A Texas county judge has temporarily blocked the state's efforts to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid, hours after the group's affiliates alleged that the state failed to provide adequate notice in a regulatory battle affecting thousands of low-income Texans during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.![]()
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Changes in Pediatric Dental Coverage and Visits Following the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Comparing pre- and post-ACA periods, private dental insurance increased by 4.6% (P=0.013) and annual dental visits were unchanged (2.7%, P=0.071) comparing children likely or unlikely to be affected by the ACA.
How to protect the uninsured: Biden opens new Obamacare window
President Joe Biden, on Thursday, signed an executive order, directing the government health insurance markets to take new applications for subsidized benefits in the coming months. The new enrollment window opens on Feb. 15 and closes on May 15.
Don’t swerve the culture war – that’s the lesson from Joe Biden to UK progressives | Owen Jones
The Democrats’ victory involved working with minorities and helping the working class. Keir Starmer, take heed
“Culture war” used to be a term inextricably linked with the maelstrom of US politics. Popularised by American sociologist James Davison Hunter in his 1991 book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, it described how socially progressive and conservative coalitions were locked in a seemingly eternal conflict. It could make for surprising alliances, he noted, citing Pr...
Biden reopens ACA enrollment for three months in opening bid to extend health coverage
Executive actions also reverse antiabortion policies of the Trump administration and are intended to remove barriers to Medicaid.
Biden executive action reopens Affordable Care Act enrollment amid pandemic
President Biden is temporarily reopening enrollment for the Affordable Care Act as pandemic-related job losses push the number of uninsured onto the exchanges. Nancy Cordes has more.
Biden Moves to Expand Health Coverage in Pandemic Economy
President Biden ordered the reopening of Affordable Care Act exchanges and moved to restore coverage mandates and Medicaid plans undermined by his predecessor.
Biden reverses global abortion ‘gag rule’ and expands Obamacare
The rescinded policy blocked US funds from going to international aid groups that support abortion.