Kentucky cuts dental, vision coverage for nearly 500,000 Medicaid recipients

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 News

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has suspended dental and vision benefits for nearly 500,000 Medicaid recipients after a federal judge blocked his plan to overhaul the safety net program.

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The Health 202: Those who don’t qualify for government aid aren’t buying Obamacare plans

July 3, 2018 News

Instead, they're leaving the marketplaces.

Clarence Thomas is the most important legal thinker in America

July 3, 2018 News, politics

Justice Clarence Thomas is the most important legal thinker of his generation, and the most significant judicial appointment of the last forty years.

No justice did more to reshape the way thousands of the nation’s top lawyers think about the law. No justice did more to shape a political movement’s sense of what it can achieve through litigation. If President George H.W. Bush had chosen someone other than Clarence Thomas to sit on the Supreme Court, the world might look ...

Obamacare enrollment inches higher

July 2, 2018 News

More Americans who signed up for Obamacare plans are sticking with them.
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Idaho GOP convention wrestles with immigration, gay marriage

July 2, 2018 News

Every two years, the Idaho Republican Party can make amendments to its platform. The debates at this year's convention offer a snapshot of some of the positions – from early childhood education to Medicaid expansion – many Republicans are struggling to clarify.

Idaho GOP convention wrestles with hiring undocumented workers, gay marriage

July 2, 2018 News

Every two years, the Idaho Republican Party can make amendments to its platform. The debates at this year's convention offer a snapshot of some of the positions – from early childhood education to Medicaid expansion – many Republicans are struggling to clarify.

5 types of judges Trump could pick to replace Justice Kennedy

July 2, 2018 Donald Trump, News, politics

So, that happened.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Supreme Court’s occasional swing-voter, looked over at the racist goon in the White House and said “That’s exactly the sort of person I want to choose my successor.”

In fairness to Kennedy, he likely made this decision because the Trump administration has gone to extraordinary lengths to show conservatives that Trump will nominate the same kind of judges who would have been chosen by, say, Presid...

The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by Better Medicare Alliance — Protests and anger: Washington in turmoil as elections near

July 2, 2018 News

Welcome to The Hill's Morning Report, and happy Monday ... Whew, it's July already! Our daily email gets you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch, co...

The New Health Care: Finally, Some Answers on the Effects of Medicaid Expansion

July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 Health Insurance and Managed Care, medicaid, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)

Almost a decade into the change in law, research suggests that access to health care has improved and quality has not suffered.

A Lifetime Investment: Big Money Pours Into Supreme Court Battle

July 1, 2018 News