Why I Support Medicaid ExpansionMay 23, 2019 |
In this AJOB editorial, Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas explains her support for expanding Medicaid to eliminate a “cruel coverage gap” for nearly 150,000 Kansans
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Judge Blocks Trump Birth Control Policy In 13 States And DCJanuary 14, 2019 |
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration rule that would greatly expand the number of employers that could decline to offer contraceptive coverage on moral or religious grounds
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Why the Texas Ruling on Obamacare Is On Shaky Legal GroundDecember 17, 2018 |
Simon Haeder & Valarie Blake argue, based on their expertise as health policy scholars, that this ruling will likely not undo the law. It does, however, add more uncertainty to the ACA while also showing how much Republicans continue to be willing to fight to destroy the law
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A Sense of Alarm as Rural Hospitals Keep ClosingOctober 29, 2018 |
The potential health and economic consequences of a trend associated with states that have turned down Medicaid expansion
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In fact, the study suggests that the Medicaid expansion may be a tool in the fight against the opioid crisis. With comments from study coauthor, our Brendan Saloner
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Texas Fold ‘EmJune 8, 2018 |
In an unexpected move, the Justice Department filed a brief this evening urging a Texas court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act’s crucial insurance reforms—including the prohibition on refusing to cover people with preexisting conditions
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20 States File New Lawsuit Arguing Obamacare Is IllegalMarch 1, 2018 |
The suit, filed in a Texas district court on Tuesday, makes a new legal argument that relies on Congress’s recent repeal of the individual mandate penalty.
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Doctors: NoSeptember 21, 2017 |
Today, America’s major physician organizations are recommending something, strongly and in unison: The latest health-care bill, known as Graham-Cassidy, would do harm to the country and should be defeated.
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