Health Care Reform
News coverage, opinion and information on health care reform and health care policy including the Affordable Care Act.
Florida sued for using taxpayer money on website promoting GOP spin on abortion initiative
A political committee behind the campaign to pass a constitutional right to abortion in Florida has filed a lawsuit against a state health care agency that it alleges is carrying out a taxpayer-funded “misinformation” campaign against the November ballot measure.
How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa
Thethiwe Mahlangu woke early on a chilly morning and walked through her busy South African township, where minibuses hooted to pick up commuters and smoke from sidewalk breakfast stalls hung in the air.
Nancy Mace prods Congress to condemn Biden’s plan to extend Obamacare eligibility to noncitizens
Republicans in Congress are pushing back against a new Biden administration rule that extends health care coverage under Obamacare to illegal immigrants.
Slain nurse’s husband sues health care company, alleging it ignored employees’ safety concerns
The husband of a Connecticut visiting nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored workers’ safety concerns about treating dangerous patients.
Biden administration says 100,000 new migrants are expected to enroll in ‘Obamacare’ next year
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
Why religious employers should be against the HOPE with Fertility Act
The HOPE with Fertility Act sounds good until you dig into details that will raise healthcare costs, deprive patients with life-threatening illness treatment and give the federal government access to very personal information.
Biden grants DACA migrants access to Obamacare money
President Biden finalized a new policy Friday giving illegal immigrant “Dreamers” here under the DACA program full access to Obamacare, including taxpayer subsidies to buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act’s markets.
Illegals are totally destroying America’s health system
With Joe Biden as president, and open borders as his policy, what’s happening in Florida, what’s predicted in California, is spreading quickly to all states. And more than the immediate financial burden to citizens, it’s the mainstreaming of the idea of giving health care to illegals that’s the bigger problem.
UnitedHealth says patient files may have been taken in Change cyberattack
UnitedHealth says files with personal information that could cover a “substantial portion of people in America” may have been taken in the cyberattack earlier this year on its Change Healthcare business.
Biden, Trump ducking serious solutions to save Medicare’s hospital trust fund
Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2031, but rather than propose serious fixes to the popular entitlement, both parties’ presidential nominees are busy attacking each others’ plans in search of political points to win the election.
Biden enlists Bernie Sanders to highlight Democratic-GOP contrasts on health care
President Biden linked arms with Sen. Bernard Sanders, a hero to the liberal left, on Wednesday to burnish his brand as Big Pharma’s chief nemesis and push for an extension of newly adopted drug savings to all Americans — not just seniors on Medicare.
Medicaid expansion plans and school funding changes still alive in Mississippi Legislature
Bills to expand Medicaid and rewrite the funding formula for public schools are among measures still alive in the Mississippi Legislature.
Biden and Harris team up for health care event in North Carolina
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will promote their health care agenda on Tuesday in North Carolina, a battleground state that Democrats hope to flip in their favor after falling short to Donald Trump in the last two presidential elections.
Georgia Republicans reject Democrats’ final push for Medicaid expansion
Georgia Republicans shot down a last-ditch attempt by Democrats to expand Medicaid on Thursday in a state Senate committee, frustrating Democrats who say GOP leaders broke a promise to advance the bill.
The massive health care hack is now being investigated by the federal Office of Civil Rights
Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare.
Biden is issuing a budget plan that details his vision for a second term
President Biden is issuing a budget plan Monday aimed at getting voters’ attention: tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Latest attempt to chip away at ‘Obamacare’ questions preventive health care
A federal appeals court was scheduled to hear arguments Monday on whether former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law requires full insurance coverage of certain types of preventive care, including HIV prevention and some types of cancer screenings.
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Supreme Court upholds Obama health care law
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The Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.
Obama chats up health care
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President Obama speaks about the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va.
