Open enrollment for ObamaCare set to kick off as subsidies keep costs low

Millions of Americans will be able to start signing up for health insurance on Tuesday when ObamaCare's 10th open enrollment period kicks off, as the Biden administration seeks to sustain record low uninsured numbers.

Only 8 percent of Americans were without health insurance as of August, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Premiums are increasing this year, but most consumers will largely be shielded from higher costs because Democrats in Congr...

Florida moves closer to banning gender-affirming care for minors

Story at a glance
  • A joint committee of the Florida Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted Friday to begin drafting a rule to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth.
  • Both boards will meet again on Nov. 4 to finalize the proposed rule, which seeks to overhaul the state’s established standard of care for gender dysphoria in youth under 18.
  • Friday’s vote is one of several m...

Florida moves closer to banning gender-affirming care for minors

Story at a glance
  • A joint committee of the Florida Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted Friday to begin drafting a rule to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth.
  • Both boards will meet again on Nov. 4 to finalize the proposed rule, which seeks to overhaul the state’s established standard of care for gender dysphoria in youth under 18.
  • Friday’s vote is one of several m...

How to win Latino voters: protect health care and lower health costs

With midterm elections in full swing, political pundits are highlighting the pivotal role Hispanic voters are likely to play — and for good reason. 

The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) projects that Hispanics will make up 1 in 10 voters nationally, with higher proportions in some key battleground states — roughly 1 in 5 voters in Arizona and Florida and 1 in 6 Nevada voters. Those levels would replicate Latino voters’ histo...

Paul Pelosi attack highlights era of heightened political violence

Friday's brutal attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shocked Congress and the country, pulling the nation's gaze away from the looming midterm elections — if only briefly — and placing it squarely on the plague of political violence that's risen dramatically in recent years.

Paul Pelosi, a wealthy San Francisco investor, is a power broker in his own right. But a source briefed on the confrontation told The Hill the assailant who broke into Pelosi's San Fran...

Paul Pelosi attack highlights era of heightened political violence

Friday's brutal attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) shocked Congress and the country, pulling the nation's gaze away from the looming midterm elections — if only briefly — and placing it squarely on the plague of political violence that's risen dramatically in recent years.

Paul Pelosi, a wealthy San Francisco investor, is a power broker in his own right. But a source briefed on the confrontation told The Hill the assailant who broke into Pelosi's San Fran...