Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was sworn into office only six months ago but is already attracting widespread scrutiny for alleged misuse of agency funds, potential violation of a lobbying law, and holding secret meetings with officials from the industries his agency is tasked with regulating.
Upon arrival at the agency, the new EPA administrator pledged a back-to-basics philosophy. That shift in agency priorities, however, appears to be geared toward rai...
Month: August 2017
Trump Administration Wants to Stabilize Health Markets but Won’t Say How
An administration official refused to say what, if anything, the government would do to encourage people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
The Health 202: Trump says Obamacare will implode. But his administration isn’t necessarily hurting it.
The actions of HHS have been mixed.
5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets
Lawmakers looking to stabilize the health insurance exchanges may consider a number of proposals — including pushing young adults off a parent's plan, or letting people buy into Medicare and Medicaid.
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Trump has showed the absolute minimum amount of empathy for Houston victims
President Trump hasn’t had a lot to congratulate himself for in the early months of his presidency.
The Senate tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act three different times. Trump had one infrastructure week hijacked when the FBI director he fired testified in front of Congress. He lost control of another infrastructure week when he decided to say some “very fine people” marched at a rally for white supremacists, KKK members, and neo-Nazis. He’s lost his press secretary, ...
Kasich, Hickenlooper to propose blueprint to stabilize health insurance markets
The governors have been leading their own effort to achieve a bipartisan approach to health care reform
Syringe Exchange Program Aims To Slow Hepatitis C Infections In Alaska
As the nation's opioid abuse problem soars, so do health problems associated with drug use like hepatitis C, which is placing a major burden on Alaska's Medicaid program.
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Dems target House Republicans on healthcare in new Facebook ads
The House Democrats' campaign arm launched Facebook ads Tuesday in 80 districts targeting Republicans on their plans for to repeal and replace ObamaCareThe ads will run on Facebook, attacking the House GOP's health...