Alabama is one of 15 states which filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Act’s health insurance.
The Alabama Hospital Associated has launched a campaign to push for Medicaid expansion in the state. The Hospital Association began a campaign Thursday that it said will highlight the “importance of expanding Medicaid.” The hospital group said that expansion would provide health care coverage for 300,000 uninsured Alabamians, create 30,000 jobs and $28 billion in new economic activity. More than…
Speaker Paul Ryan says the House is willing to negotiate a final health care bill with the Senate. Ryan’s announcement Thursday evening is meant to ease doubts among Senate Republicans about voting for a minimal repeal bill. It’s not clear if Ryan’s announcement will clear the way for Senate passage. The so-called “skinny repeal” is a last resort for Senate…
The Senate will consider scrapping an Obama administration rule to ensure federal contractors disclose violations of federal labor laws. Senate approval of the measure Monday evening would send it to President Donald Trump for his signature. It’s one of many Republicans are reversing as they target numerous regulations issued during President Barack Obama’s final months in office. This time, the…
President Donald Trump says nobody knew health care could be so complicated. Yet the opposite has long been painfully obvious for top congressional Republicans. And they face mounting pressure to pass legislation annulling the health care law even as it becomes less and less clear what to propose instead. The GOP-controlled Congress is starting its third month of work on…
Senior House Democrats are extolling the benefits of President Barack Obama’s health care law in hopes of derailing Republican plans to gut the statute. Speaking to reporters Monday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says the GOP will begin its “assault” on the law when the 115th Congress convenes Tuesday. She says abolishing so-called Obamacare as Republicans have promised will force…
President Barack Obama is laying out a blueprint for expanding his signature health law to address the problems it hasn’t solved. That includes a renewed call for a “public option” to let Americans buy insurance from the government. Obama’s assessment of how the Affordable Care Act has and hasn’t worked comes in an article being published in the Journal of…
