In observance of National Doctors’ Week, Congressman Michael C. Burgess drafted an op-ed highlighting his experience as an OB/GYN and how it affects his policy decisions serving the people of the 26th District of Texas.
Time after time, doctors prove to be modern-day heroes. They constantly fight through the proverbial red tape to improve the lives of their patients; however, most of these successes go unnoticed. Having practiced medicine for nearly 30 years in North ...
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Texas judge strikes down ObamaCare’s free preventive services requirement
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North Carolina state legislature passes Medicaid expansion
The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill Thursday to expand Medicaid eligibility to include nearly all adults who make less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level, moving the state closer to becoming the 40th state to adopt Medicaid expansions provided through the Affordable Care Act.
The North Carolina House of Representative passed the bill on Thursday in a 87-24 vote. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has already stated he will sign the bill once it reaches h...
These 10 states have not expanded Medicaid
State lawmakers in North Carolina reached a deal Thursday on Medicaid expansion, ending a decadelong fight in the state over whether to accept federal funding to expand the program that will provide health coverage to low-income adults.
The agreement in North Carolina on the 13th anniversary of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, which offered the Medicaid expansion to states, knocks one more state off the list of Medicaid expansion holdouts, as an overwhelming majority of stat...
What we’ve gained from the Affordable Care Act, 13 years later
Do you remember when some senior citizens had to ration their medicines because their prescription drug costs would triple every year after they entered the Medicare coverage gap known as the “donut hole”? I do.
Do you remember when turning 19 meant getting kicked off your parents’ health insurance plan, regardless of your living situation? I do.
Do you remember when insurance companies could refuse to pay for preventive treatments — vaccinations, mammograms, colonos...
Biden, divided Congress seek common ground on health care reforms
President Biden's budget proposal includes ambitious measures seeking to bring down health care costs, but the divided government poses a steep challenge to these proposals, and lawmakers have yet to indicate where they're willing to come together.
Biden's budget proposes increasing discretionary funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by $14.8 billion over 2023, raising taxes on people making more than $400,000 a year to keep Medicaid solvent, making Obama...
Biden’s budget directs billions to health programs
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White House budget leans into drug pricing, ObamaCare expansion
President Biden's budget proposal focuses heavily on expanding access to health care and lowering the cost of prescription drugs.
In an effort to extend the life of Medicare's hospital trust fund, the budget proposal would increase the number of drugs that can be negotiated, and allow those negotiations to begin sooner.
The plan builds off the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which granted Medicare the power to negotiate the prices of up to 20 drugs each year — though...
Biden launches battle on Capitol Hill with call for Medicare tax hike
President Biden fired the opening shots of the battle over spending and taxes that will consume Capitol Hill this year when he proposed on Tuesday a 5 percent Medicare surtax on people who earn more than $400,000 a year.
The White House is hailing the proposal, which is part of Biden’s budget plan, as something that will extend Medicare’s solvency by 25 years, but Republicans are slamming it as a “massive" tax hike and key Democrats are ducking for cover, declining to s...
North Carolina Republicans reach deal to expand Medicaid
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina say they have reached an agreement on expanding Medicaid in the state.
The deal enacted would remove North Carolina from the small list of states that have not expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
North Carolina is one of 11 states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage since the Obama-era law. It is a push that has faced significant conservative opposition in the states where it has not been adopted.
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