The fate of national healthcare is in the US Supreme Court’s hands—again

January 8, 2020 ACA, Affordable Care Act, health, health insurance, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, politics

Quartz

Read More

Health insurers unhappy with denied claims argue case at the Supreme Court

December 10, 2019 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Government, healthcare, law, News, obamacare, US healthcare

Quartz

Read More

Google is secretively collecting health data, and American workers should be worried

November 26, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health, health insurance, healthcare, News

Earlier this month, Google confirmed it is collecting the comprehensive health histories of millions of Americans, through a partnership with the largest nonprofit health system in the US. This news should concern us all, but especially anyone who isn’t self-employed.

The...

Lindsey Graham vows to repeal Obamacare if GOP takes control in 2020

August 8, 2019 Affordable Care Act, News, obamacare, politics

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) admitted to a local radio station this week that if Republicans regain control of Congress in the 2020 elections, they will do what they failed to during the first two years of the Trump administration: repeal Obamacare.

In a Monday radio interview first flagged by the progressive blog Joe. My. God., Graham explained that the next election would be about health care repeal.

“This is what 2020 is about. If we can get the House back and keep our major...

Health industry tweets about Pride but stays silent on rule to undo protections for LGBTQ patients

July 19, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health care, News

Many influential players in the health industry have stayed silent since the Trump administration proposed undoing civil rights protections for LGBTQ patients in late May. But these muted responses haven’t gone unnoticed, especially when those who say they support LGBTQ rights, and celebrated Pride Month through social media, don’t speak up.

ThinkProgress reached out to seven insurers and insurance middlemen who either met with HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, the Office of...

Biden’s health care plan reveals the divide among Democrats

July 15, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health, health care, News, obamacare, politics

Presidential candidate Joe Biden released his health care plan on Monday, formally entering the Democratic debate about how to solve the country’s health care crisis, in which 26% of Americans struggle to afford services even with insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs outpace wage growth.

The Biden plan, expands upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by adding a government-run public option to compete alongside private insurers and making existing subsidies for private plans m...

Millions to lose benefits under Trump’s proposal to change how poverty is defined, new study shows

June 18, 2019 Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health, health care, medicaid, News, obamacare, politics

A new study released Tuesday shows just how insidious the Trump administration’s proposal to change the way the federal government measures poverty actually is. In short: millions could lose health and food benefits.

By way of background, in May, Trump’s budget agency sought public comment on updating the inflation rate used by the Census Bureau to determine the poverty line and estimate who’s poor. This technical change matters a lot because the federal poverty li...

Trump says he’ll announce a ‘phenomenal’ new health care plan soon. Where was it the last 2 years?

June 17, 2019 Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, health, health care, News, obamacare, politics

President Donald Trump says he’ll unveil a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in two months time. But he’s failed to produce a viable plan for the last two years, and it’s unlikely a few more weeks will change anything.

“If we win back the House, we’re going to produce phenomenal health care,” Trump said in an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday night. “And we already have the concept of the plan, but it’ll ...

Health Department announces new rule weakening nondiscrimination protections for trans people

May 24, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health care, News, politics

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new rule Friday that would seriously harm transgender people’s access to health care.

The department announced a revision to the nondiscrimination section of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as “Section 1557.” That provision prevented discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, and sex. Under the Obama administration, the department interpreted sex discrimination to ...

Alabama Senate hopeful who authored an ACA repeal sells ‘free’ pro-life stickers — for $4 each

May 21, 2019 Affordable Care Act, News, obamacare, politics

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), who claims to be “pro-life” despite his repeated votes to take health insurance away from millions of people, is hoping to cash in on his state’s new unconstitutional abortion ban.

Byrne, who is seeking his party’s nomination to challenge Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) next year, is currently giving away “free” pro-life stickers with his campaign logo on them — as long as you donate $4 to his campaign.

Alabama Gov. ...