A federal court in North Dakota has blocked Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage for immigrants that came into the U.S. illegally as children, also known as “Dreamers.”
U.S. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor on Monday granted Kansas, alongside 18 other states, a stay regarding a final rule from the Biden administration allowing some Dreamers access to the ACA marketplace, according to court documents. He also granted Kansas and the other sta...
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Federal court blocks ACA coverage for Dreamers
A federal court in North Dakota has blocked Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage for immigrants that came into the U.S. illegally as children, also known as “Dreamers.”
U.S. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor on Monday granted Kansas, alongside 18 other states, a stay regarding a final rule from the Biden administration allowing some Dreamers access to the ACA marketplace, according to court documents. He also granted Kansas and the other sta...
More than 75 Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject RFK Jr.
Seventy-seven Nobel laureates signed a letter urging the Senate to oppose the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), The New York Times reported Monday.
In the letter, the 77 Nobel laureates in medicine, chemistry, physics and economics said they have concerns about Kennedy’s lack of “relevant experience” and about some of the public positions he has taken.
“In addition to his lack of credentials or r...
More Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup
Sixty-two percent of Americans say it’s the federal government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health care coverage, a survey from Gallup found.
The figure is the highest it’s been in more than a decade. It slipped to its low of 42 percent in 2013, during the difficult rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as ObamaCare.
It was at its highest in 2006, when 69 percent of Americans believed health care should be covered by the governm...
Senate Republicans launch inquiry into unpublished NIH study
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Millions will lose health coverage if ACA subsidies expire: CBO
A new report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that if the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) extended subsidies are allowed to expire at the end of 2025, millions of people will become uninsured and premiums will rise.
Responding to the Senate Finance Committee, the CBO found that "not extending the credit will increase the number of people without health insurance and raise the average gross benchmark premiums for plans purchased through the marketplaces."
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Advocacy group calls RFK Jr. a ‘threat to public health’
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Trump’s health team: RFK Jr. and 5 doctors tapped to lead ‘MAHA’
President-elect Trump has finished making selections for the top public health roles in his incoming administration after he issued a flurry of nominations late Friday and tapped a leader for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Wednesday.
Trump pledged to shake up health care in the U.S. during his campaign, and his picks to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Centers for Dise...
What RFK Jr. could — and couldn’t — do with vaccines as HHS chief
If confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn't have the authority to ban vaccines — but health experts warn there are other ways he could exert influence over them.
Kennedy's position would give him significant power over the agencies that regulate vaccines, and he could potentially seek to reduce vaccine funding requests, withdraw vaccine recommendations and restrict l...
Medicare Advantage gets ally in Dr. Oz
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