With the Affordable Care Act once again under fire from Republicans, a leading health care economist explains what a Republican sweep might mean for the health coverage of 45 million Americans.
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As ACA sign ups start, more Americans have health insurance than ever. Will it last?
Enrollment in Affordable Care Act health plans has grown every year of the Biden administration, leading to record low numbers of people who are uninsured.
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Women sharing personal stories about abortion bans have become a political force
Women who have suffered unnecessarily after being denied abortions are talking about it publicly, and to support candidates. Could these stories have a political impact in the upcoming election?
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‘Dreamers’ can get Obamacare this year, unless a court case stops them
A Biden administration rule allows people in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to enroll in ACA health plans and qualify for subsidies. Nineteen states are seeking to block the rule.
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Here’s where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues
The next president will face decisions on drug price negotiations, enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and medication abortion among other issues. Here’s where the candidates stand.
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Medicaid will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans in 4 states
The new coverage includes practices such as music therapy, sweat lodges, and drumming, which are integral to Native healing traditions and have proved helpful for addiction among other health issues.
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‘Horrifying’ mistake to harvest organs from a living person averted, witnesses say
At a hospital in Kentucky, witnesses say, a man who had been declared dead after a drug overdose was moving and visibly crying as he was prepped for surgery to donate his vital organs. The surgery was stopped and the man is alive three years later.
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Harris backs slashing medical debt. Trump’s ‘concepts’ worry advocates
The Biden administration has taken significant steps to address the medical debt problem that burdens 100 million people in America, but gains would be jeopardized by a Trump win, advocates say.
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Medical debt snares millions of people. States, red and blue are passing laws to help
State lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.
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Maryland seemed poised this year to legalize medical aid in dying. What happened?
Most Americans support allowing some terminally ill patients to end their own lives. But a Maryland bill’s narrow defeat shows the issue is still religiously fraught and politically delicate.
