Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
A new study finds many insurance plans are ignoring Obamacare requirements for women’s health care
Obamacare has been in places for several years now, but many consumers still aren’t getting the coverage they’re entitled to. A new study found that many health plans aren’t providing mandated free services, and others are outright excluding some people from certain guaranteed coverage.
A Government Shutdown is Looming–Again
While the American public focuses its gaze on the international crisis brewing in Syria, another crisis is brewing on Capitol Hill. In just a few short weeks, the current fiscal year ends. And for now, there is no consensus on how government operations will be funded after September 30. Part of the hold up has […]
Conservative, liberal groups join in opposition to farm bill proposals
Neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate have been able to produce a farm bill that gets wide support. In fact, neither chamber have approved a bill, though there are committee proposals. But both conservative and liberal groups are blasting the proposals as bad policy.
Republicans, Democrats doing electoral calculus in determining support for taxes, healthcare
Conventional wisdom said votes to extend some of the Bush-era tax cuts and to repeal the healthcare reform bill will fall along party lines, and they still may. But with election just months away, elected officials are plugging numbers into a more detailed equation to figure out how to cast their vote.
Republicans try to use tax label to turn public opinion against Affordable Care Act
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, largely upholding President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill, Republicans are trying a different strategy. They’re trying to get voters fired up and retake the Senate in November, so they can repeal the measure in Congress.