The Trump administration wants to make people get jobs in exchange for Medicaid — but GOP-led states are starting to resist
Indiana became the third GOP-led state to suspend efforts to impose a work mandate to Medicaid on Thursday, dealing another blow to the Trump administration's attempt to overhaul a program that provides free health insurance to tens of millions of Americans. …
bubmagOctober 31, 2019
Where Democrats Go Wrong On Pre-existing Conditions
This editorial is coauthored with Alfredo Ortiz.null Getty This week, Senate Democrats are voting on a resolution to curtail the use of the Affordable Care Act's Section 1332 waivers, which empower states to revamp their failing individual insurance markets…
bubmagOctober 31, 2019
Obamacare Is “Stable” At An Incredibly Unstable Place
The Democrats Want to Move Beyond Obamacare Because We Have No Other ChoiceBefore I start talking about the presidential candidates' health care plans, let's review just exactly where we are with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). For the last few years I …
bubmagOctober 30, 2019
Only Susan Collins breaks GOP ranks on Democrat-led Obamacare resolution – Washington Examiner
The Senate voted Wednesday against a resolution that Democrats framed as a measure to reverse Trump administration efforts to undo Obamacare insurance protections for people with pre-existing health conditions. The vote fell along party lines, 43 in favor v…
bubmagOctober 30, 2019
Senate Democrats fail in bid to block Trump’s Obamacare opt-out
Senate Democrats hope health care will help them take back control of the Senate in 2020, after it played a major role in Democratic victories across the country in last year. They saw today's vote as an opportunity to highlight their support for the health l…
bubmagOctober 30, 2019
Senate Rejects Measure Trying To Nullify Trump’s Obamacare Waivers
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic effort to overturn Trump administration regulations allowing cheaper health insurance options that exclude key benefits under the Affordable Care Act and arent generally available to people with preexisting condit…
bubmagOctober 30, 2019
WellCare’s Medicare Numbers Rise As Centene Deal Moves Ahead
The 2019 U.S. Medicare Handbook in Washington in this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo. WellCare Health ... Plans, which is being acquired by Centene, said it will sell Medicare Advantage plans in 87 new counties for 2020. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ASSO…
bubmagOctober 30, 2019
Democrat Presidential Candidate Agree: Obamacare Is A FAILURE
It seems like other than raising your taxes, the one thing Democrats can agree on is that Obamacare was a complete failure. They have jumped ship and joined the rest of us who are already paying the insurance premium hikes that have come with the disastrous …
bubmagOctober 29, 2019
Former Democratic U.S. Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina dies at age 66
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat who defeated a prominent Republican incumbent in 2008 and helped secure approval of the Obamacare healthcare law, died on Monday at age 66, her family said in a statement to local media. H…
bubmagOctober 29, 2019