More than 15,000 people died because GOP refused to let them have health care
A new study shows 15,600 deaths could have been prevented if states controlled by Republicans had expanded Medicaid eligibility.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 22, 2019A new study shows 15,600 deaths could have been prevented if states controlled by Republicans had expanded Medicaid eligibility.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 22, 2019Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is proud of her attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, which provides health care for thousands in Iowa.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 15, 2019Even if the two efforts hadn’t fallen through, they probably wouldn’t have done much to lower prescription drug prices.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 11, 2019Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) would be responsible for millions of Americans losing health care if the courts strike down the Affordable Care Act.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 09, 2019Trump’s anti-woman global gag rule reduces women’s access to health care and increases the number of abortions around the world.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 01, 2019Democratic-controlled states expanded health care access, made voting easier, and strengthened protections for victims of hate crimes.
By Emily Singer - June 21, 2019Instead of stopping Trump’s health care sabotage, Republicans vote to stand on his side.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 21, 2019Thanks to Trump, health care costs went up while fewer Americans obtained health insurance.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 19, 2019‘Republicans have no credibility when it comes to health care,’ one GOP strategist said.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 18, 2019Trump has a backchannel way to cut benefits for low-income Americans without the approval of Congress.
By Emily Singer - June 18, 2019The D.C.Circuit Court said the Trump administration cannot strip minors of their right to access health care.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 14, 2019In an effort to appease religious extremists, Trump ordered major new restrictions on federally funded research with fetal tissue.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2019‘I think many people who work for us will not want to work there.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 30, 2019GOP Sen. Martha McSally is helping stack the federal judiciary with judges hostile to basic health care.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 24, 2019A new draft rule from the Trump administration opens the door to doctors discriminating against millions of women and the transgender community.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 24, 2019The Trump administration is set to impose a rule that would allow health care professionals to discriminate against anyone they don’t like. A new lawsuit seeks to stop that from happening.
By Lisa Needham - May 22, 2019Georgia filmmakers are in ‘panic mode’ because of what their Republican state lawmakers have done.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2019Prosecutors in several large Georgia counties are vowing not to enforce a draconian new GOP law attacking women and doctors.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2019Republicans also rejected provisions aimed at strengthening protections for people with preexisting conditions.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 16, 2019Experts slam Trump’s claim of protecting people with preexisting conditions as blatantly false.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 16, 2019Republicans are just fine with letting health insurance companies jack up premiums for the most vulnerable Americans.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 09, 2019The Trump administration is insisting that the courts rip health insurance away from 20 million Americans.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 02, 2019Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) exposed how little Labor Secretary Alex Acosta knows or cares about why women need contraception.
By Emily Singer - May 02, 2019Rep. Michael Burgess wishes people would ‘celebrate’ the health care they have, which his party keeps trying to get rid of.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 30, 2019Health care rights activist Ady Barkan took what might be his last big trip to advocate for Medicare for All at a congressional hearing.
By Emily Singer - April 30, 2019It’s an ominous sign for Trump as he tries to win reelection.
By Emily Singer - April 29, 2019When it comes to who they trust on health care, less than a quarter of Americans picked the Republican Party.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 26, 2019Chuck Grassley says it doesn’t matter that he voted seven times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, because Congress doesn’t have the votes to do it anymore.
By Oliver Willis - April 26, 2019New proposed rules from Trump’s health department would let bigoted health care professionals discriminate against patients.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 25, 2019Martha McSally hopes people will forget all the times she voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 24, 2019