Tag: affordable care act
Catholics may sue over birth control mandate
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is announcing that it will continue fighting a mandate for health insurers to cover birth control without co-payments.
Obama: All insurance plans will have to cover birth control
The Obama administration announced today that it is standing by its decision to require that insurance providers — with the exception of religious employers — cover birth control as a preventive service. Instead of giving in to requests that all objectors be able to opt out, the feds have instead given religious groups a one-year extension to meet the mandate.
Americans unsure what health care reform means
President Barack Obama (Pic by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, via Wikimedia Commons)
According to new polling, the majority of Americans do not have definite positions on a health care reform provision requiring everyone to have health insurance. The individual mandate, which is the main subject of Florida’s legal challenge to the law, is one of the measure’s more controversial sections.
Millions get insurance through Affordable Care Act
According to new information, a provision in the Affordable Care Act has helped 2.5 million young adults gain health insurance since the law took effect.
NOW pushes Obama to stand firm on birth control
The National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest organization of feminist activists in the U.S., has joined reproductive rights advocates in asking President Obama not to cave in to pressure from the Catholic leaders asking that he strike a recent decision that increases access to birth control for women.
Gardner, Lamborn, Coffman support litigation against Affordable Care Act
Colorado U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner, Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman lent their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday arguing that the Supreme Court should rule the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.
Affordable Care Act popular with Latino voters
Latino voters support the Affordable Health Care Act, but do not support the mandate to purchase coverage, according to a poll released late last week..
House engaged in heated debate over Protect Life anti-abortion bill
The debate presently underway on the floor of the House on House Bill 358 is about abortion but also about government overreach. Republicans who support Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Pitts' bill say the Affordable Care Act passed last year would force taxpayers to fund abortions and pro-life health workers to aid women who have had abortions or want abortions. Democrats say Republican lawmakers are forcing their views on women making personal decisions about their health and that the bill would make it very difficult for women, particularly poor women, to find even private insurance plans that provide coverage for abortion.
VIDEO: Bachmann touts far-right candidacy: ‘Why settle for a moderate?’
As her hopes sink lower by the day, Michele Bachmann goes on The O'Reilly Factor to stake her claim that a "true conservative" can win it all.
VIDEO: Progressive group challenges GOP to stand up for life
A progressive health care advocacy group has released a new ad that questions the reaction of tea party members at a Florida presidential debate and wonders if the 2012 candidates will take a stand against such extremes.