Updates | The Week of April 17, 2017
Take Care // 4/23/17 //
A Republican bill, drafted as part of a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, would make medical malpractice suits harder to win, notes Robert Pear (NYT).
Republicans must get wise to the fact that most Americans support single-payer healthcare, argues Catherine Rampell at the Washington Post.
A proposed amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act places unfair burdens on those seeking public accommodations, argues Eve Hill at Take Care.
Claims of an Affordable Care Act death spiral are greatly exaggerated, argues Scot Lehigh (Boston Globe).
Rumors of a Republican healthcare compromise driven by White House pressure are swirling after a summary of proposed amendments surfaced (Politico; NYT; WaPo; HealthAffairsBlog).
- The document is here.
- Congressional republicans will have to juggle the issue at the same time they are trying to avoid a government shutdown (WSJ).
- The proposal would be a return to the bad old days, Margaret Sanger-Katz opines at the New York Times.
- Eugene Robinson agrees, describing the proposal as “comically bad” (WaPo).
- President Trump’s threats to kill low-income insurance subsidies to bring Democrats to the negotiating table is cruel and short-sighted, says the New York Times Editorial Board.
President Trump has a powerful tool to lower pharmaceutical prices already at his disposal, says Prof. Tim Wu: imported drugs. (NYT).
Commentary continues on the Trump Administration’s relationship with science, in advance of this weekend’s March for Science.
- Sharona Coutts slams HHS Secretary Price for his affiliation with an “extreme libertarian doctors group that espouses [debunked] lies about abortion safety” (Rewire).