Rising premiums and political turmoil over Obamacare undermine the gains that drove the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low
The number of US adults without health insurance is up nearly 3.5 million this year, as rising premiums and political turmoil over Obamacare undermine coverage gains that drove the nation’s uninsured rate to a historic low.
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Month: October 2017
The Health 202: Obamacare insurers grapple with deep uncertainty
But they're still trying to enroll customers.
Rate of U.S. adults with health insurance makes U-turn: Survey
Rose almost 3.5 million this year amid rising premiums and political battles over fate of Obamacare; uninsured rate had been at all-time low
U.S. abortion rate falls, but the procedure is still common among certain groups
The U.S. abortion rate fell 25 percent between 2008 and 2014, though the procedure is still a common experience, according to a new study published Thursday in the Journal of Public Health. The falling rates were also not even across all groups, and the procedure has become increasingly concentrated among lower-income people.
The study found that, in 2008, there were 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women and gender minorities between the ages of 15 and 44. By 2014, that number had...
Republicans have the budget votes they need, but Democrats prepare to make it painful
Democrats said they planned to focus on four key tax-reform topics: tax cuts for the wealthy, tax increases for the middle class, reductions to Medicare and Medicaid spending and increases to the budget deficit.
Trump changes his mind about bipartisan health care deal for the fourth time in three days
President Donald Trump flip-flopped on a flip-flop Thursday afternoon, telling reporters he’s “open to” a bipartisan health care deal Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) struck earlier this week.
During a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday, Trump said that he wouldn’t sign the bill, and then said 11 minutes later it was a good solution, and then tweeted the next morning that he could “never support” it.
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Alexander and Murray announce 24 co-sponsors of bipartisan Obamacare fix
The short-term fix would extend for two years Obamacare subsidies used to reduce the cost of health insurance for lower income Americans