Tag Archives: Obamacare

Mitch McConnell gets a win, and the Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare will be debated in the Senate.

The health care bill proposed by Senate Republicans was little better than the House version, which begs an important question: Who's driving health care law – a free market, or insurance companies?

Justice Scalia once again failed to win over either Justice Kennedy or Chief Justice Roberts, revealing he is losing the war over the Supreme Court's heart.

President Obama has called keeping the Internet free and open for everyone by preserving net neutrality. The message comes just days after news leaked that the FCC was planning on reclassifying the Internet as a utility — meaning it could face tougher regulations — but would still allow fast lanes.

There will be big changes on Capitol Hill following the Republicans' electoral wins. But will there be any changes in the policies as well?

Is the corn state representative of the rest of the country and is that what we should be looking at anyway?

If you’re one of the estimated 14,000 individuals who work at Hobby Lobby or Conestoga Wood — the companies who represented the two plaintiffs in the case before the Supreme Court — then you’re most immediately affected by the court’s decision. Your employers no longer have to cover several types of birth control that they’re opposed to.

Uninsured Americans are having a hard time enrolling in private health insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov. The federal website is slow, unresponsive and at times provides inaccurate information about applicants’ eligibility for federal tax credits. Insurers, meanwhile, say they’re receiving duplicate enrollments, missing data fields, and other errors in the applications that consumers complete. State-run health care marketplaces in Kentucky, New …

As Congressional negotiators put the final touches on a deal to avert national default and re-open the federal government, lawmakers are considering two small changes to the Affordable Care Act: an income verification system for individuals and families receiving subsides and a one-year delay in the law’s “reinsurance tax,” a little-known provision designed to spread risk among health care insurers …

The government shutdown continues in the US and worries are growing about the looming debt-ceiling deadline, and whether the US will default. The media discussions are occurring around the clock about the evolving positions of the Republican and Democratic parties. However, so far they do not appear to be much different from what they were earlier, leaving little room for …