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Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr.

Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Tom Howell Jr.

Cigarettes are displayed on a store shelf in New York on Aug. 28, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

FDA announces push to slash nicotine in cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration launched a historic effort Thursday to try to end cigarette addiction, proposing to slash the level of nicotine in smokes in an attempt to curb what remains a deadly public health issue. Published March 15, 2018

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Health insurance lobby AHIP selects Matt Eyles as new CEO

America's Health Insurance Plans, the main lobbying group for health insurers, announced Wednesday it is promoting one of its own to replace president and CEO Marilyn Tavenner, a former Obama administration official who is retiring in a few months. Published March 14, 2018

In this June 13, 2017, file photo, a man injects heroin into his arm under a bridge along the Wishkah River at Kurt Cobain Memorial Park in Aberdeen, Wash. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

House leaders eye ambitious opioids package

A key House panel announced plans Wednesday to debate more than two dozen bills targeting the opioids crisis, from speeding approval of painkilling alternatives to linking ER patients with treatment after they overdose. Published March 14, 2018

Donald Trump-backed right-to-try bill falters in House

Democrats blocked a bill Tuesday that would have let dying patients try medicines that haven't won full regulatory approval, saying they worry about cutting the federal government out of oversight. Published March 13, 2018

"The House will not let this be the end. We will try again, pass legislation, and bring hope to those whose only desire is the right to try to live," House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said.

House Democrats block patients ‘right to try’ bill

Democrats blocked a bill Tuesday that would have let dying patients try medicines that haven't won full regulatory approval, saying they worried about cutting the federal government out of oversight. Published March 13, 2018

In this June 15, 2017, file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Health and Human Services Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Tom Price, ousted health secretary, repaid $60K for his travel

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price wrote checks totaling $60,000 to repay taxpayers for pricey plane trips that cost him his job, though Democratic investigators aren't satisfied, saying White House counselor Kellyanne Conway accompanied him and should account for the costs of her seat. Published March 13, 2018

In this file photo, Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, signs paperwork at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Monday, March 5, 2018, that gives the state permission to require that thousands of people on its Medicaid expansion seek ways to work or volunteer. In March 2018, Ms. Verma rejected the state of Idaho's proposals for a workaround of Obamacare regulations. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

Idaho finds silver lining in Verma’s rejection letter

Idaho officials on Friday said a federal letter that rebuffed their plan to implement a workaround of Obamacare is actually an "invitation" to keep talking about ways to offer cheaper health insurance. Published March 9, 2018

Health care providers need incentives to become more transparent and consumers should know the costs of procedures before they undergo them, the Health and Human Services secretary said. (Associated Press/File)

Alex Azar: Americans need access to health care costs, records

The Trump administration will push the American health care system to let consumers know the true costs of medical services, giving them more say in decisions that emphasize "value over volume," Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told insurers Thursday. Published March 8, 2018