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“Verify First” Health Care Bill Is an Attack on Immigrants and Access to Health Care
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday on a bill that would prevent hundreds of thousands of people from accessing affordable health care due to bureaucratic glitches. HR 2581, or the “Verify…
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Tackling the Opioid Epidemic Depends on a Strong Medicaid Program
The number of cases of death from drug overdose in 2016 most likely exceed 59,000, the largest annual jump ever recorded in the US, due in large part to the…
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The Future of State Insurance Marketplaces
Insurance commissioners all over the country are pushing back filing deadlines for enrollment and offering new concessions to insurers to keep them from leaving their state marketplaces amid the…
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Trump’s Fight Against Contraceptive Care
News sources report that the Trump administration has drafted a rule that would make birth control coverage the choice of any employer regardless of size, location, or business type. While the ACA…
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HEAL Act of 2017
Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham reintroduced the “Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act,” which would restore access to affordable health coverage…
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A Cautionary Tale
In the spring of 1995, Washington State GOP legislators rolled back the law expanding health coverage in the state while pledging to keep health insurance affordable, but that’s not…
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President Trump’s 2018 Budget – Not Well Received
This week, President Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. It “proposes steep cuts in basic health, nutrition, and other important assistance for tens of millions of…
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The CBO Score Complicates the Senate’s Ability to Pass a Modified House AHCA Bill
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) score of the American Health Care Act further confirms what we already know: the AHCA is a terrible bill for consumers, especially kids, older adults, people…
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ACA Leads to a Decline in Bankruptcy Nationwide
Since the adoption of the ACA, 50% fewer Americans have filed for personal bankruptcy according to this article from Consumer Reports. This decline in bankruptcy filings is in part due to…
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Trump Administration Delays Appeal for Cost Sharing Reductions
After attorneys general from 15 states, including Washington, filed a motion to intervene in the long-running House v. Price lawsuit over Obamacare insurance subsidies, the Trump Administration has requested…
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