This may be a month of fun and festivities with St. Patrick’s Day rolling right into March Madness, but it also commemorates two serious topics: women’s history and colorectal awareness. While the overlap may be purely coincidental, the timing appropriately underscores the need for improved awareness, screening and treatment for colorectal cancer, especially among women.
Though overall rates of new colorectal cancer cases have declined in the past decade or two, cases among pe...
Month: March 2024
Matthews: Autocrats gonna mandate: health insurance, vaccines, EVs and more
The White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are denying that recent EPA regulations are meant to mandate that everyone switch from gas-powered to an electric vehicle (EV). Don’t you believe ’em. Progressive elites rely on the power of government to force you to do what they think you should be doing. In other words, autocrats gonna mandate.
We’ve seen this movie before. Recall that the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) went into effect 10 years ago. O...
In North Carolina, Biden Attacks Trump and G.O.P. Over Health Care
The White House is using the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act to draw a contrast with Republicans who have sought to do away with all or parts of the law.
Biden, Democratic lawmakers celebrate 14th anniversary of Affordable Care Act
President Biden and many other Democratic lawmakers posted online in celebration of the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Saturday.
“14 years later, the Affordable Care Act is still a very big deal. Today, more Americans have health insurance than under any other President,” Biden posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “I’m committed to building on the progress we’ve made by making lower premiums permanent for millions of families.”
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How Biden can win in the swing states by learning from New York City’s subways
Warning that Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy” is too abstract a message to sway many citizens to vote for President Biden.
Instead, his campaign needs to show voters how the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will benefit them in the years ahead — especially in the swing states.
Biden’s signature legislation allocates substantial funds to Arizona ($7.307 billion), Georgia ($12.388 billion), Michigan ($10.783 billion), North Carolina ($10.395 billion),...
Biden campaign drops Latino-focused ad targeting Trump for ‘poisoning the blood’ remarks
President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants "rapists" who were "poisoning the blood" of the country.
The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric.
“This election is an election between me and a guy named Trump. This is a guy who call...
Appropriations nears finish line, major health changes left out
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Biden campaign uses ObamaCare anniversary to hammer Trump on health care
President Biden is using the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage to hammer former President Trump’s record on health care and capitalize on his threats to repeal the law.
In a new digital ad released Friday ahead of the 14th anniversary of the law, the Biden campaign sought to highlight Trump’s repeated repeal threats and underscore the consequences if he were to win a second term.
The video, titled “Flatline,” features audio of Tr...
Obama Feared ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law
A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama’s drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
A push is underway for voters to make Florida the next state to expand Medicaid
For a decade, Florida lawmakers have debated whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Advocates are trying to circumvent the legislature and take the issue directly to voters.
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