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Attorneys for the state of Louisiana are trying to revive the state's Medicaid funding cut for Planned Parenthood clinics. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction blocking the cut, which would have kept needy Louisiana women from getting non-abortion services at Planned Parenthood facilities.
The nonpartisan investigative agency of Congress says the Obama administration failed to follow the president's health care law in a $5 billion dispute over compensating insurers for high costs from seriously ill patients. The finding by the Government Accountability Office is a setback for the White House and bolsters Republican complaints that administration officials bent the law as problems arose carrying out its complicated provisions.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been doing its best to protect Monsanto and the entire GMO industry by dragging its feet and hiding information regarding glyphosate content in foods. Glyphosate, the most widely-used herbicide on the planet and an essential component in GMO agricultural methods, has been the subject of increasing concern - particularly since the World Health Organization classified it as a " " in 2015.
Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to quickly rule in its favor and overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid spending with any health care provider that offers abortion. The women's health group argues that a judge should make a summary judgment backing its challenge of the Mississippi law, now that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld an injunction against a similar law in Louisiana.
With last week's primaries in the books, the general election is now officially underway. It's obviously felt that way for some time in the U.S. Senate contest between Kelly Ayotte and Maggie Hassan, but now it is the case in all the races.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used a Saturday trip to Houston to address families of victims of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants - and blast Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as unsympathetic to their concerns. "When Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the matter of this country refusing to take back their deported citizens came before Hillary Clinton's desk," Trump said.
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Gov. Maggie Hassan are pointing fingers at each other over a pledge to limit third-party spending in their Senate race. Five months ago, Planned Parenthood's political arm targeted Sen. Kelly Ayotte with its first television ad of any of the U.S. Senate races across the country.
In a move that is sure to draw the ire of Republicans, California officials are asking the Obama administration this week to approve a plan that would allow undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance on the state's public exchange. Officials say up to 30 percent of the state's 2 million undocumented adults could be eligible for the program, and about 17,000 people are expected to participate in the first year, if the plan is approved.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said today that he's not in favor of requiring a prescription to purchase birth control. In a taped interview on "The Dr. Oz Show," Trump said, "I would say it should not be a prescription; it should not be done by prescription."
I don't apologize for being "liberal." We lefties encourage fairness, justice, affordable healthcare, the opportunity for a good education and a safety net for those less fortunate than ourselves.
In a little noticed memo released last Friday afternoon , the Obama administration signaled to insurers that it is eyeing another way to funnel bailout money to the industry that has been racking up billions of losses through Obamacare. Three years into its implantation, Obamacare still hasn't attracted enough young and healthy individuals to offset the cost of covering older and sicker enrollees who are now guaranteed an offer of coverage through the law.
For months, Americans wondered whether the FBI, led by Director James Comey, would take down the most corrupt woman in the history of American politics, Hillary Clinton. According to new documents from the FBI's investigation of Clinton, the agency was fully aware Clinton lied when she said she set up a private server in order to utilize one Blackberry device - she used 13 mobile devices and two phone numbers.
In this March 23, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. With the nation still divided over "Obamacare," President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law, including a renewed call for a "public option" to let Americans buy insurance from the government.
A conservative limited-government group is actively campaigning against Democratic nominee Deborah Ross in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race. Americans for Prosperity North Carolina announced Tuesday it would send out more than 500,000 mailers and emphasize its opposition to Ross in its field activities.
That's happening as rising premiums and dwindling choices have revived the political blame game over President Barack Obama's health law. A survey shows the uninsured rate among adults dropped by just 1 percentage point from 2015 through this July.
With the hourglass running out for his administration, President Barack Obama's health care law is struggling in many parts of the country. Double-digit premium increases and exits by big-name insurers have caused some to wonder whether "Obamacare" will go down as a failed experiment.
In this May 2 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens to Dr. Christopher Beckett, CEO of Williamson Health and Wellness Center during a tour an exam room of the facility in Williamson, W.Va.
Here is another reason the Legislature needs to revisit its tax cuts: Providers of community-based services to Kansans with intellectual and developmental disabilities are struggling to pay bills and keep employees. It's been eight years since the state has increased reimbursement rates to I/DD service providers.