Obamacare

January 28, 2021 7:48 AM ET President Joe Biden will issue a series of executive actions Thursday that target abortion restrictions and provide additional opportunities for Americans to enroll in health insurance programs. The abortion presidential memorandum will “immediately” rescind the Mexico City Policy, which prohibits non-profit organizations from receiving…

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It's Biden's first move toward delivering on his campaign promise to bolster the landmark health reform law that he championed as vice president. And it comes as more Americans could be facing the loss of coverage because of the pandemic-fueled economic downturn. "Today, I'm about to sign two executive orders…

President-elect Joe Biden arrives to be sworn in as 46th president of the United States during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday. (AP) The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that US President Joe Biden is expected to reopen the HealthCare.gov insurance markets soon for a…

A federal court has ruled to protect some doctors and health care providers from being penalized for refusing to perform gender transition procedures on the grounds of religious belief. In a decision a day before Joe Biden took the oath of office, United States District Court Chief Judge Peter D. Welte…

Obamacare, he argues, has already provided a good starting point that can now be taken forward full-throttle with the new administration Topics Coronavirus | Coronavirus Vaccine | United States It was a not-so-small matter of a smallpox vaccine that altered the course of Atul Gawande’s life. The trajectory of the Indian-origin America-born surgeon, author…

The story of the pandemic is also a story about debt. One recent survey, conducted in October, found that more than a quarter of respondents had accumulated over $10,000 in new debts during the crisis. One in three had taken out a new credit card. An analysis from Philadelphia found…

This year, Americans’ access to health care took the spotlight like never before.Since March, more than 250,000 people infected by the coronavirus have died and millions more have lost their health insurance in the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.During the presidential campaign, both President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe…

The Affordable Care Act is back before the U.S. Supreme Court in the latest of dozens of attacks against the law by conservatives fighting what they now perceive to be a government takeover of health care. Yet, in an odd twist of history, it was Newt Gingrich, one of the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Of any state, California has the most to lose if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the Affordable Care Act. Health care coverage for millions of people is at stake, as are billions in federal dollars. Yet Democratic California leaders don’t have a plan to preserve the broad…