(Michael Reynolds/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)The door has officially closed for Congress to pass major legislation in 2019 lowering drug and health-care costs. “Congress had a chance to fix it and they didn’t.”The spending deal — which Congress is racing to pass this week — does contain some major advances on the health policy front. They include an unpopular tax on medical devices, a tax on health insurance plans and the “Cadillac tax” on high-cost plans. This year, most current https://t.co/ob1Ynoesod customers can find an insurance plan with a monthly premium of $10 or less. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen/AP)— Andrew Yang has released a public-option health-care plan that seemingly moves away from his initial support for Medicare-for-all, NBC News’s Julia Jester reports.

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2019 13:07 UTC