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GOP Doesn’t Have a ACA Plan

The history of the development of the Republican alternative to Obamacare since the beginning of the health-care debate, in 2009, has been an endless loop of loud promises that a full plan will be announced soon, followed by quiet admissions that it will not. Seventeen days ago, Donald Trump promised a vote to repeal the […]

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Data Suggest VA Care Will Be Insufficient

New data compiled in the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) 2016 annual survey indicates that on its own, the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot sufficiently treat Post-9/11 injured service members. In one of the largest datasets collected on this generation of wounded service members, the survey suggests that now more than ever, veteran service organizations are […]

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HHS Pick Belongs to Fringe Medical Group

Last week, the Senate Health Committee grilled Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on his plan to dismantle Obamacare and his extensive trading in medical stocks. But when senators on the finance committee question him on Tuesday before voting on his nomination, they […]

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Trump Restores NGO Gag Rule on Abortion

President Donald Trump reinstated — and massively expanded — an executive order Monday barring US foreign aid from going to any nongovernmental organization (NGO) that either provides abortion services, or even discusses abortion with its patients as an option for family planning. Trump has promised to take sweeping actions against abortion, including appointing Supreme Court […]

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2 Republicans Suggest Plan for States to Keep Obamacare

Two Republican senators said on Monday that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in the Obamacare medical insurance program if they like, with one also saying she was confused by President Donald Trump’s broad but unspecific executive order targeting the program. Trump and congressional Republicans campaigned on a promise to dismantle Obamacare, and they […]

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Will Healthcare for Veterans Improve?

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump surprised many by tapping David Shulkin, an Obama administration official, as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Shulkin, a New York-area physician, and author, who is currently a VA undersecretary, is known for significantly improving care at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York as […]

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Trump Could Trigger Push for Drug Imports

President-elect Donald Trump’s vows to bring down drug prices and give consumers more options could give new momentum to the long fight to allow importations of prescription drugs into the U.S. Proponents of allowing U.S. residents to buy prescription drugs from other countries hope that having a supporter of the proposal in the White House […]

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Poll: 4 in 10 List Healthcare Fix as Top Concern

WASHINGTON — Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Yet when it comes to “Obamacare,” she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump. This makes her chuckle amid the serious choices she faces every month between groceries, electricity and paying a health insurance bill that […]

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March Highlights Health Concerns Under Trump

WASHINGTON — Among the masses that descended on the nation’s capital Saturday for the Women’s March was Katie MacMillan, a fourth-year medical student. “This isn’t all about ‘Not-Trump,’” said MacMillan, referring to Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the 45th president on Friday. An aspiring pediatrician at Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, […]

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Study: Health Coverage Has Other Economic Benefits

House and Senate lawmakers took the first step last week toward repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare. While there is no doubt of a major fight ahead over what happens next, researchers from the Brown School and Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis have given lawmakers something […]

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18 M Will Be Uninsured If Obamacare Dies

WASHINGTON — Insurance premiums would soar for millions of Americans and 18 million more would be uninsured in just one year if Republicans scuttle much of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul without a replacement, Congress’ budget analysts said Tuesday (January 17). Spotlighting potential perils for Republicans, the report immediately became a flashing hazard light for […]

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Senators Grill HHS Pick on Care Act, Stock Trades

Rep. Tom Price—President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services­—said “nobody is interested in pulling the rug out from anybody” as part of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “It’s not our plan for people to lose coverage,” Price told members of the Senate Health, Education, […]

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