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House GOP Bill Takes ACA Repeal Off the Table

House Republicans on Monday again rejected President Trump’s push to use their tax bill to repeal a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act, instead making only modest changes to their legislation as they attempt to move it closer to a vote on the House floor. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) […]

November 8, 2017

House GOP Might Repeal Health Mandate in Tax Bill

WASHINGTON — Republicans are weighing a repeal of a key tenet of the Obama-era health care law in their tax overhaul as the House’s tax-writing committee begins work on shaping the bill. Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday Republicans are discussing whether their tax plan should include a repeal of the Obama health law’s requirement that […]

November 6, 2017

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Outreach Reduced as ACA Enrollment Begins

In preparation for the Affordable Care Act’s latest enrollment season, the Trump administration sent notices about the sign-up options to millions fewer Americans than in past years and deleted themes known to be most effective in motivating consumers to sign up. Emails went in advance only to people with current health-care plans through marketplaces created […]

November 6, 2017

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Trump to Gut Obamacare Benefit Rules

In the wake of the collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Trump administration is testing the legal limits of what it can do to reshape — or some would say gut — the Affordable Care Act using, ironically, the regulatory tools the ACA gave the executive branch. The president’s suspension of […]

November 1, 2017

Power Outage Strains P.R. Healthcare System

Forty days after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, most of the U.S. territory remains without power. Over the weekend, the island’s power company fired a key contractor working to restore electrical service. The cancellation of the $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy, after the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies expressed significant concerns about […]

November 1, 2017

Trump Vows to Attack Opioid Crisis, Cuts Treatment Options

US President Donald Trump has declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency. What that means in practice remains to be seen – possibilities include increased federal funding, inter-agency coordination, and improved rural health services. But one prerequisite to making real progress in stopping the 142 deaths that happen each day in the US from […]

October 30, 2017

Discrimination Is Bad for Your Health

Most people can acknowledge that discrimination has an insidious effect on the lives of minorities, even when it’s unintentional. Those effects can include being passed over for jobs for which they are qualified or shut out of housing they can afford. And most people are painfully aware of the tensions between African-Americans and police. But […]

October 30, 2017

Trump Says He Will Declare Opioid Crisis a National Emergency

When President Trump told reporters that the opioid crisis is a “national emergency” and he would be officially declaring it as such, he raised a point experts have echoed for months. The opioid epidemic is a critical emergency on a national scale, the experts agree, but does a proper solution involve a declaration from the […]

October 25, 2017

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Disparities in Healthcare are Detrimental to Women

The United States is one of the only developed countries in the world that doesn’t provide universal health coverage for its citizens. Healthcare is seen not as a right, but as a privilege enjoyed by those fortunate enough to be able to afford it. The ability to afford healthcare is heavily dependent on factors outside […]

October 25, 2017

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Democrats Reject White House Demands for Health Deal

WASHINGTON — Top Senate Democrats rejected White House demands Friday to add provisions weakening the Obama health care law to a bipartisan deal on steadying unsettled insurance markets. The compromise already faced an uphill path and this was the latest blow. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Trump administration was involved in the […]

October 23, 2017

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Scouts Kick Out Child Who Questioned Politician on Guns, Race and Health

DENVER — A Cub Scout was kicked out of his den after he questioned a Colorado state lawmaker about her position on gun control and previous comments she made about African-Americans’ health and eating fried chicken. It was the latest political flashpoint for the Boy Scouts after President Donald Trump used his speech at the […]

October 23, 2017

Hurricane Exposed “Inequalities and Injustices”

In rural and impoverished areas of Puerto Rico, a new day means a new search for food and safe water as the humanitarian crisis there continues to escalate. More than three weeks after Hurricane Maria, more than a quarter of homes in the U.S. territory lack clean water, about 85 percent are without electricity, and […]

October 18, 2017

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Trump Backs Away from Deal on Obamacare

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan deal from two U.S. senators to stabilize Obamacare by restoring subsidies to health insurers ran into trouble on Wednesday with President Donald Trump sending mixed signals and the speaker of the House indicating no interest in taking it up. The deal announced on Tuesday by Republican Lamar Alexander and Democrat […]

October 18, 2017

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Senate Faces Showdown on Obamacare

Senators return to Washington on Monday facing great uncertainty over whether they will be able to strike a deal to keep Obamacare’s insurer subsidies flowing now that President Trump will not be funding them. Without the funding, the Obamacare exchanges are likely to become further destabilized as Congress heads into the midterm elections next year. […]

October 16, 2017

Michael Jordan Gives $7M for Medical Clinics

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hornets owner Michael Jordan is donating $7-million to launch medical clinics that he hopes will help at-risk communities in Charlotte. It’s the largest philanthropic donation ever by the former NBA champion. Read More

October 16, 2017

Trump: “Obamacare Is Obama’s Fault”

President Trump this week defended his recent actions on Obamacare, saying that the problems the law was facing were the result of his predecessor, former President Obama. “Well, we’re actually, what we’re doing is trying to keep it afloat, because it’s failing,” Trump said in wide-ranging Forbes interview published online Tuesday. “I mean the insurance […]

October 11, 2017

Rich and White? You Are Getting Healthier

More higher income and white seniors report they are in good health. However, African-American, Latino, and lower-income seniors don’t show the same gains. Medicare may have survived the budget cuts included in congressional Republicans’ plans to repeal Obamacare. However, even at current funding levels, there’s only so much it can do for the health of […]

October 11, 2017

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Mental Health Concerns Arise After Maria

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Locked out of his home and with nowhere else to go, Wilfredo Ortiz Marrero rode out Hurricane Maria inside a Jeep, which was lifted off its wheels by floodwaters in the parking lot. He then endured days without enough food or running water. The lights are back on at his […]

October 10, 2017