Health Care Reform
News coverage, opinion and information on health care reform and health care policy including the Affordable Care Act.
Medicare Part B premiums to rise 6% in 2025, agency says
Seniors enrolled in Medicare will pay more in 2025, as premiums in Part B climb by 6% because of upticks in underlying prices and the use of health services.
Harris proposing new Medicare benefit to cover senior home care costs
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday outlined a new Medicare benefit proposal that she said would help families afford the cost of caring for seniors at home. She announced the proposal, which would be the first-ever expansion of Medicare to include at-home care, during an appearance on ABC’s “The View.”
Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths
The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek medical care for their children.
Supreme Court likely to allow emergency abortions in state where procedure is banned: Report
The Supreme Court is poised to side with the federal government in a challenge against Idaho’s strict abortion ban, according to Bloomberg Law.
Rural pharmacies fill a health care gap in the U.S. Owners say it’s getting harder to stay open
Basin Pharmacy fills more than prescriptions in rural northern Wyoming. It’s also the key health care access point for the town of about 1,300 people and the surrounding area.
South Carolina governor signs ban on gender-transition care for minors into law
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed into law a ban on gender-transition care for minors.
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.
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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.
