Vox By: Dylan Scott We’ve been talking a lot about two big deadlines for health care this month: -September 27, the last day for insurers to sign their contracts to sell Obamacare plans in 2018 and the self-imposed deadline for any bipartisan stabilization bill in the Senate -September 30, the day the special “budget reconciliation” […]
Ozy By Nick Fouriezos This summer, the U.S. Senate came one vote shy of passing a Republican health care bill that would have shaved billions from Medicaid — it had the imprimatur of President Trump, who campaigned promising not to cut such programs. If passed, mothers like Mora County treasurer JoJo Olivas say they probably […]
Wisconsin Public Radio By: Shamane Mills Four Republican U.S. senators unveiled a bill Wednesday they say could be the last chance to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Dean Heller of Nevada, and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, want to replace federal money now being spent […]
Urban Milwaukee By: John Peacock The number of Wisconsinites who do not have health insurance fell sharply during the first three years of implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to new survey data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Approximately 218,000 fewer Wisconsin residents were uninsured last year than in 2013, a […]
Des Moines Register By: Anne Discher As Gov. Kim Reynolds decides this month whether to call a special session to address Iowa’s budget deficit, our state’s Congressional delegation is back in Washington deciding whether to continue funding state programs that provide health coverage to kids. Congress’ failure to act would make Iowa lawmakers’ job balancing […]
ABC7 News By: Talk Business and Politics Roughly 120,000 kids in Arkansas could be dropped from the ARKids First health insurance rolls unless Congress extends $195 million in federal funding that supports the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by the Sept. 30 expiration, according to Laura Kellams, director for Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. […]
