Officials are promoting lower-cost, short-term health plans

August 1, 2018 News

The Trump administration is paving the way for plans that don't meet the Affordable Care Act's requirements

The Health 202: Trump officials ignored HHS advice on two big issues

August 1, 2018 News

Migrant kids and Medicaid.

Trump administration makes it easier to buy alternative to Obamacare

August 1, 2018 News

The Trump administration took another whack at the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday.

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‘Short Term’ Health Insurance? Up to 3 Years Under New Trump Policy

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Health and Human Services Department, Health Insurance and Managed Care, News, Obama, Barack, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Consumers may soon have access to less expensive health insurance providing fewer benefits under a Trump administration rule intended to skirt requirements of the Affordable Care Act.

Feds approve Maine insurance program that Obamacare halted

August 1, 2018 News

Maine's effort to re-launch a $93 million program to reduce health insurance premiums and reduce the uninsured population has been given the go-ahead

Puerto Rico’s Wounded Medicaid Program Faces Even Deeper Cuts

August 1, 2018 News

State Medicaid programs already get much more money from the federal government than Puerto Rico Medicaid gets — and the storm-ravaged U.S. territory's safety net for the poor is barely hanging on.
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Trump has no clue how people buy groceries

August 1, 2018 Donald Trump, News, politics

During a speech at a rally in Florida on Tuesday, President Trump indicated he thinks a photo ID card is needed to make purchases at grocery stores.

While making a case for a nationwide voter ID law, Trump said, “you know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card — you need ID.”

But as most Americans are well aware, an ID card is not usually needed to buy groceries. Customers can use cash. And in many cases, even if they use...