GOP will tout individual mandate repeal, but it could backfire

GOP will tout individual mandate repeal, but it could backfire-axios: Republicans are planning to campaign aggressively on their repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, despite the high likelihood that insurers will announce a big round of premium increases just weeks before Election Day. They're counting on the mandate's unpopularity to shield them from Democrats' claims of "sabotage."

US regulators float ideas for boosting medical device safety

US regulators float ideas for boosting medical device safety-ap: U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments.

Trump official: Alternative to ObamaCare plans likely this summer

Trump official: Alternative to ObamaCare plans likely this summer-thehill: The Trump administration hopes to move forward with a rule expanding alternatives to ObamaCare plans by this summer, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta said Monday.

States race to stabilize Obamacare after Congress fails

States race to stabilize Obamacare after Congress fails-washingtonexaminer: States are hurriedly pursuing legislation to try to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges and bring down prices next year after congressional efforts to do so collapsed.

50 shades of healthcare: Bit by bit, the Affordable Care Act is being remade

50 shades of healthcare: Bit by bit, the Affordable Care Act is being remade-modernhealthcare: As the Trump administration and some in Congress whittle away at the Affordable Care Act, blue states are filling in gaps in an attempt to bolster their markets. Others are picking up chainsaws.

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny-nytimes: Trump administration officials, seeking ways to lower drug costs, are targeting pharmaceutical companies that refuse to provide samples of their products to generic drug companies, making it impossible to create inexpensive generic copies of a brand-name medicine.

Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare

Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare-washingtonpost: The campaign website of Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) doesn’t mention Obamacare, even though Web archives show it once prominently featured promises to vigorously fight the 2010 health-care law.

Why Scott Gottlieb is the one Trump official everybody seems to like

Why Scott Gottlieb is the one Trump official everybody seems to like-vox: When Scott Gottlieb was appointed commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration last May, some were concerned he’d be a shill for the pharmaceutical industry.

Republicans Couldn’t Knock Down Obamacare. So They’re Finding Ways Around It.

Republicans Couldn’t Knock Down Obamacare. So They’re Finding Ways Around It.-nytimes: The Trump administration has always seen Obamacare as an abominable roadblock to the less regulated insurance market it prefers. Last year, it tried to knock it down and failed.

How single-payer healthcare has divided Democrats in California's race for governor

How single-payer healthcare has divided Democrats in California's race for governor-latimes: When Gavin Newsom campaigns on his support for a California single-payer healthcare system, he's talking about more than the virtues of universal care. He's trying to sell himself as a bold visionary.

Calif. hospitals blast new rate-setting proposal for providers

Calif. hospitals blast new rate-setting proposal for providers-modernhealthcare: California hospitals are on edge over a bill dropped late Monday that would mandate regulated rate-setting for providers. The measure would use Medicare rates as the benchmark to calculate commercial insurer payments, and would cost state hospitals $18 billion in the first year alone, according to preliminary projections.

Paul Ryan confidants say he's not running for re-election

Paul Ryan confidants say he's not running for re-election-axios: House Speaker Paul Ryan has told confidants that he will announce soon that he won't run for re-election in November, according to sources with knowledge of the conversations.

Patient groups, manufacturers fear trade war could raise drug prices

Patient groups, manufacturers fear trade war could raise drug prices-washingtonexaminer: Customers could face more expensive generic drugs or other healthcare services if China and the U.S. trade tensions continue to escalate, experts and advocates warn.

China Strikes Back at the U.S. With Plans for Its Own Tariffs

China Strikes Back at the U.S. With Plans for Its Own Tariffs-nytimes: China hit back at the United States on Wednesday with proposed tariffs on $50 billion worth of American soybeans, cars, chemicals and other goods, in a move likely to spark fears that the countries’ escalating confrontation could become an all-out trade war.

Drug Price Hike Sparks Senate Probe

 Drug Price Hike Sparks Senate Probe-wallstreetjournal: Three U.S. senators are seeking more information from a Florida company that has steadily increased the price of a 40-year-old cancer drug, lomustine, in recent years.

Emerging Democratic Party united on liberal policies but divided on how to win

Emerging Democratic Party united on liberal policies but divided on how to win-washingtonpost: A new Democratic Party is emerging in congressional primaries across the country, united over the most liberal policies in decades but sharply divided over which candidates to run against President Trump and Republicans in the midterms.