Becerra says rural health would improve if states expand Medicaid

Rural health outcomes would improve if more states expanded Medicaid, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told a Senate panel Tuesday. 

During a hearing on the administration's budget request, Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith (R-Miss.) said she is particularly worried about maternal care deserts caused by hospital closures. Mississippi sees some of the worst maternal health outcomes in the country, she said, and often leads the country in infant mortality. 

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Biden hits Trump on the economy in Pennsylvania as former president attends hush money trial

President Biden took aim at former President Trump as his likely November opponent sat in a courthouse in New York City Tuesday, bashing the former president's economic record and proposals for a potential second term.

Biden delivered remarks in his one-time hometown of Scranton, Pa., where he argued that Trump’s economic vision would overwhelmingly favor the wealthiest Americans and corporations.

“When I look at the economy, I don’t see it through the eyes of Mar-a-...

Biden to hit Trump over tax policies in hometown of Scranton, Pa

President Biden will travel to Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday to hit former President Trump over his tax policies as he kicks off his Pennsylvania campaign swing.

Biden will start the three-day swing in his hometown of Scranton to outline what he argues is Trump’s three-point tax plan if he wins another term in the White House.

He will argue that the first point is that Trump wants to lower billionaires’ tax bills by repealing the Affordable Care Act, which he will say wo...

Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity 

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‘Donald Trump is a symptom, not the cause’: Tim Kaine’s journey to healing

Hillary Clinton’s running mate experienced defeat by Trump. His new book documents his attempt to understand America

Jack Kemp. Joe Lieberman. John Edwards. Sarah Palin. Paul Ryan. All ran for vice-president of the United States and fell short. All had to confront the question: what next? The same fate befell Tim Kaine, whose turn as running mate to Hillary Clinton in 2016 ended in a catastrophic defeat by Donald Trump and Mike Pence. The US has not recovered, as polarisation, rancou...

Nearly one-quarter of adults booted from Medicaid are still uninsured, survey finds

Nearly a quarter of adults who said they were disenrolled from Medicaid coverage in the past year since states started resuming eligibility checks remain uninsured, according to a survey released Friday by KFF. 

The survey is the first to look at health coverage among adults who had Medicaid coverage in early 2023, just before states resumed eligibility checks and disenrollments after pandemic-era protections ended. 

It found that nearly half of th...