Updates | The Week of October 16
President Trump has declared open war on the Affordable Care Act and we’ll all get hurt, writes Nicholas Bagley at Take Care.
President Trump is considering abandoning his nominee for drug czar, Tom Marino, after reports emerged that Marino pushed legislation that would make it more difficult to stop the flow of painkillers to the black market (NYTimes).
- President Trump has also promised a “major announcement” about how his administration plans to take on the opioid crisis (WaPo).
Senators Patty Murray and Lamar Alexander have reached a deal to stabilize the health insurance markets (NYT, WSJ, CNN).
The Trump Administration has claimed that it lacks authority to continue paying insurers, but that theory does not withstand scrutiny, writes Daniel Hemel at Notice & Comment.
President Trump’s efforts to sabotage the ACA violate the Take Care Clause of the Constitution, writes Abbe Gluck at Vox.
Following reports that he had pushed legislation that undermined efforts to combat the opioid crisis, Tom Marino, President Trump’s nominee for drug czar, withdrew from consideration (NYT).
The Trump Administration’s overhaul of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate will do clear harm, writes Adam Sonfield at Health Affairs.
Nick Bagley explains the waiver changes under the proposed bill at Take Care.
Attorneys general of eighteen states and the District of Columbia have asked for a temporary restraining order to compel President Trump to continue the cost-sharing reduction payments for the Affordable Care Act (Health Affairs Blog).
President Trump has stepped back from his endorsement of the bipartisan Senate plan to stabilize health insurance markets (NYT).
- The New York Times explores what happens if the legislation does not pass.
The VA is experiencing a shortage of anesthesiologists due in part to an earlier decision to reverse its own proposal to grant full practice authority to nurse anesthetists (The Hill).
The bipartisan bill to preserve health care subsidies for low-income Americans under the Affordable Care Act must win over more Republicans and President Trump to succeed (WaPo).