Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher walked into a buzz saw Wednesday morning, when he told the Supreme Court that his state has a virtually unlimited power to take people’s cars.
Fisher claimed this power in Timbs v. Indiana, a case involving a breathtakingly broad Indiana law permitting the state to seize vehicles from drivers who commit very minor drug crimes. Tyson Timbs, the man at the heart of the case, stands to lose his $42,000 Land Rover after he sold just...
Month: November 2018
Citizens feel disconnected from government. If they knew what government did for them, they wouldn’t.
Many Americans vote to expand Obamacare's coverage while simultaneously voting for politicians who want to get rid of Obamacare altogether.
…And now the bad news about the new Congress: Liz Cheney will be a top House Republican
American conservatism frequently resembles a bad horror movie franchise. Despite common sense indicating that unsavory characters stopped deserving our attention long ago, they somehow keep coming back for decades.
Many members of disgraced President Richard Nixon’s administration resurfaced under President George W. Bush.
Now the oldest daughter of Dick Cheney, Bush’s historically–unpopular vice president, has risen to a Republican leadership role during th...
Now that a record number of women head to Congress, can they repeal the Hyde Amendment?
For the past four decades, lawmakers in Washington, D.C. have largely prohibited federal dollars from paying for low-income people’s abortions. But with a record number of Democratic women elected to office in November and their party holding the majority in the House next year, momentum is building to lift the ban.
By ThinkProgress’ count, at least 183 House members support repealing the Hyde Amendment, a legislative provision that prohibits federal Medicaid dollars fro...
Trump Moves to Lower Medicare Drug Costs by Relaxing Some Patient Protections
The Trump administration has proposed reducing the number of prescription drugs that must be made available to people with cancer, AIDS, depression, schizophrenia and certain other conditions.
The Health 202: Obamacare enrollment is lagging, despite cheaper options
That could pose a problem for the Trump administration.
Maine’s Gov. LePage uses final days in office to resist expanding Medicaid
Gov. Paul LePage (R-ME) will leave office in January — but not before using his final few months in the governor’s mansion to resisting providing health care to an additional 70,000 low-income Mainers.
A Maine judge ordered LePage this week to follow through on expanding the Medicaid program in the state, setting a December 5 deadline for the state to make meaningful progress on setting up the health care expansion.
It’s the latest development in a protracte...
Many Who Buy ACA Health Plans For 2019 Find Lower Prices And More Choice
After years of price hikes, the cost of the average Affordable Care Act policy is dropping across the U.S. Competition among insurers has increased as the political uncertainty starts to settle down.
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After federal court blocks Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirements, Trump admin reapproves them
The Trump administration permitted Kentucky again to require low-income people to report at least 80 hours of work or community engagement per month or lose coverage for six months, even after a federal judge blocked the state’s proposal over the summer.
A U.S. district court judge called Kentucky’s proposal, which includes work rules, “arbitrary and capricious” in June, noting that officials never adequately considered whether the plan actually provided cove...
The recurring GOP myth about John McCain’s ‘no’ on Obamacare repeal
Republicans often suggest they were just one vote from victory. But there were negotiations and many more votes to come, with the outcome in doubt.