GOP: Obama committed “fraud” to sell health-care law

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 News

In the weekly Republican address on Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., said President Obama knew his promise that people could keep their insurance under Obamacare was deceitful.

Sebelius: No “specific proposal” to help those with dropped coverage

August 13, 2020 News

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says the administration is "looking at a number of options" to help people who are losing health coverage due to Obamacare, but she adds that there is no "specific proposal" just yet.

GOP Rep. slams the president’s Obamacare “betrayal”

August 13, 2020 News

Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., says the president wasn't being truthful when he assured Americans they could keep their insurance plans under Obamacare.

Obama: I’d fix HealthCare.gov myself, “but I don’t write code”

August 13, 2020 News

President Obama said on Friday that he wanted to "go in and fix" the problems with Obamacare website HealthCare.gov himself, "but I don't write code."

Coronavirus Australia live update: anxiety grows over NSW mystery cases as curve begins to flatten in Victoria – latest news

August 12, 2020 health, News

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It was rolled out really quickly - but it’s been a massive help for a lot of people. Now the AMA wants Medicare subsidised tele-health sessions to continue. As AAP reports:
Australia’s peak medical group has urged the federal government to extend Medicare-subsidised telehealth services until March as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
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Latino Arizona voters in battleground Maricopa County react to Kamala Harris as VP

August 12, 2020 News

"Someone who supports Medicare for All ... is someone we can engage with," voter Randy Perez says.
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Kansas could elect its first transgender lawmaker this November

August 11, 2020 News

Stephanie Byers, a retired public-school teacher of nearly three decades, is many things. She is passionate about expanding Medicaid and funding public education. She is a member of the Chickasaw Nation. And she could become the first transgender lawmaker in the state of Kansas' history.
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Clinton: Trump signaled going after Social Security and Medicare

August 9, 2020 News

Hillary Clinton says Trump signaled ‘going after Social Security and Medicare’ by signing an executive action that could lead to payroll taxes being suspended, taxes that fund these popular, essential social safety nets. Former Sec. of State and 2016
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Trump weighing executive order to force insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, something Obamacare does

August 8, 2020 News

Trump said he will pursue an order requiring health insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, a stipulation already made by the Affordable Care Act.

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Trump teases order requiring insurers to cover preexisting conditions

August 8, 2020 News

President Trump on Friday teased an executive order to require health insurers to cover all preexisting conditions, something already established under the Affordable Care Act, which his administration is ...