Chief Justice John Roberts' announcement last week forbidding -- at least for now -- a citizenship question on the 2020 census echoed his surprise affirmation of the Affordable Care Act in 2012.
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Month: July 2019
Trump fixates on drug prices as campaign looms
Advisers explore once-taboo ideas like importing drugs from Canada and negotiating Medicare drug prices.
What is Medicare for All? Depends on who you ask.
Whether on the primary debate stage or during campaign events, you’ve likely heard the Democratic presidential hopefuls talking about Medicare for All. It’s a debate that’s at the heart of one of the biggest campaign issues: how to ensure more Americans have access to affordable health care. Not all of the 2020 presidential candidates agree on how to do that. The major differences between their plans mostly center on whether to maintain private insurance plans, and if not, how quickly a pr...
The Health 202: These are the judges holding Obamacare’s future in their hands
Legal experts say three-judge panel leans conservative, but will give the ACA a fair hearing next week.
What’s the difference between Medicare and Medicare Advantage?
Healthcare is a key focus for the Democratic candidates and as important as it is, it’s also very confusing. Kaiser Health News Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins Ali Velshi to discuss the difference between Medicare and Medicare Advantage and what
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Medicare for All vs. Universal Health Care
Dr. Kavita Patel, physician and vice president of provider/payer integration at Johns Hopkins Medicine, joins Ali Velshi to explain the differences between Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet’s
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Illinois governor signs executive order to help trans students feel safer at school
Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker (D) signed an executive order on Sunday aimed at protecting transgender students from discrimination and harassment. The governor signed the order on the last day of Pride Month and on the same day as Chicago’s Pride Parade.
The executive order creates a 25-member task force to develop policy recommendations that educate school officials on issues affecting transgender students, such as dress codes, using the correct pronouns, bathroom access, and na...
The Health 202: Democrats have lurched leftward on health benefits for undocumented immigrants
They were left out of Obamacare.