Tag: affordable care act
Study shows that all suffer in communities where there are lots...
A new study shows that a community that has a high rate of uninsured members affects the health care access and quality of those who actually have insurance.
Bachmann concludes Florida swing by vowing to repeal health reform
GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann concluded a weekend of Florida events with a Sarasota rally cosponsored by the local Republican Party and a handful of tea party and 912 groups, repeating her calls to eliminate both the EPA and the Department of Education and promising to lead the charge to repeal “ObamaCare.”
Health care reform hit by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court today struck down a key provision of President Obama's health care reform law, saying the government could not force people to buy insurance.
Reproductive rights groups petitioning for elimination of birth control co-pays
Reproductive justice groups all over the country — including in Miami — are petitioning the feds to eliminate co-pays for birth control through the Affordable Care Act.
Bishop conference lobbies against mandating contraception in health plans
Despite the overwhelming acceptance of birth control among Catholics, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church continues to ask U.S. lawmakers to restrict access to contraceptive services.
American Medical Association members vote to endorse individual mandate
The American Medical Association’s delegates held their annual meeting over the weekend, at which the most contested issue under discussion was the individual mandate to purchase health insurance or pay a fee, and whether the AMA should continue, as it has since 2006, to officially support such a mandate. The mandate is a crucial component of the Affordable Care Act passed by the Democratic Congress last year.
VIDEO: Romney in CO: MA health plan is good; Obamacare is...
With Mitt Romney having come and gone (and collected a whole bunch of endorsements), Coloradans are left to wonder what it all meant.
VIDEO: Politifact gives ‘Pants on Fire’ rating to ad by conservative...
The venerable fact-check website PolitiFact rates a recent web ad by the Karl Rove-affiliated 501(c)(4) nonprofit group Crossroads GPS — on supposed breaks in complying with health care reform the Obama administration is giving to unions as favors — as ‘Pants on Fire,’ finding no proof of any secret deal.
Health insurance exchange bill heads to governor
A bill to create health insurance exchanges in Colorado passed out of the Senate today, becoming one of the few bills to make it through the fires of Tea Party and other conservative groups this year. While Republicans largely voted against the bill, it passed with no discussion in the Democratically controlled Senate and is now on its way to the governor's desk.
‘Amycare’ speeds through House, supporters threatened with recall
SB 200, Colorado's health insurance exchange bill, christened "Amycare" after House sponsor Amy Stephens by its detractors, was rushed through committee in a two-day sprint that ended with it exiting the house on a 44-21 vote. The bill's passage came under threats of recalls for Republicans voting for the bill.