Who Will Be Uninsured After Health Insurance Reform?

According to a recent study by the Urban Institute, 23 million people will still be uninsured after The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is fully implemented. 40 percent of those 23 million... 

Rising Calls to Replace Top Man at Medicare

By Robert Pear for the New York Times – WASHINGTON — Members of Congress, including Democrats, have urged the Obama administration to search for another Medicare chief after concluding that the... 

As Health Costs Soar, G.O.P. and Insurers Differ on Cause

By Robert Pear for the New York Times – MANCHESTER, N.H. — Workers at a circuit-board factory here just saw their health insurance premiums rise 20 percent. At Buddy Zaremba’s print shop nearby,... 

With the nurses on the road to Madison

Helen Redmond, a social worker in Chicago, describes the “festival of fighters” she encountered on a trip to Madison, Wis., with a delegation from National Nurses United. Marching to defend... 

State health law waivers: where will they take us?

The president supports state innovation in health care, but vigilance is required to ensure state reforms improve health as we continue to call for national reform By Margaret Flowers, M.D. for PNHP –... 

Action Alert: Ask Your Rep. to Cosponsor HR 676

Watching working people stand up and fight back inspires us! We don’t have to tell you that Wisconsin’s groundswell is what we need to create real change. As workers lose benefits, the people... 

Experts: Individual mandate might fail

By David Nather for Politico – Forget all the shouting you’ve heard about the new mandate to buy health coverage. Forget the lawsuits, the cries of “Big Government” from Republicans and the... 

Obama Backs Easing State Health Law Mandates

From the New York Times – WASHINGTON — President Obama, who has stood by his landmark health care law through court attacks and legislative efforts to repeal it, told the nation’s governors... 

Wisconsin Union Battle Masks Medicaid Tensions

By Christopher Weaver for Kaiser Health News – Hiding out at a secret location in Illinois, Wisconsin state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout ends every media interview with the same warning: Republican Gov.... 

Obama administration unlikely to block Arizona plan to cut 250,000 from Medicaid rolls

By N.C. Aizenman for the Washington Post – The Obama administration would permit a controversial plan by Arizona’s governor to cut an estimated 250,000 impoverished adults from Medicaid, despite... 

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