes: Several Senate Republicans have proposed a plan that offers three options for changing health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Key House committee will hold hearings on first Obamacare replacement bills next week

Key House committee will hold hearings on first Obamacare replacement bills next week-washingtonpost: In a sign that Republican lawmakers are set to move swiftly on plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, key House committees are scheduling hearings and drafting legislation to unravel former president Barack Obama’s major domestic achievement.

Schumer emerges as new champion to left

Schumer emerges as new champion to left-thehill: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has emerged as a champion of the left since the election, embracing stalwart liberal Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and taking the lead in fighting President Trump’s conservative Cabinet selections.

What we know and don’t know about Trump’s healthcare plans

What we know and don’t know about Trump’s healthcare plans-thehill: President Trump told Fox News last week that when it comes to ObamaCare, “we’re going to have a plan that’s going to be great for people.”

With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets

With executive order, Trump tosses a ‘bomb’ into fragile health insurance markets-washingtonpost: President Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to grant relief to constituencies affected by the Affordable Care Act has begun to reverberate throughout the nation’s health-care system, injecting further uncertainty into an already unsettled insurance landscape.

GOP senators to present Obamacare alternative

GOP senators to present Obamacare alternative-cnn: Two Republican senators are set to introduce legislation Monday to replace Obamacare amid mounting pressure on the GOP to craft an alternative to the massive healthcare law.

As Inauguration Crowds Depart, it’s Back to Work for the Senate

As Inauguration Crowds Depart, it’s Back to Work for the Senate-rollcall: The Capitol complex will still be fortified when the Senate gets back to legislative action shortly after Donald Trump leaves the building for the first time as president.

Republican Governors Balk as Congress Races to End Obamacare

Republican Governors Balk as Congress Races to End Obamacare-bloomberg: Republican governors, while remaining publicly committed to ending Obamacare, are telling their congressional delegations that repealing the health-care law without an adequate replacement would ravage budgets and swamp hospitals with the uninsured.

NIH Director Francis Collins to stay in his post for now

NIH Director Francis Collins to stay in his post for now-washingtonpost: Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will remain in his post, at least temporarily.

HHS nominee Price sees 'access' to coverage as health reform goal

HHS nominee Price sees 'access' to coverage as health reform goal-washingtonpost: Rep. Tom Price, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, faced a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday as Democrats questioned his ideas for the future of Americans’ health coverage and whether his personal investments in health-care companies presented conflicts during his years in Congress.

FDA issues draft guidance to better medical product labeling

FDA issues draft guidance to better medical product labeling-reuters: The U.S. health regulator issued draft guidance, recommending ways to communicate promotional materials and additional information that is not on the label of medical products.

Mike Pence: Trump 'getting very close' to Obamacare replacement

Mike Pence: Trump 'getting very close' to Obamacare replacement-cnn: Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Wednesday that Republicans do not yet have a bill to replace Obamacare, but that he has "seen a lot of great ideas" and that transition officials and GOP leaders are "getting very close" to having a replacement.

Feinstein signals she’ll run for re-election in 2018

Feinstein signals she’ll run for re-election in 2018-sfgate: California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein strongly suggested Wednesday that she will run for re-election in 2018.

Trump could mean new momentum for drug imports

Trump could mean new momentum for drug imports-thehill: President-elect Donald Trump’s vows to bring down drug prices and give consumers more options could give new momentum to the long fight to allow importations of prescription drugs into the U.S.

New FDA Chief Should Have Medical Experience, Drugmakers Say

New FDA Chief Should Have Medical Experience, Drugmakers Say-bloomberg: President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should have a medical background, and the agency should continue evaluating new medications’ effectiveness, drugmaker executives said in comments indicating opposition to two candidates for the regulator’s top post.

GOP lawmakers unaware of Trump's health care plan

GOP lawmakers unaware of Trump's health care plan-cnn: Republican lawmakers are in the dark about President-elect Donald Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare and are frustrated he is emphasizing "insurance for everybody," three senior GOP sources told CNN on Tuesday.

Republicans move to spend billions on Obamacare — before they kill it

Republicans move to spend billions on Obamacare — before they kill it-politico: On their way to killing Obamacare, Republicans are leaning toward funding up to $9 billion in health care subsidies this year to keep the program afloat — even though they sued the Obama administration to stop those exact payments.

Trump's HHS pick doesn't want to flaunt his own Obamacare bill at confirmation hearing

Trump's HHS pick doesn't want to flaunt his own Obamacare bill at confirmation hearing-cnn: Tom Price made his name in Washington as a critic of Obamacare -- in fact, he has a plan to dismantle it. But he may not want to talk about that much when he testifies before Congress this week as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services secretary.

Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan

Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan-washingtonpost: President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama’s signature health-care law with the goal of “insurance for everybody,” while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid.

It’s the Drug Industry’s Turn to Tremble Before Trump

It’s the Drug Industry’s Turn to Tremble Before Trump-bloombergnews: In a hallway of a San Francisco luxury hotel, investors huddled around a computer screen watching dozens of drug stocks plummet as President-elect Donald Trump lit into pharma companies, declaring that “they’re getting away with murder.” As for Obamacare, he said, “it’ll be repeal and replace.”

Obamacare is one step closer to repeal after Senate advances budget resolution

Obamacare is one step closer to repeal after Senate advances budget resolution-washingtonpost: The Senate voted 51 to 48 early Thursday to approve a budget resolution instructing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act. The House is expected to take up the legislation Friday.

Trump’s Obamacare impatience challenges GOP

Trump’s Obamacare impatience challenges GOP-politico: Donald Trump on Wednesday called for a quick and nearly simultaneous repeal and replacement of Obamacare — a task that's technically almost impossible.

As Trump attacks drug industry, few in Congress rush to its aid

As Trump attacks drug industry, few in Congress rush to its aid-stat: Donald Trump on Wednesday declared war on drug makers, and one of Capitol Hill’s cardinal truths — the drug industry is untouchable — may be starting to unravel.

How the GOP plans to repeal Obamacare

How the GOP plans to repeal Obamacare-politico: The Republican Party’s quest to kill Obamacare is about to get real. Here’s a step-by-step guide to how it will go down in the coming days and weeks — assuming they don’t manage to mess it up or get cold feet.

Key GOP Chair Unveils Most Detailed Plan Yet To Repeal And Replace O'Care

Key GOP Chair Unveils Most Detailed Plan Yet To Repeal And Replace O'Care-talkingpointsmemo: A Senate committee chairman with Obamacare jurisdiction offered the most detailed plan we've seen since the election to repeal and replace the ACA, on the floor of the Senate Tuesday afternoon.

No. 4 House Republican: ‘No One’ Will Lose Coverage Over Obamacare Repeal

No. 4 House Republican: ‘No One’ Will Lose Coverage Over Obamacare Repeal-morningconsult: House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers made a big pledge Tuesday on the GOP’s health care repeal plan, one that top congressional Republicans have so far shied from.

Trump Calls for Swift ACA Repeal, but Senate GOP Split on Timing

Trump Calls for Swift ACA Repeal, but Senate GOP Split on Timing-morningconsult: President-elect Donald Trump wants Congress to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act “probably sometime next week,” and replace the law “very quickly or simultaneously, very shortly thereafter,” he told the New York Times on Tuesday. But Republicans in the Senate are not on the same page when it comes to the timing for a replacement plan.

Trump Medicare promise causes heartburn for GOP

Trump Medicare promise causes heartburn for GOP-thehill: Time and again on the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to his supporters that he wouldn’t gut Medicare as president.

GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal

GOP leaders vow to plow ahead with Obamacare repeal-politico: House and Senate Republican leaders are forging ahead with plans to repeal Obamacare then replace it later — dismissing mounting pressure from their own party to delay the repeal vote until they have a fully formed alternative.

GOP leaders push back at critics of ObamaCare plan

GOP leaders push back at critics of ObamaCare plan-thehill: Senate Republican leaders are pushing back against the idea proposed by some in their caucus of passing an ObamaCare replacement at the same time that they repeal the law.

Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal

Breakaway Senate Republicans Push to Delay Obamacare Repeal-bloomberg: A breakaway group of five moderate Senate Republicans pushed Monday to delay a bill repealing Obamacare until March -- potentially enough pressure to force the party’s leadership to comply.

GOP Splits on Need to Scrap Obamacare Taxes in Swift Repeal

GOP Splits on Need to Scrap Obamacare Taxes in Swift Repeal-bloombergnews: Congressional Republicans pushing for a swift Obamacare repeal are sharply divided on whether to scrap Obamacare’s tax provisions at the same time or delay that move until a replacement is ready.

Angst grows in GOP over ObamaCare repeal plan

Angst grows in GOP over ObamaCare repeal plan-thehill: Concerns are growing among Republicans about moving forward with their plan to repeal ObamaCare without putting forward a replacement at the same time.

Obamacare repeal's doomsday scenario

Obamacare repeal's doomsday scenario-politico: Hospital and health plan leaders talk in almost apocalyptic terms about what might lie ahead if Republicans abolish Obamacare without a blueprint for its replacement.

Senate GOP Jitters Grow on Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement

Senate GOP Jitters Grow on Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement-bloomberg: Republican plans to repeal Obamacare without detailing a replacement are hitting resistance from at least three GOP senators, which would be enough to scuttle the strategy party leaders devised to deliver quickly on a central promise from President-elect Donald Trump.

GOP won't promise ObamaCare fix will cover all

GOP won't promise ObamaCare fix will cover all-thehill: Republican leaders are refusing to commit to their ObamaCare replacement plan covering as many people as President Obama's health law.

Conservatives ready to support $1 trillion hole in the budget

Conservatives ready to support $1 trillion hole in the budget-washingtonpost: Some of the most conservative members of Congress say they are ready to vote for a budget that would — at least on paper — balloon the deficit to more than $1 trillion by the end of the decade, all for the sake of eventually repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Lee says term limits would fix Washington; Hatch disagrees

Lee says term limits would fix Washington; Hatch disagrees-deseretnews: Sen. Mike Lee is among a group in Congress arguing that a constitutional amendment setting term limits on lawmakers would help fix the federal government.

House GOP Plans to Send Obamacare Repeal to Oval Office in February

House GOP Plans to Send Obamacare Repeal to Oval Office in February-morningconsult: House Republicans say they aim to send an Obamacare repeal bill to the White House by Feb. 20, following a meeting with Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

Democrats Dare GOP to Repeal Obamacare Sans Replacement

Democrats Dare GOP to Repeal Obamacare Sans Replacement-morningconsult: President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered a pep talk to congressional Democrats, telling them to defend the Affordable Care Act from unified Republican efforts to repeal it outright.

Senate Republicans Start Obamacare Repeal Process

Senate Republicans Start Obamacare Repeal Process-rollcall: Senate Republicans wasted no time Tuesday setting in motion their plan to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

Republicans finally have the power to repeal Obamacare, but they're still not sure how

Republicans finally have the power to repeal Obamacare, but they're still not sure how-latimes: Congressional Republicans, despite pledging to quickly repeal the Affordable Care Act, are struggling with what parts of the law to roll back and how to lock up the votes they will need, particularly in the Senate, to push their ambitious plans. Settling these questions may delay any major repeal vote for months.

GOP Senators Stress Need for ACA Replacement Sooner Rather Than Later

GOP Senators Stress Need for ACA Replacement Sooner Rather Than Later-morningconsult: Senate Republicans introduced the budget resolution that is a first step to repeal Obamacare Tuesday, but there’s growing concern from some GOP Senators about the lack of an immediate replacement plan.

Obama, Pence in ObamaCare showdown

Obama, Pence in ObamaCare showdown-thehill: President Obama will urge congressional Democrats to stand fast against any GOP effort to repeal ObamaCare during a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning.

Outlook for 2017: Healthcare re-reform

Outlook for 2017: Healthcare re-reform-modernhealthcare: 2017 had been shaping up as a year focused on fixing the Affordable Care Act's insurance markets, slowing prescription drug price hikes, expanding Medicaid, improving mental healthcare and spreading value-based payment and delivery.Suddenly there's a new, more conservative agenda.

GOP Congress storms into Trump era

GOP Congress storms into Trump era-thehill: Congressional Republicans are returning to Washington on Tuesday with high hopes for a new era under President-elect Donald Trump.

Why Obamacare is unlikely to die a swift death

Why Obamacare is unlikely to die a swift death-washingtonpost: Congressional Republicans have long boasted that once they claim the reins of power, they will act quickly and decisively to roll back what they view as the most onerous piece of President Obama’s domestic agenda: the Affordable Care Act.

Claiming mandate, GOP Congress lays plans to propel sweeping conservative agenda

Claiming mandate, GOP Congress lays plans to propel sweeping conservative agenda-washingtonpost: For six years, since they took back the House of Representatives, Republicans have added to a pile of legislation that moldered outside the White House. In their thwarted agenda, financial regulations were to be unspooled.

Republicans Stonewalled Obama. Now the Ball Is in Their Court.

Republicans Stonewalled Obama. Now the Ball Is in Their Court.-nytimes: After a tumultuous decade that has seen profound changes in the makeup and character of their party, Republicans are poised to complete their slow but steady climb back to power as they seize control of the House, Senate and the White House for the first time since 2006.