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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.
Republicans in Congress have insisted the only way to fix Obamacare is to repeal it. But with Barack Obama about to leave the White House, several Republicans sound willing to tweak it rather than kill it.
Wisconsin's attorney general is considering an appeal of a federal court ruling that struck down the state's minimum markup law for gasoline. J.B. Van Hollen has until March 12, said The Hudson Star Observer , to challenge Judge Rudolph Randa's finding that the law that forces gas stations to charge more than 9% above wholesale restrains free trade.
Election Day 2016 will raise the curtain on the final act in the nation's long-running political drama over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. "We have an obligation to the people who voted for us to proceed with 'repeal and replace,'" said Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican.
Election Day 2016 will raise the curtain on the final act in the nation's long-running political drama over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. "We have an obligation to the people who voted for us to proceed with 'repeal and replace,'" said Sen. John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican.
News this week that insurance giant Aetna would pull out of Obamacare exchanges in 11 of 15 states resulted in a chorus of "I told you so" from those opposed to the Affordable Care Act. And no wonder.
Sreedhar Potarazu, an ophthalmologist and entrepreneur, is the founder of Enziime , a software company focused on providing data science applications to assess health care delivery. He is the author of " Get Off the Dime: The Secret of Changing Who Pays for Your Health Care ."
New Hampshire lawmakers approved more than $6.5 million in the last session to combat the opioid epidemic, but the money is not getting to the street fast enough, according to Republican gubernatorial candidates.
In 2003, the year Californians swept Arnold Schwarzenegger into the governor's office, a Democratic friend shared a theory on why poor Gov. Gray Davis had been recalled. "Some years, people want a plumber," he shrugged, "and some years, they want glamour.
President Barack Obama's administration warned Congress on Wednesday that money to fight the Zika virus is on the verge of running out as Capitol Hill faces a political stalemate. In a letter to key lawmakers, the secretary of Health and Human Services said the National Institutes of Health would exhaust its resources for vaccine development by month's end.
President Obama on Friday signed a bill that will require labeling of genetically modified ingredients for the first time. The legislation will cover most food packages.
Six current or former state employees were charged Friday with misconduct and other crimes in the Flint water crisis, bringing to nine the number of public officials facing prosecution over the lead contamination that alarmed parents across the country. Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a total of 18 new charges against three employees from the Department of Environmental Quality - Liane Shekter Smith, Adam Rosenthal and Patrick Cook - and three from the Department of Health and Human Services - Nancy Peeler, Corinne Miller and Robert Scott.
Americans' trust in government institutions has plummeted over recent decades. We have experienced huge declines in confidence across the board, including for Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, even the Defense Department and the Food and Drug Administration.
A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Missouri lawmaker who cited religious objections while challenging the inclusion of birth control coverage in his government-provided health insurance. State Sen. Paul Wieland said Friday that the ruling , while applying only to his family, could serve as a guide for others seeking to challenge the application of a section of President Barack Obama's health care law that requires insurers to include coverage of contraceptives.
As the state's most closely-watched primary race enters its waning weeks, the campaigns of U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp and Roger Marshall are touting disparate poll results and national groups are dropping substantial sums of advertising dollars into the largely rural district.
Well, it seems like the public option, a long coveted provision by liberal Democrats on health care is making a comeback. President Obama announced that he would like to see a government-run option to compete with private insurance, which represents another step towards socialized medicine : "Public programs like Medicare often deliver care more cost-effectively by curtailing administrative overhead and securing better prices from providers," Obama writes in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Few people were covered under President Barack Obama's health care law when the GOP held its last convention in 2012. Now, Donald Trump's plan to replace the program would make 18 million people uninsured, according to a recent nonpartisan analysis.
Two open U.S. House seats highlight the primary election in Michigan, where the Republican winner of a Thumb-area seat will have a clear path to Congress while the victors in the state's expansive northern district will contend in a competitive race in November. The Aug. 2 primary also will set the stage this fall for control of the state House, which Democrats are eager to win after years of GOP rule.
Much like their House counterparts, Connecticut's Democratic senators pushed for immediate funding aimed at opioid addiction. But in the end, they settled for the Republican majority's measure that puts the money on hold until later this year.
The House backed legislation designed to circumvent a California order that requires health insurance companies to pay for elective abortions. The legislation passed 245-182 on a mostly party-line vote on Wednesday.