A crackdown on problems with fairness and safety is achieving results, including a big drop in the number of sick patients being passed over for transplants.
At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.
Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, defended insurers’ practices, along with other companies’ executives, during congressional hearings on Thursday.
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives said they wanted to safeguard and even boost funds for basic research.
Each year, the president submits a budget request to Congress in advance of the annual appropriations process, but only Congress has the power of the purse.
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