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Holcomb, Gregg say Indiana must do more to fight drug abuse
The Indiana gubernatorial candidates said during a debate Tuesday that they believe the state should do more to attack the growing abuse of heroin and other drugs. Democrat John Gregg and Republican Eric Holcomb both pointed to proposals they've made for addressing the problem as federal statistics show Indiana saw a 59 percent jump in overall drug overdose deaths between 2006 and 2014.
As Medicaid loses stigma, election may cloud its future
In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 photo, Nicholas Novak poses for a photo in Lynwood, Ill. Novak, a part-time worker needed an operation and found out Medicaid would cover his $46,000 bill.
As Medicaid loses stigma, its fate rides on stormy election
The federal-state program for low-income people has been scarcely debated in the turbulent presidential election, but it faces real consequences depending on who wins the White House in the Nov. 8 vote. Under President Barack Obama, Medicaid has expanded to cover more than 70 million people and shed much of the social stigma from its earlier years as a welfare program.
Policy Prescriptions: Clinton and Trump on drug addiction
Hillary Clinton calls the scourge of heroin and opioid addiction a "quiet epidemic." Donald Trump marvels that overdoses are a problem in picturesque American communities.
2 women with baby shoplift from Walmart
Lawyers for 24-year-old Karri Benoir say troopers did not properly inform her of her right to remain silent before conducting a bedside interview in the hospital. Lawyers for 24-year-old Karri Benoir say troopers did not properly inform her of her right to remain silent before conducting a bedside interview in the hospital.
Judge sides with Planned Parenthood over Mississippi abortion law
A federal judge on Thursday sided with women's health provider Planned Parenthood in a lawsuit aiming to block a Mississippi law that barred medical providers that perform abortions from participating in the state's Medicaid program. The decision by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III is the latest in a string of rulings striking down similar laws elsewhere in the country against the women's health provider.
Health secretary pitchers new U.S. insurance plan
Even while hailing an estimate that 1 million more people are getting insurance coverage through Obamacare, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell acknowledged that "substantial" reforms are still needed in the nation's health care system. But one idea she highlighted Wednesday is being attacked by Republicans, even some Democrats, and insurers who say it would lead to more government involvement in health care.
Bernie Sanders to Boulder residents: ‘Stand tall and vote yes on Amendment 69’
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally for Colorado's Amendment 69 on Monday at Farrand Field on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder. Speaking at the University of Colorado Boulder's Farrand Field as the sun sunk behind the Flatirons, the longtime Independent senator from Vermont-turned-once Democratic presidential hopeful delivered a short speech Monday in support of Colorado's Amendment 69 to an ecstatic crowd of more than 2,000.
Heed voters on Medicaid expansion
The August primary already is having a positive impact: The Legislature is expected to hold hearings and vote next session on Medicaid expansion - and it could pass. It remains to be seen whether Gov. Sam Brownback will loosen his opposition to expansion - or whether the loss of more of his allies in the Nov. 8 general election is needed to help change his priorities.
Bernie Sanders urges supporters to a stand up toa Big Pharma at Prop 61 rally
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stopped in Los Angeles Friday to call on his supporters to get behind a California ballot initiative that proposes a way to decrease prescription drug costs in the Golden State. Hundreds of nurses, members of AARP and his supporters gathered at a rally outside the American Federation of Musicians Hall in Hollywood for what they hoped to hear and missed from the U.S. Senator from Vermont: a charged, heated speech on why supporting Proposition 61 was the beginning of a revolution against big drug companies.
Condoms sent to Ayotte say: ‘Protect Yourself From Trump’
Women's health advocates have delivered hundreds of condoms to Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte's office in New Hampshire bearing the message "Protect Yourself from Trump." The delivery from Planned Parenthood New Hampshire Action Fund ties together two issues that have landed Ayotte in the news.
Advice for parents on body image amid many 2016 campaign insults
Even if your daughters don't pay much attention to politics, they'd be hard-pressed to have missed Donald Trump's attack of a former Miss Universe's weight or comments about a 400-pound hacker.
Reality Check: Trump on Clinton, Social Security
At a rally this week in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump pulled what he said was this nugget from hacked excerpts of a speech that Hillary Clinton had given to Wall Street bankers. "The speeches also show that Crooked Hillary supports cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits, one more example of how Hillary Clinton's public position is a lie," Trump said of the remarks that were revealed in hacked emails of Clinton campaign officials that were published by WikiLeaks.
When it comes to his ‘crazy’ remark on Obamacare, Bill Clinton was crazy like a fox | Mulshine
It certainly took him a while, but I'm glad to see Bill Clinton has come around to my way of thinking on Obamacare. Here's what I wrote back in 2009 , when the first part of the package was passed: "The Democrats' biggest accomplishment of this decade was getting a package through both houses of Congress mandating that every American have health insurance.
A Personal-Finance Guide to Sunday’s Debate
The presidential race has been dominated by debate over job creation, retirement, and other tenets of economic security, along with looming questions over race in America and threats from abroad. The future of Social Security makes up two of the top 10 crowdsourced and crowd-voted questions the public would like moderators of Sunday's town-hall-style debate to ask the presidential candidates.
Advice for parents on body image amid 2016 campaign insults
Even if your daughters don't pay much attention to politics, they'd be hard-pressed to have missed Donald Trump's attack of a former Miss Universe's weight or comments about a 400-pound hacker. It resonated with a 15-year-old who said this week the words damage girls' body image and asked Hillary Clinton how to help.
Obama Says Obamacare Has – Real Problems’ Congress Refuses to Fix
President Barack Obama said his signature health-care law has "real problems" that have been exacerbated by congressional gridlock and political polarization. "They're eminently fixable problems in terms of strengthening the marketplace, improving the subsidies so more folks can get it, making sure everybody has Medicaid who was qualified under the original legislation, doing more on the cost containment," Obama said in an interview published Sunday in New York Magazine.
Seven ‘Facts’ Politifact Got Flagrantly Wrong While…
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton smiles as she speaks to supporters while her husband, former President Bill Clinton , gives a thumbs up to the crowd after Mrs. Clinton was projected to be the winner in the Nevada Democratic caucuses, in Las Vegas, Nevada February 20, 2016. REUTERS/David Becker Politifact editors corrected two errors Friday in their recent post attacking The Daily Caller News Foundation's Sept.
Tigerlily Foundation President and Breast Cancer Advocate, Maimah…
Tigerlily Foundation's President and Founder, Maimah Karmo was featured on the September 17th episode of Oprah Winfrey Network's "Were are They Now." The feature highlighted Maimah's and Tigerlily Foundation's progress since her first appearance in 2008.