A federal appeals court held on Tuesday that abortion providers “do not have a Fourteenth Amendment right to perform abortions” — and thus the state of Ohio could require them to either give up public funding for non-abortion care or stop performing abortions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s decision in Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio v. Hodges was handed down entirely along party lines, with a total of 11 Republican jud...
Month: March 2019
In an unprecedented Senate bill, Democrats try to get federal dollars to pay for abortion
For the first time ever, Senate Democrats will introduce a bill that guarantees every person has access to abortion coverage if they receive health care through the federal government.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) will introduce the EACH Woman Act on Tuesday with support from at least nine other Democrats, including 2020 presidential candidates Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
On the other side of the chamber, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) will re-introduce,...
The Health 202: HIV prevention is the part of Trump’s budget Congress might pass
Medicare and Medicaid took a beating though.
Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs. Then Came His Budget Knife.
Several cuts proposed by the president in his budget seemed to contrast with his own words of support.
Medicare-for-all v. Medicare-for-less: Trump’s proposed cuts put health care at center of 2020 race
Democrats said Trump’s proposed $845 billion in Medicare cuts would balance the budget on the backs of the elderly and poor.
Trump budget seeks to cut Social Security by tens of billions of dollars
President Donald Trump’s new budget would cut Social Security payouts by $84 billion over the next decade.
The cuts come from a variety of changes to how the program’s disability insurance component functions. Though Trump has previously made repeated promises to shield Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits from the budget ax, his administration asserts that cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) do not constitute cuts to the Social Security program writ larg...
It’s not just Medicare: Trump budget eyes…
Remember last fall, when Donald Trump pretended to be Social Security's greatest champion? Evidently, he's forgotten all about it.
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Trump’s 2020 budget takes aim at the poor with $700 billion cut to Medicaid
The White House released its 2020 budget proposal on Monday, proposing more than $1 trillion in cuts to the popular programs Medicare and Medicaid and giving insight into what the executive branch would do if Congress didn’t control the federal government’s pocketbook.
The most notable cut comes out of Medicaid, a health program for people who are low-income or have a disability, which Trump proposes cutting by $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
The budget calls for Med...
On Medicare, Trump arrives at his ‘Read…
As a candidate, Trump swore up and down that he'd never try to cut Medicare. With his new budget plan, he's now breaking that promise.
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The Latest: ‘Obamacare’ repeal, Medicaid cuts in budget
President Donald Trump's budget would re-open two health care battles he lost in his first year in office: repealing "Obamacare" and limiting future federal spending on Medicaid for low-income people