Obamacare

Republicans spent nearly a decade promising to rid us of the incredibly terrible law known as Obamacare. And with very good reason. Obamacare stripped millions of people of their insurance.  For those who survived that mass slaughter – Obamacare doubled the…

Democrats diverge on not only policy, but politics too, when it comes to health care. The Democrats running for president in 2020, while sharing a general goal of “expanding health coverage,” have two fundamental disagreements about health care. One is on the…

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will not appear before the House Oversight Committee to discuss her alleged multiple violations of the Hatch Act. According to CNN, White House counsel Pat Cipollone wrote in a letter to Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md.,…

As Americans live longer, more and more families are caring for older adults and facing tough financial circumstances that give rise to a bigger question: How will we as a nation care for a growing number of older people with complex needs once they can no lo…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order he called “the opposite of Obamacare” that directs the Department of Health and Human Services to create rules increasing transparency in health care pricing Monday. “We will empower patients with the informat…

If you listen to the 45th president of the United States long enough, hell say things that just take your breath away, even taking into account his regularly dishonest approach to facts and even the most recent history. You may recall that he spent a good par…

Nearly all the Democratic candidates in the 2020 presidential race came together to rally for abortion rights at the June 22 Planned Parenthood We Decide forum, including Joe Biden, who until recently was in favor of the Hyde Amendment, which bans the use of …

Say one thing for senior citizenhood, as my own approacheth: You have time on your hands. Witness the crowd waiting for hours Tuesday outside Orlandos Amway Center in the rain to hear a 76-minute speech containing nary a coherent thought. By a president who w…

A new study released Tuesday shows just how insidious the Trump administration’s proposal to change the way the federal government measures poverty actually is. In short: millions could lose health and food benefits. By way of background, in May, Trump’s bud…

Facing a tough re-election in an increasingly blue state, Republican Colorado Senator Cory Gardner tweeted out a glowing, full-throated endorsement of his effectiveness at representing not just Republicans but also Democratic and independent voters. But the e…