Health Headlines for Tuesday, February 21
GOP health plan: Lower costs, better care, or road to ruin?
Albany Times Union/AP
Top House Republicans say their outline for replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law is a pathway to greater flexibility and lower costs for consumers.
Bill would ban tobacco discounts, coupons in New York
Star Gazette
Coupons and other discounts for tobacco products would be banned under a proposal from a pair of state lawmakers from the Lower Hudson Valley.
Ryancare: You Can Pay More for Less!
New York Times
President Trump promised to replace the Affordable Care Act with something that is better, is cheaper and covers more people.
Congressman’s Ties To Foreign Biotech Draw Criticism
Kaiser Health News
When a small Australian biotechnology company, Innate Immunotherapeutics, needed a clinical trial for an experimental drug it hoped to turn into a huge moneymaker, the company landed a U.S. partner where it had high-level connections: Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.
Conservatives Object to Obamacare Replacement’s Tax Credits
Bloomberg Politics
Some conservative House Republicans are objecting to a major part of the Obamacare replacement outline presented to them by party leaders, underscoring the party’s continuing inability to agree on an alternative health plan.
Could Your Fitbit Data Be Used to Deny You Health Insurance?
Observer
Wearing a fitness tracking device could earn you cash from your health insurance company.