Arizona Governor Calls Plan To Kick 500,000 Low-Income People Off Of Medicaid...
As states across the country are moving to expand Medicaid coverage to additional low-income people under the Affordable Care Act, lawmakers in Arizona want to take the opposite approach. On Friday,...
View ArticleThe ‘Magical Thinking’ Behind The GOP Plan To Cut Programs For The Poor
On Tuesday, House Republicans released a budget proposal that, among other things, promises to reduce spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) and Medicaid by...
View ArticleNew Study Confirms That Obamacare Is Saving States Money
Many of the states that agreed to expand the eligibility requirements for their Medicaid programs under the health law are reaping millions of dollars in savings, according to two new reports that...
View ArticleLawmaker Worries About Impact Of Poor Single Moms’ Kids On ‘Us As Taxpayers’
An Arkansas state lawmaker has introduced a bill that would give single mothers on Medicaid an incentive to get surgical contraception so they can take “a little bit of a breather to think about their...
View ArticleSupreme Court Makes It Even Harder For Poor People To Get Medical Care
According to a lawsuit filed in 2009, Idaho illegally underpaid home health care providers that enable Medicaid patients to live at home rather than being confined to a hospital or nursing facility....
View ArticleThousands Of Immigrants In New Jersey Denied Medicaid After Court Decision
The highest court in New Jersey recently backed the state’s decision to cut Medicaid benefits for low-income immigrants who didn’t meet the five-year residency requirement to the chagrin of...
View ArticleObamacare Opponents Are Making Racial Inequality Worse
The ongoing political resistance to fully implementing the major provisions of Obamacare is serving to deepen racial inequality in the health care sector, according to a new analysis from researchers...
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The Human Consequences Of Refusing To Implement Obamacare
State-level resistance to health care reform is preventing the law from achieving its main coverage goals, and leaving some Americans in anti-Obamacare states unable to afford the health services they...
View ArticleThe Difficulties With People Of Color Using Their New Health Insurance
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more than 16.5 million people — particularly low-income Americans and people of color — have enrolled in an insurance plan for the first...
View ArticleRick Scott Is Revealing The GOP’s Ultimate Obamacare Hypocrisy
A dramatic showdown over health care funding that’s been unfolding in Florida over the past several weeks reveals the lengths that Republican leaders are willing to go in their quest to remain...
View ArticleHave The Feds Figured Out How To Convince More Red States To Expand Medicaid?
A contentious political fight in Florida over the future of Medicaid expansion — the optional Obamacare policy that seeks to extend health coverage to additional low-income Americans — could signal a...
View ArticleFlorida Governor Tricked Obama On Medicaid Expansion
Lawmakers in Florida are accusing Gov. Rick Scott (R), a former health care executive, of exploiting his mother’s death to trick the Obama administration into allowing private companies to manage the...
View ArticleLifelong Republican Turns On His Party, Embraces Obamacare
Luis Lang, who is currently crowdfunding for medical expenses that he can’t afford because he didn’t sign up for insurance under Obamacare, has become a viral sensation. However, the 49-year-old South...
View ArticleBudget Cuts In Illinois Could Leave Hundreds Of Thousands Without Kidney...
If Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposal to cut Medicaid dollars comes to fruition, kidney dialysis patients in 40 percent of the state’s treatment centers will no longer receive the proper care...
View ArticleGOP Mayor Says Other Republicans Need To Consider How Opposing Obamacare...
After a two-week journey spanning nearly 300 miles, a diverse group of activists arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Monday morning with a simple message for their lawmakers: Save rural hospitals. The...
View ArticlePrisoners In Massachusetts Sue For Access To Hepatitis C Medication
Getting what some scientists have called revolutionary treatment into the hands of Hepatitis C patients under confinement has been a struggle. But if two prisoners have their way, the Massachusetts...
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The Obamacare Issue That Should Still Be A Political Scandal For Republicans
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled to uphold tax subsidies in all of Obamacare’s state-level marketplaces — a blow to the law’s opponents, but one that effectively provides political cover for...
View ArticleAlaska Governor Sidesteps GOP-Controlled Legislature, Expands Medicaid On His...
Alaska will become the 30th state to accept Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion, after Gov. Bill Walker (I) announced on Thursday that he will use his executive power to bypass the GOP-controlled...
View ArticleThe Surprisingly Strong Progressive Case For Donald Trump
Donald Trump has captured the attention of the media and the public with blustery rhetoric that is often racist (Mexican immigrants are “rapists”) or absurd (John McCain is not a war hero because he...
View ArticleIn States That Won’t Expand Medicaid, Some Health Care Workers Can’t Even Get...
Somewhat ironically, many of the direct-care workers living in states that haven’t accepted Obamacare’s optional Medicaid expansion can’t afford insurance benefits to ensure them the same quality of...
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