'Our employers are not calling for Uncle Sam,' said the head of the American Benefits Council.
Month: May 2019
The “Conscience” Rule: How Will It Affect Patients’ Access to Health Services?
On May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a final rule that heightens the rights of hospitals and health workers to refuse to participate in patients’ medical care based on religious or moral grounds. The rule covers OCR’s authority to investigate and enforce violations of 25 federal “conscience protection” laws. Tied to the US Constitution’s spending power, the rule applies to state and local governments, as well as public ...
How liberal was Joe Biden?
“I was always labeled as one of the most liberal members of the United States Congress. If it makes you progressive to mean that you are for Medicare for All or it makes it progressive, t...
Bullock: It’s a dangerous time, and I can bridge divides
Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont., discusses how his role in state government could serve him as president, why he says now is a dangerous time in U.S. history and why opposes Medicare for all.
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Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke dies aged 89 – rolling coverage
Hawke, the longest serving Labor prime minister who remained a popular public figure, has passed away
Bob Hawke, Australia’s longest serving Labor prime minister and widely seen as a popular ‘larrikin’ figure even into his old age, has passed away.
Hawke led the Labor party to victory in four consecutive elections from 1983, leading a transformative period in Australia during which the government established Medicare, Landcare, and superannuation schemes, deregulated the financial industry and floated the Australian dollar. He set up the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and investigated but never managed a treaty with Indigenous Australia.
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Trump administration accused of…
Is the Trump administration "censoring" information about the Affordable Care Act on official government websites?
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The Health 202: Democrats are putting a political pothole in the way of bipartisan drug pricing bills
They're including Obamacare measures Republicans are promising to oppose.
