Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/votes-are-medicaid-has-strong-public-support By Suzanne Wikle Once again, Medicaid is the week’s hot topic. On the one hand, the Trump Administration is taking action to reduce access to Medicaid for low-income workers, while on the other hand, voters are saying … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-07/health-issues/nows-the-time-to-make-health-insurance-decisions/a60173-1 November 7, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Open enrollment ends Dec. 7 for Medicare and Dec. 15 for marketplace insurance. (Rhoda Baer/PA AARPWikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians young … Continued
Millions of Americans count on HealthCare.gov for quality, affordable health care. If you or someone you know purchases healthcare through the ACA, it’s time to buy your new plans! Open enrollment is the time each year when individuals can purchase … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s time to #KeepMarching and use our outside voices for health care! President Trump and his administration have taken some terrible steps this year to sabotage our health care, limit consumer access to information, and confuse … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In EPI’s Working Economics blog, EPI’s Bivens lauds Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic colleagues in the Senate and the House for pushing meaningful health care reform by introducing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Earlier this month, President Trump further sabotaged the Affordable Care Act when he announced would stop making Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments to insurance companies. This is horrible. If this continues, costs for marketplace consumers will … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/trump-takes-further-steps-sabotage-aca By Lena O’Rourke Since he came into office, President Trump has taken a series of deliberate actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act (ACA), such as cutting back on advertising and funding for “navigators” who help people apply for … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/20/51-senators-vote-slash-medicaid-order-pay-tax-cuts-rich/#.WepJdVtSwdU By Deborah Weinstein October 20, 2017 They also voted to cut Medicare, education, housing assistance, job training, home heating/cooling assistance, SNAP, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, environmental and public health protections, child care, help for people with disabilities… … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): As expected, Pennsylvania’s new insurance rates are out, and they’ve increased significantly – by 30.6% on average. This is a direct result of the actions taken by the Trump administration to sabotage the … Continued
Posted at http://familiesusa.org/blog/2017/10/whats-alexander-murray-stabilization-package Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy Claire McAndrew, Director of Campaign Strategy On October 17, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander and Democrat Sen. Patty Murray announced an agreement on a bipartisan package of … Continued