Tagged: Affordable Care Act
Friday witnessed an intense spate of political wrangling ahead of a planned House vote on the Trump-backed healthcare bill. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio After a contentious week culminated by a chaotic day...
Thursday marks seven years since former President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. It’s also the day that the GOP predetermined they would bring a bill to the House floor that...
After months of waiting for concrete proposals for a repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the GOP unveiled their plan — and began voting on the measure — this week. Two influential House...
The U.S. Senate worked long hours this week, with Democrats holding all night floor protests and Republicans casting simple-majority votes in the wee hours. In a 2:00 a.m. vote Friday, the GOP approved another...
Hundreds of healthcare researchers from across the country released an open letter to lawmakers Wednesday, opposing President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Georgia Republican Representative Tom Price begins...
Before President Barack Obama leaves office, Republican members of Congress have already begun the process of repealing one of the legacies of his administration. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio With a close partisan...
The U.S. Senate defeated a bid by Democrats to ensure that the bare bones of the Affordable Care Act would be preserved in moves to roll back the law. The GOP priority is already...
In Colorado, citizens are voting on another potentially historic ballot measure. Amendment 69 or the ColoradoCare initiative, would create the nation’s first state-run single payer health insurance system, a plan major players in the...
The U.S. Supreme Court released three major rulings this week. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio [sdonations]16[/sdonations] Same sex couples across the country are celebrating Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage...
The US Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision on the Affordable Care Act Thursday – upholding the law’s key provision: federal subsides for insurance premiums. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio...