Kansas Republicans invent new excuse to block health care for 150,000 people
Health care coverage is on hold as Republican legislators fight over an unrelated constitutional amendment to repeal abortion rights.
By Josh Israel - February 25, 2020Health care coverage is on hold as Republican legislators fight over an unrelated constitutional amendment to repeal abortion rights.
By Josh Israel - February 25, 2020Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) accused the Jewish frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination of promising what the Germans promised in 1933.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 25, 2020Donald Trump went deep and wide in distorting what he’s done in office.
By Associated Press - February 24, 2020The high cost of prescription drugs is one of the top concerns among voters.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 21, 2020Polling shows that drug prices and health care affordability are the top issues for Americans. Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation to address both.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2020Zero Democrats have cosponsored the legislation.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 11, 2020Republicans voted against lowering drug prices when they had the chance.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 10, 2020House Democrats condemned the administration’s ‘illegal actions’ to give block grants to states.
By Josh Israel - February 07, 2020Dan Forest, a Republican running for governor in North Carolina, listed his four top priorities if he wins — and health care did not make the cut.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 06, 2020A Missouri hospital just became the 87th rural hospital to shut down in a state that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 06, 2020A newly proposed rule could lead to cuts of up to $49 billion a year in total Medicaid spending.
By Associated Press - February 05, 2020The Trump administration is currently backing a lawsuit to overturn all of Obamacare, including the protections for preexisting conditions.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2020Arizona Sen. Martha McSally has not sponsored or cosponsored any legislation to reduce the costs of prescription drugs.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 03, 2020A federal court stopped voter suppression efforts in Arizona, Illinois is making insulin cheaper, and Michelle Obama won a Grammy.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 31, 2020Rather than acknowledge the Trump administration’s announced cuts, Pence changed the subject to his time as governor of Indiana.
By Josh Israel - January 31, 2020The Affordable Care Act’s popularity and past failed attempts to kill the program may have contributed to the GOP’s now-muted language.
By Josh Israel - January 30, 2020The administration is renaming its efforts to cut Medicaid as ‘Healthy Adult Opportunity’ grants.
By Emily Singer - January 30, 2020Young people are organizing in high schools across the country, Connecticut residents will see lower health care costs, and several states made strides for LGBTQ equality.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 24, 2020Rep. Tom Emmer recently joined 190 of his Republican colleagues in opposing a bill to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 23, 2020Fact-checking his wildest claims.
By Associated Press - January 20, 2020Virginia became the 38th state to approve the Equal Rights Amendment the same week New Jersey’s governor signed legislation to protect health care and three states saw voting rights victories.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 17, 2020‘The issues that we think are important here in the Beltway don’t actually make it to the kitchen table as issues that voters are talking about.’
By Associated Press - January 13, 2020Trump continues to wage war on the Affordable Care Act, which bars insurance companies from discriminating against those with preexisting conditions.
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2020Virginia welcomes its first woman speaker of the House of Delegates the same week New York legislators pass a bill making it easier to vote, and Kansas worked to expand health care to 150,000 more residents.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 10, 2020Trump’s 2020 budget would have cut $897 million from the National Cancer Institute.
By Emily Singer - January 09, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blocking a bill that could lower the cost of prescription drugs for breast cancer, diabetes, and more.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 08, 2020A new study finds southern states that expanded Medicaid are helping to prevent health declines among their most vulnerable citizens.
By Josh Israel - January 07, 2020Arizona Sen. Martha McSally previously voted to take away health care from people with preexisting conditions.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 06, 2020If the justices did take the case, it would mark the third Supreme Court review of the health law.
By Associated Press - January 04, 2020The court’s ruling ensures Obamacare will remain a political issue during the 2020 election campaign, giving Democrats a line of attack against Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.
By Associated Press - December 18, 2019