Donald Trump, in an interview with Axios, said that he plans to sign an executive order stripping many Americans of their citizenship. Though it is unclear how far Trump wants to go, or whether he would attempt to retroactively strip many existing citizens of their citizenship, Trump apparently wants to target the children of undocumented immigrants.
“We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United...
Month: October 2018
The Health 202: The Trump administration is planning its next move on drug prices
It involves Medicare Part D.
Watch Trump Republicans own themselves, admit Obamacare works
Ari Melber breaks down how Republicans are reversing their positions on Obamacare ahead of the midterm elections, as public approval for Obamacare reaches record levels. Melber walks through examples like Republican Senate Candidate Josh Hawley, Rep....
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Do You Get Health Coverage Through Obamacare?
The period for enrolling in insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act begins on Nov. 1. Are you renewing coverage or planning to sign up?
The Health 202: Four red states will vote on Medicaid expansion in the midterms
Partisans are going direct to the ballot on the issue.
In about-face, Republicans make fixing Obamacare central to re-election push
Republicans wanted to gut Obamacare. Now, a wave of candidates advertise support for the ‘pre-existing conditions’ provision
In a House race in rural upstate New York, a congressional district containing some counties where Trump won by more than 22%, the Republican incumbent Elise Stefanik is campaigning on what would have been unthinkable five years ago: fixing Obamacare.
Stefanik is one of a wave of Republicans who, in the final weeks of the midterms election campaign, have ...
The New Health Care: A Sense of Alarm as Rural Hospitals Keep Closing
The potential health and economic consequences of a trend associated with states that have turned down Medicaid expansion.
These Republicans are misleading voters about our Obamacare fact checks
We have discovered at least seven Republicans are running for reelection by falsely telling voters their opponents earned Four Pinocchios for statements on preexisting conditions.
Obamacare’s popularity may be leading some Republicans to lie on positions
Republicans who fought Obamacare now claim to support covering pre-existing conditions. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin tells Joy Reid, ‘Instead of having more popular positions, Republicans lie about the ones they have.’
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Loneliness costs the US almost $7 billion extra each year
Social isolation takes a heavy toll on those who suffer from it, both in health and overall well-being. An effort to quantify the cost of loneliness in the US also found that among Americans aged 65 or older, social isolation costs the US government nearly $7 billion in additional...
