41 Republican senators break their promise to protect veterans’ health
Senate Republicans blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which would expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2022Senate Republicans blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which would expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2022Eighty-eight Republicans voted against the compromise to expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - July 14, 2022The plan would close a tax loophole and raise an estimated $203 billion over a decade, which Democrats say would be used to delay until 2031 a shortfall in the Medicare trust fund.
By Associated Press - July 09, 2022‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022The Democratic proposal would cap drug prices and allow the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
By Oliver Willis - July 01, 2022Why would Republican lawmakers take issue with a bill that would help protect pregnant people in the workplace?
By Lisa Needham - June 22, 2022The Senate bill passed on Tuesday would expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022Local first responder departments will be able to use the funds for ‘whatever help they need the most.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022A $20 billion government COVID program that covered testing, treatment and vaccine costs for uninsured people has been shut down.
By Associated Press - May 08, 2022The Wisconsin Republican senator recently denied that he was pushing to get rid of the Affordable Care Act — a day after saying the GOP should have a plan to do so.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2022As many as 2.5 million veterans may have been exposed to burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By Oliver Willis - April 25, 2022The law is part of a tidal wave of bills targeting transgender youth across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - April 14, 2022President Joe Biden’s changes to Obamacare are expected to provide health insurance coverage to more than 200,000 Americans nationwide.
By Oliver Willis - April 05, 2022Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn claimed he hadn’t seen the data that shows Medicaid expansion saves lives.
By Lisa Needham - March 21, 2022Physicians say they’re worried political attacks will make it harder for patients to access gender-affirming care.
By Casey Quinlan - March 18, 2022Americans in the Medicaid gap are risking their lives because they can’t afford health care. President Joe Biden’s agenda may help address that problem.
By Belinda Sherley - March 09, 2022The Wisconsin Republican also lauded Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) for his plan to sunset Social Security and raise taxes on most Americans.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2022The Wisconsin Republican senator said the party needs to be ready to ‘make good on what we established as our priorities.’
By Josh Israel - March 07, 2022Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton are targeting trans kids and their families.
By Casey Quinlan - February 28, 2022‘It felt like my life was being signed away,’ an Arkansas teenager told the New York Times in January.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2022ACOG is asking clinicians to ‘acknowledg[e] historical and ongoing reproductive mistreatment of people of color and other marginalized individuals whose reproductive desires have been devalued.’
By Lisa Needham - February 09, 2022Republicans tried to repeal the health care law, which would have led to a loss of coverage for millions.
By Oliver Willis - January 27, 2022The Biden administration has accomplished a lot in the first year but more work remains, they say.
By Casey Quinlan - January 21, 2022Groups like the ‘American College of Pediatricians’ are using their professional associations to legitimize dangerous messaging about LGBTQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - January 19, 2022Republicans are chipping away at LGBTQ rights in state legislatures across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - January 11, 2022Trans youth targeted by discriminatory state laws could be helped by a new rule proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services, experts say.
By Casey Quinlan - January 06, 2022A new poll finds lingering concerns over quality of care and patient privacy.
By Associated Press - December 30, 2021Experts say far-right activists are setting their sights on gender-affirming care providers.
By Casey Quinlan - December 16, 2021The Democrats’ social spending package would invest $1 billion in medical and nursing school programs and would support medical students from underrepresented communities.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - December 08, 2021Dr. Kevin Baumlin, who is also running for Senate in Pennsylvania, said Oz’s past comments on COVID-19 are ‘offensive and borderline malpractice.’
By Jacob Gardenswartz - December 02, 2021