Trump administration doubles down on letting Kentucky impose Medicaid work requirements

November 21, 2018 News

The Trump administration has once again approved Kentucky's request to require certain Medicaid recipients to get jobs or lose their benefits.
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The legal challenge to Matthew Whitaker’s appointment is a trap

November 20, 2018 Justice Department, News, politics

On Monday, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), filed a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit is fairly likely to prevail — or, at least, a lawsuit of this sort is fairly likely to win five votes on the Supreme Court. It also potentially presents a grave danger to the next Democratic presidency and to the future viability of the en...

The obsession with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s finances only amplifies her power

November 20, 2018 News

First, it was her clothes. Then, her savings account.

What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s critics still don’t understand is that their focus on how she doesn’t meet their expectations only amplifies her power—and deepens her connection to the young, ambitious, work...

‘They don’t value the insurance’: Arkansas official on why thousands lost health care coverage

November 20, 2018 News

As of November 1st, Arkansas booted more than 12,000 people off Medicaid for failing to report work hours online for three months — but don’t blame the policy, blame the people said one official.

Of the 69,000 Arkansas residents subjected to Medicaid work requirements, less than one percent (557) reported 80-hours of work or community engagement activities per month, as required by the new Arkansas policy implemented in June. Residents, who qualify for Medicaid because t...

House Democrats target DOJ decision not to defend Obamacare

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 News, topNews

Democrats will scrutinize the Trump administration's decision not to defend Obamacare in federal court, when Democrats take control of the U.S. House of Representatives next year, a leading Democrat said on Monday.
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Stacey Abrams’ concession speech is a powerful critique of US civil rights

November 19, 2018 News

Georgia candidate for governor Stacey Abrams gave a non-concession concession speech on Nov. 16 that’s been lauded as landmark moment for American civil rights. The speech took aim at Abrams’ Republican opponent Brian Kemp, who attempted to prevent tens of thousands ...

Pfizer ends deal to placate Trump, announces plan to raise prices on 41 prescription drugs

November 16, 2018 health care, News, politics

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer will raise prices on 10 percent of its prescription drugs in January, ending a brief period in which the company halted price increases in an effort to appease President Donald Trump.

The Wall Street Journal first reported the Pfizer news Friday. The paper reported that Pfizer would raise prices on 41 drugs by an average of about 5 percent, though three drug prices will be raised by 3 percent and one will be raised by 9 percent.

Trump negotiated ...

The real reason why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez keeps getting shamed for her clothes

November 16, 2018 News

American voters sent a record number of women to Congress in this year’s midterm elections. While that’s a historic win for gender equality in politics, the crop of new legislators is not immune to the ev...

Incoming Kansas governor to offer Medicaid expansion proposal

November 16, 2018 News

Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly (D) said she believes the state will expand Medicaid next year and will put together a proposal to do so.In an interview ...

Trump’s rhetoric is deterring immigrant families from seeking public assistance, study suggests

November 16, 2018 News, politics

President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric is affecting the number of immigrant families enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known colloquially as food stamps.

New research from Boston Medical Center’s Children’s HealthWatch surveyed approximately 35,000 immigrant mothers in five U.S. cities — Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Little Rock — from 2007 through the first half of 2018. What they found was a clear increase...