CNN's Brian Todd profiles North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, the architect behind the government shutdown over Obamacare.
Congress, tea party all-time low in CNN poll
As the hours wind down toward a possible government shutdown because of a bitter partisan battle over Obamacare, Congress's approval rating hits historic lows.
Sen. Sanders: Why we need to expand the Democratic majority in Congress
As we enter the final weeks of the 2022 midterm elections, poll after poll shows that the most important issues facing the American people are the economy and inflation. This should come as no surprise.
As corporate profits soar, and as billionaires become even richer, working class Americans are falling further behind. This, sadly, is not a new reality. Tragically, despite huge increases in worker productivity, real inflation adjusted wages for American workers...
Sen. Sanders: Why we need to expand the Democratic majority in Congress
As we enter the final weeks of the 2022 midterm elections, poll after poll shows that the most important issues facing the American people are the economy and inflation. This should come as no surprise.
As corporate profits soar, and as billionaires become even richer, working class Americans are falling further behind. This, sadly, is not a new reality. Tragically, despite huge increases in worker productivity, real inflation adjusted wages for American workers...
Some fear saying no to Medicaid expansion
Half the states will expand Medicaid under Obamacare; the rest refuse or are on the fence. Low-income people want the expansion but some states say it will fail.
Some fear saying no to Medicaid expansion
Half the states will expand Medicaid under Obamacare; the rest refuse or are on the fence. Low-income people want the expansion but some states say it will fail.
House investigation finds insurers, benefit managers improperly limit access to birth control
Some of the nation's largest insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) impose coverage exclusions and other restrictions on birth control products, contrary to an Affordable Care Act requirement, according to a House investigation.
Under the ACA, health plans must cover Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved contraceptive products without cost-sharing. But a staff report from the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee found insurers and PBMs required patients to p...
Sacrificing health care on the altar of ideology
Medical doctors are among the most highly educated professionals on the planet. Why, then, would the federal government seek to curtail their ability to perform their jobs to the best of their ability? Knee-capping the scientific process in the name of highly contested “gender-affirming” care not only puts patients in a needlessly risky position; it forces physicians to choose between abiding by government edicts and following their own medical judgment.
The Centers for Medica...
Sacrificing health care on the altar of ideology
Medical doctors are among the most highly educated professionals on the planet. Why, then, would the federal government seek to curtail their ability to perform their jobs to the best of their ability? Knee-capping the scientific process in the name of highly contested “gender-affirming” care not only puts patients in a needlessly risky position; it forces physicians to choose between abiding by government edicts and following their own medical judgment.
The Centers for Medica...
Democrats grumble it’s too little, too late with Obama
When aides to Barack Obama announced the former president’s schedule for the midterm elections late last week, some Democrats were already grumbling.
For weeks, Democrats had been wondering where Obama was ahead of a midterm fight where the party is clinging to the slimmest of majorities in the House and Senate.
President Biden is widely seen as a drag on the party’s fortunes this cycle as he battles dismal approval ratings. With some candidates not wanting Bid...