Judge upholds a Trump admin alternative to Obamacare

July 19, 2019 News

The Trump administration has the authority to make it easier to buy a less expensive alternative to Obamacare coverage, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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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...

Kamala Harris continues to clarify her stance on Medicare for All

July 18, 2019 News

The senator has given some conflicting answers on what sort of health care policy she supports and how she would pay for it

Fact check: Joe Biden misleads with claim that Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All plan would cause a ‘hiatus’

July 18, 2019 News

Sen. Bernie Sanders has accused former Vice President Joe Biden this week of "fear-mongering" and "misinformation" about Sanders' health care plan.
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Sanders: Biden ‘sounding like Donald Trump’ on Medicare for All

July 18, 2019 News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that former Vice President Joe Biden "is sounding like Donald Trump" on health care, escalating the battle between the 2020 presidential rivals. "I am disappointe...

House votes to repeal Obamacare “Cadillac” tax

July 18, 2019 News

Republicans have long wanted to repeal the tax on expensive types of health insurance

The most important lesson Democrats must learn from Obama’s presidency

July 18, 2019 News, politics, Senate

Imagine, for a moment, what 2009 would have looked like if the Senate’s Democratic supermajority showed up for its first day of work and immediately nuked the filibuster.

In such a world, the White House didn’t have to beg Republican senators for the votes it needed to enact President Barack Obama’s stimulus package. Though Democrats eventually achieved a 60-vote supermajority in the 111th Congress, it was only after Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter switched parties...

House lawmakers unite to kill Obamacare provision

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 News

There's not much about Obamacare that Democrats and Republicans agree on.
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Sanders strongly defends ‘Medicare for All’ after recent criticism

July 17, 2019 News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) defended his "Medicare for All" plan in a speech, calling a way to bolster health care for senior citizens."Despite what you're hearing about Medicare for seniors being weakened, the tru...

Bernie Sanders defends Medicare For All

July 17, 2019 News

Former senior advisor to Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign Mark Longabaugh and former senior advisor to Hillary Clinton’s campaign Adrienne Elrod discuss the Vermont Senator's policies, as he prepares to make a speech devoted to his Medicare For All plan.
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