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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, Texas Republican. (Associated Press/File)

House GOP debates Obamacare subsidies

With their Obama repeal efforts failed and with customers howling over rising costs, House Republicans went back to the drawing board Wednesday looking to come up with new solutions to boost consumer choices and free businesses from the 2010 law's punishments.

July 11, 2018
FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet, in New York. Cities and counties of all sizes have sued companies that make and distribute prescription opioids. Among the plaintiffs so far: Philadelphia; the state of Ohio; Princeton, West Virginia; the Cherokee Nation; and a consortium of counties across Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Hundreds of Ohio Medicaid enrollees at risk of opioid overdose: HHS IG

Rogue prescribers and Medicaid "doctor shoppers" are using taxpayer-funded insurance to fuel the deadly opioid epidemic, according to a new audit Tuesday that found 1 in 6 people on Ohio's government-run health program for the poor were prescribed opioids and hundreds of them were at "serious risk" of overdosing.

July 10, 2018
This April 6, 2016, file photo shows the Pfizer logo appearing on a screen above its trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ** FILE **

Donald Trump lashes out at drug company for price hikes

President Trump, who recently predicted "voluntary, massive drops" in drug costs, accused a leading pharmaceutical company Monday of jacking up prices "for no reason" and taking advantage of American consumers.

July 9, 2018
Then-Nebraska state Sen. Kathy Campbell of Lincoln speaks in favor of Medicaid expansion during debate in the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, April 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) ** FILE **

Nebraska coalition submits Medicaid-expansion petitions

A Nebraska coalition said Thursday it submitted more than enough signatures to get Medicaid expansion on the ballot in November, making it the latest GOP-led state to seek a way around governors and legislators who oppose Obamacare.

July 5, 2018
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association convention in New Orleans, Monday, June 18, 2018, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

DOJ announces biggest health-fraud takedown ‘in history’

Federal agents carried out the biggest health care fraud takedown "in history" on Thursday, the Department of Justice said, charging more than 600 people across the country with bilking taxpayers for $2 billion through fake medical claims and prescriptions for unneeded opioids.

June 28, 2018
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 U.S. Elections' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Susan Collins to Jeff Sessions: ‘Reconsider’ stance on Obamacare suit

Sen. Susan Collins implored Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday to reconsider his hands-off approach to a lawsuit that seeks to gut Obamacare, saying nearly half of her state suffers from a pre-existing medical condition and would be at risk if the challenge strikes protections within the 2010 law.

June 27, 2018
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaks to reporters Thursday, March 29, 2018, during a visit to the Center for Medical Interoperability in Nashville. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate panel: CMS must detail its Medicaid anti-fraud campaign

A Senate panel scrutinizing Medicaid overpayments says the administration's push to audit states more closely is good news but that it needs to hear more from Seema Verma, who oversees the program but did not testify alongside government watchdogs on Wednesday.

June 27, 2018