Little information is available on the potential effects for tens of thousands of teachers of consolidating their health insurance into a single statewide system. Gov. Sam Brownback included the health insurance proposal in his budget this week, in hopes of saving the state $40 million in fiscal 2018 and twice as much in years after that.
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News 11 mins ago 4:23 p.m.Vets exposed to contaminated water may now apply for disability benefits
… “to receive the care and benefits they earned.” Beginning in March, the disability benefits may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans who were stationed at the Marine base for at least 30 cumulative days between Aug. …
House votes to begin repealing Obamacare
U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing Democratic President Barack Obama’s landmark health insurance law. A bill repealing Obamacare sits on a desk after being signed by U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 7, 2016.
U.S. House Votes to Begin Repealing Obamacare
U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing repealing Democratic President Barack Obama’s landmark health insurance law. The House of Representatives voted 227-198 to instruct committees to draft legislation by a target date of Jan. 27 that would repeal the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
IRS letters warn millions over insurance penalty
If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.
Titanic took lives; Medicaid expansion saves them
… More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank in 1912. In contrast, more than 150,000 Kansans could get health insurance through Medicaid expansion. Not only could this coverage help them live healthier and more productive lives, it could save …
Titanic took lives; Medicaid expansion saves them
… More than 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank in 1912. In contrast, more than 150,000 Kansans could get health insurance through Medicaid expansion. Not only could this coverage help them live healthier and more productive lives, it could save …
GOP’s Go-Slow ‘Rescue Mission’ Plan To Replace Obamacare
… happen “essentially simultaneously.” The incoming president said they will not offer a plan until his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., is confirmed. Republicans expect a significant amount of the repeal effort …
GOP’s Go-Slow ‘Rescue Mission’ Plan To Replace Obamacare
… happen “essentially simultaneously.” The incoming president said they will not offer a plan until his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., is confirmed. Republicans expect a significant amount of the repeal effort …
Replacing Obamacare may take longer than some in GOP desire
… his inauguration. Republicans want a fast-track repeal of Obamacare, but fully scuttling and replacing the landmark health care law may take longer than some want and may require several steps that could stretch out months or years. This is the …
Replacing Obamacare may take longer than some in GOP desire
… his inauguration. Republicans want a fast-track repeal of Obamacare, but fully scuttling and replacing the landmark health care law may take longer than some want and may require several steps that could stretch out months or years. This is the …
Battle over Medicaid intensifies
… Cooper, a Democrat, is a native of Nash County, which would benefit greatly from the expansion, according to local health and hospital officials. Nash UNC Health Care is loosing $2 million annually in the Emergency Room alone, hospital CEO Larry …
Personalized IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage
If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.
Republicans take first steps to repealing Obamacare, but the hard part comes next
… after each GOP speech, Democrats reminded lawmakers of how many hundreds of thousands of Americans might lose their health care coverage in that lawmaker’s state if Obamacare is repealed – more than 580,000, for example, in Georgia. But the …
US Congress approves first step for repealing Obamacare
The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step toward repealing outgoing President Barack Obama’s landmark but controversial health care reforms. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan arrives for his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.
IRS letters nudge uninsured to get coverage
WASHINGTON  - If you haven’t signed up for health insurance, you may soon be getting a not-too-subtle nudge from the taxman. The IRS is sending personalized letters to millions of taxpayers who might be uninsured, reminding them that they could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars in fines under the federal health care law if they don’t sign up soon through HealthCare.gov.
The biggest changes Obamacare made, and those that may disappear
… the law. Because they are using a special budget process, Republicans won’t be able to repeal all provisions of the health law. But it seems like a good time to look at the major changes Obamacare brought to health care, which of those changes may …
Vets exposed to contaminated water may now apply for disability benefits
… “to receive the care and benefits they earned.” Beginning in March, the disability benefits may supplement VA health care already being provided to eligible veterans who were stationed at the Marine base for at least 30 cumulative days between Aug. …
Trump’s HHS Nominee Got A Sweetheart Deal From A Foreign Biotech Firm
… $2. One of the beneficiaries was Rep. Tom Price, a Georgia Republican poised to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates pharmaceuticals. Price told HHS ethics officials Thursday that if appointed, he will …
The House just took another major step toward repealing Obamacare
… us the tools we need for a step-by-step approach to fix these problems and put Americans back in control of their health care.” The vote had a sliver bit of doubt after Sen. Rand Paul tried to bring together Republicans to reject the bill over …
Trump’s HHS Nominee Got a Sweetheart Drug Stock Deal
… One of the beneficiaries was Rep. Tom Price, a Georgia Republican nominated to become secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which regulates pharmaceuticals. Price told HHS ethics officials Thursday that if appointed, he will …
Montana would feel pain of ACA repeal
Montana Medicaid Who are 61,233 Montanans that enrolled in Medicaid under the HELP Act between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15, 2016? According to data from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services: 66 percent are extremely poor with incomes below 50 percent of poverty.
Sen. Alexander: Congress Needs to – Rescue’ 11 Million Americans on Obamacare Before Repealing It
The Affordable Care Act , commonly known as Obamacare, should be repealed and replaced, but only after Congress “rescues” the 11 million Americans who currently buy health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges, Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander said in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday. President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have both said that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced ” simultaneously ” or ” concurrently “.
politicsSenators Take the First Step Toward Obamacare RepealWhile you slept. Ed Kilgore
… amendments as non-germane to a budget resolution (most of them actually sought to safeguard this or that program or health-care service from being cut or eliminated in the subsequent reconciliation bill). That meant 60 votes were needed to waive the …
Democrats, GOP members blast Republican senators’ efforts to dismantle health care
Republicans in Congress rammed through a budget resolution on Wednesday night to force both the Senate and House of Representatives to begin repealing large parts of the Affordable Care Act. In the process, Democrats forced Republicans to block measures that would protect Medicare, Medicaid, mental-health services and womens’ access to health care.
The Senate Just Took Its First Step Toward Repealing Obamacare
The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what to replace it with. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month.
Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process
The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance program. File Photo: A boy waits in line at a health insurance enrollment event in Cudahy, California March 27, 2014.
With pizza and Red Bull, Senate settles in for a long battle over Obamacare
Senate Democrats might not be able to stop Republicans from tearing up President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, but they were seeking late Wednesday to make it as uncomfortable as possible. Taking advantage of an arcane Senate tradition known as a “vote-a-rama,” party leaders were prepared to go late into the night to force Republicans to take votes on popular provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, warning that the party could spark chaos by repealing the legislation that has extended health insurance to millions.
Sen. Blumenthal on Sessions’ Character: He’s – Well Respected and Liked in the U.S. Senate’
… nce me that he will be a real champion and zealous advocate for civil rights and liberties and a protector of women’s health care and religious freedoms,” Blumenthal said.
Why so many uncertainties still surround the fate of ACA
… a marathon session during which the Senate will consider dozens of amendments. Many of these amendments will be health care-related but few of them will actually become law, and the passed resolution will then move to the House for its …
SC Rep. Trey Gowdy releases statement on passing of Obamacare repeal resolution
… is now the sole provider of Obamacare in South Carolina. Millions of Americans are quickly being forced off of their health insurance plans, contrary to President Obama promising if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. Today’s vote is …
marathon votes
… wastes money. That’s not attacking Medicaid-that’s attacking the men and women and children who rely on it for their health care. And guess what, Sen. Hatch, many of those people ARE working in jobs that pay too little to allow for health insurance. …
Senate splits 49-49 on amendment based on Trump’s entitlements campaign promise
An amendment drafted by Sen. Bernie Sanders , using language that Donald Trump used to assure voters he would not cut Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, won 49 votes Tuesday , with Sen. Susan Collins joining every Democrat and independent to vote yes. Sanders was clear on the purpose of the amendment, one of several messaging efforts that have become part of the 115th Congress’s slow-motion debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Act quickly on Obamacare: Trump
… rid of it. The law, popularly known as Obamacare, has enabled millions of previously uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance, but Republicans condemn it as a government overreach. With Trump set to succeed Obama on January 20, Republicans, …
GOP Congressmen urge denial of Gov. Roy Coopera s request to expand Medicaid –
… eligibility requirements are changed, than more than half a million residents of the Tar Heel State could “receive health care beginning in January 2018.” “This is North Carolina common sense,” Cooper said in a statement. “We can receive between $3 …
Wheels Coming Off the Obamacare Repeal Train
… today Lamar Alexander again expressed his opposition (he did so in November too). Alexander is the Chair of the key health care committee in the Senate. Then came Bob Corker saying not to repeal the Obamacare taxes before there was a replacement (a …
Swift federal action vowed on NC governora s Medicaid expansion plan
… Gov. Roy Cooper’s plan to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which Republicans want to repeal. Outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell suggested Monday that North Carolina could see a quick answer on its request to …
AFL-CIO Sends Letter to Congress in Defense of ACA
… ACA without providing an immediate replacement.” The letter also details how the core components of the Republican health care plan pose serious threats to working people in America. On behalf of the 12.5 million working people represented by the …
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… WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from Donald Trump for quick action. “We have a responsibility …
Cut Dependence On Government
West Virginia’s U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito, share one concern about proposals to repeal and replace the Obamacare program. It is that those who have become dependent on it not be cut off from health insurance.