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Policies
Young Adult Health Coverage Varies by Race
Health insurance coverage increased significantly for young adults after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, but there were large differences among racial and ethnic groups, particularly among blacks, an analysis by Oregon State researchers found. The researchers found health insurance rates increased 6.1 percent for young adults age 19 to 25 after the […]
July 5, 2017
Policies
Advocates Say Bill Would Hurt Rape Victims
Victims of rape and domestic abuse would suffer “devastating” effects if either the House or Senate proposals to revamp health care are passed, a large coalition of advocacy groups said as they demanded that lawmakers tear up their drafts and craft a better bill. More than 300 national and local nonprofits signed a letter sent […]
July 5, 2017
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Policies
Bill Would Strip Special Education Funds
School superintendents across the country are raising alarms about the possibility that Republican health-care legislation would curtail billions of dollars in annual funding they count on to help students with disabilities and poor children. For the past three decades, Medicaid has helped pay for services and equipment that schools provide to special-education students, as well […]
July 5, 2017
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Policies
Trump Makes Appeal for Obamacare ‘Repeal Only”
President Donald Trump is making a weekend push to get a Republican Senate bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law “across the finish line,” Trump’s top legislative aide said Sunday, maintaining that a repeal-only option also remained in play if Republicans can’t reach agreement. Marc Short, the White House’s legislative […]
July 5, 2017
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Policies
Fact Check: Law Already Blocks Immigrants from Benefits
President Donald Trump recently told supporters that he wanted to reduce the number of people receiving public assistance, and he wants to put in place new rules barring immigrants from receiving government benefits for at least five years. “We want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. We also want to […]
June 28, 2017
Policies
Poll: Only 12% of Americans Back Senate Health Plan
Just 12% of Americans support the Senate Republican health care plan, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, amid a roiling debate over whether the GOP will deliver on its signature promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. In the survey, taken Saturday through Tuesday, a 53% majority say Congress should either leave […]
June 28, 2017
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Policies
Obamacare Experts: Just Fix What’s Broken
As Senate Republicans struggle to find the votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the architects of Obamacare have an idea to try if they fail. Just fix it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday delayed the vote planned for this week on the Republican health care plan as complaints from competing wings of […]
June 28, 2017
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Policies
Florida Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Law
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Friday to implement the medical marijuana amendment voters approved last year. Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of the voters in November, took effect on Jan. 3 and required that laws had to be in place by July 3 for how patients can qualify and receive […]
June 26, 2017
Policies
Administration Opposes Syphilis Study Museum
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Trump administration opposes a bid to use unclaimed money from a legal settlement over the government’s infamous Tuskegee syphilis study to fund a museum honoring victims of the research project. The Justice Department argued in court documents recently that providing the money to the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center […]
June 26, 2017
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Policies
Senate Support for Health Bill Slips
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders scrambled Sunday to rally support for their health care bill as opposition continued to build inside and outside Congress, and as several Republican senators questioned whether it would be approved this week. President Trump expressed confidence that the bill to repeal the guts of the Affordable Care Act would pass. […]
June 26, 2017
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Policies
Veterans’ Hospital Focuses on Proactive Care
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A veterans’ hospital in Missouri has recently started programs to include proactive care for patients. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that instead of only treating patients who complain of illness or injury, the Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital’s recently constructed Patient Education Center seeks to teach people how to improve their health in […]
June 21, 2017
Policies
Poll: Most Americans Don’t like the AHCA
More Americans have an unfavorable view of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) than a favorable one (55% vs. 31%, respectively), according to a new poll. Here are three key findings that MCOs should be aware of, according to a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll published May 31. Key finding #1: The survey, performed after House Republicans […]
June 21, 2017
Policies
Members of Trump’s HIV/AIDS Council Resign
President Donald Trump has a “lack of understanding and concern” for people living with HIV/AIDS, according to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA), leading six members to resign. In an op-ed for Newsweek, former council member Scott A. Schoettes revealed that the Trump administration has no strategy in mind for fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic. […]
June 21, 2017
TRUMP
Policies
Congress Passes VA Accountability Bill
WASHINGTON — Congress has approved long-sought legislation to make firing employees easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs, part of an effort urged by President Donald Trump to fix a struggling agency serving millions of veterans. The House cleared the bill, 368-55, on June 13, replacing an earlier version that Democrats had criticized as overly […]
June 19, 2017
Policies
Cuomo NY Healthcare Stays Intact Despite Trump
Gearing up for a possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking to shore up health care for his constituents. The governor has directed the New York State Department of Health to ban all insurance companies who withdraw from the state’s health insurance exchange if they don’t participate […]
June 19, 2017
Policies
Official Hopes Charges in Flint Will Restore Trust
FLINT, Mich. —In a battered city where many still refuse to bathe in tap water, much less drink it, the prosecution of officials accused of letting Flint’s public supply become contaminated with toxic lead and failing to warn of deadly bacteria represents a tentative step toward restoring trust in government. Still, the path ahead is […]
June 19, 2017
Policies
Secrecy Over Bill Frustrates GOP Senators
Senate Republican leaders are aiming to bring a major revision to the nation’s health-care laws to the Senate floor by the end of June even as lingering disagreements, particularly over Medicaid, threaten to derail their efforts, several Republicans familiar with the effort said Thursday. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., are […]
June 19, 2017
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At First Trump Opioid Summit, Advocates Plea for Medicaid Funds
WASHINGTON — Health advocates on Friday used the first meeting of President Trump’s commission on the opioid crisis to criticize a bill that would slash future Medicaid spending and deregulate the health insurance market, arguing that the legislation would undermine whatever progress the panel could make. “Medicaid is the largest national payer for addiction and […]
June 19, 2017
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