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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.
The Patient Care and Affordable Care Act, a legislative mandate commonly known as "Obamacare," was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Its stated goals were to increase health insurance quality and affordability, lower the uninsured rate by expanding insurance coverage and reduce the overall costs of health care.
Community groups across Illinois are receiving federal grants totaling $3.2 million to help prevent substance abuse among young people. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced the funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy on Friday.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is calling for legislation to ensure enforcement of the 2008 federal mental health insurance "parity" law and expanded coverage under the 2009 Affordable Care Act. While significant progress has been made, people living with mental illness continue to encounter significant barriers in getting necessary mental health services covered in health insurance, " declared NAMI CEO Mary Giliberti in a letter to Health Subcommittee Chair Joe Pitts and Ranking Member Gene Green NAMI cited its 2015 report, "A Long Road Ahead ," based on a survey of approximately 3,000 health care consumers and analysis of 84 insurance plans in 15 states.
In the cruel and unforgiving foreign policy world of migraine headaches the next President is almost certain to inherit, which candidate would be better equipped to lead the nation? And what did Wednesday night's battle of the would-be commander in chiefs tell us about their views on national security issues that we didn't already know? Here are some key takeaways. Sure, time was short and it's hard to do justice to complex foreign policy issues in a rushed half hour per candidate format.
As Deborah Ross sharpens her criticisms this week of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's plan for Medicare, the North Carolina Republican incumbent's office says he's no longer looking for a vote in Congress on the plan he helped draft four years ago. Ross has spent much of her time on the campaign trail recently talking about Social Security and Medicare and attacking the plan Burr promoted in 2012 with former Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
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 U.S. senator from New Hampshire says she's returning a campaign donation from the company that increased the price of an emergency allergy treatment drug from $50 to more than $600 for a two-pack. The Telegraph in Nashua reports Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services saying Mylan, the company that makes the EpiPen, isn't doing enough to "solve the problem" and hasn't said why it hiked the price.
In this Aug. 25, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks in Reno, Nev. Following the public outcry over steep increases in price for an emergency allergy treatment, Clinton is pledging to better protect patients from such costs.
California delivered on its reputation as a testing ground for liberal ideas as state lawmakers wrapped up a legislative session that extended the nation's most ambitious climate change programs, raised the minimum wage to $15 and toughened gun laws. While they failed to address some of the maddening challenges afflicting Californians' daily lives - most notably, skyrocketing housing costs and crumbling roads - lawmakers advanced top priorities for the labor, environmental, gun-control and anti-tobacco movements.
President Barack Obama's signature federal takeover of health insurance clearly was a mistake. Millions of Americans are paying more, often much more, for coverage because of Obamacare.
There are some serious people whom I respect, including some editorial writers and pundits, who have called for shutting down the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president, even if Bill Clinton resigns from leadership, as he has promised to do. But not one of them - not one reporter who has breathlessly written about foundation donors attending meetings or lunches at the State Department - has cited a single fact showing that Hillary Clinton as secretary of State ever made a decision or influenced others on policy matters because of a foundation donation.
The contrast between parents' attitudes about vaccines today and a decade ago is striking. A survey published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that more and more moms and dads are refusing the shots for their children.
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.
There have been dozens if not hundreds of news articles about Aetna leaving the Affordable Health Care Act's online marketplaces in eleven states, and whether this signals serious problems for Obamacare down the road. But none of them have truly explained that what's happening with Aetna is the consequence of a flaw built into Obamacare from the start: It permits insurance companies to make a profit on the basic healthcare package Americans are now legally required to purchase.
As Donald Trump surrogates peddle their " Hillary Clinton is dying " narrative, rarely a day passes without doctors offering opinions on Clinton's health despite lacking access to a single medical record. This parade of quackery is led by Dr. Jane Orient , who declares Clinton "medically unfit to serve," even though her judgment is based on photos .
The controversy surrounding the skyrocketing costs of Mylan's EpiPens, medication that counteracts potentially deadly allergic reactions, is "a product of their own success," according to a Wall Street Journal reporter on the pharma beat. "For a long time, this wasn't a product that many people knew about or wanted and it's really a credit to Mylan for making it into a brand with a name that is as well-recognized and highly sought as Band-Aids," Jonathan Rockoff said on Friday's MetroNews "Talkline."
She cracks similar jokes as she welcomes visitors into "the house of the living dead" or comments on how good she feels, considering her "condition." Murphy says she has tried to see the humor in the situation that began two weeks ago.
Heather Bresch, the Mylan CEO under fire for skyrocketing EpiPen costs, believes Americans should redirect their anger toward a "broken" health care system. Mylan was forced to respond to the national outrage over a more than 400% increase in price for the lifesaving allergy treatment by pledging on Thursday to make it more affordable.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on pharmaceutical company Mylan NV to voluntarily drop the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen, which has increased in price by more than 400 percent in the past decade. "That's outrageous - and it's just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers," Clinton said in a statement.