The dispute before the court was the latest in a long-running dispute over a provision stemming from the Obama-era health care law.
Month: July 2020
Supreme Court sides with Trump admin limiting Obamacare contraceptive coverage
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in undercutting access to birth control under Obamacare, giving the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers. The government estimates 126,000
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Supreme Court Undercuts Access To Birth Control Under Obamacare
The opinion upheld a Trump administration rule that significantly cut back on the Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers provide free birth control coverage under almost all health care plans.
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Supreme Court says employers may opt out of Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate over religious, moral objections
In a blistering dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said her colleagues had gone too far to appease religious conservatives.
H-1B workers pay billions in taxes to fund programmes that benefit American citizens
The Donald Trump administration has often blamed H-1B workers for stealing jobs from Americans. But this myopic view ignores how much these foreign workers contribute to the US economy.
As per a new study, an estimated three million H-1B visa holders contribute hundreds of billions to the US government programmes like social security and medicare—which they don’t even benefit from—and to local businesses and American companies.
The study, conducted by immigrant...
Republican Leaders Want to End Obamacare. Their Voters Are Expanding It.
Oklahoma is the latest state where voters, in choosing to expand Medicaid, have delivered a rebuke to their elected officials.
Oklahoma expands Medicaid. Will more states follow?
About 215,000 residents would qualify for the Medicaid expansion – but these numbers could be even higher considering the number of Oklahoma residents who lost their jobs and work-related health insurance because of the pandemic.
Hickenlooper Wins in Colorado, McGrath Will Face McConnell in Kentucky
Ms. McGrath and John Hickenlooper, two moderate Democrats, prevailed in their Senate primaries on Tuesday. In Oklahoma, voters approved a Medicaid expansion.
Oklahoma voters narrowly approve Medicaid expansion
Oklahoma voters narrowly approved a ballot measure on Tuesday to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), defying Republican state and federal officials who have long opposed such a move.The ballot meas...