Opposition to Obamacare Becomes Political Liability for GOP Incumbents
Control of the U.S. Senate this election hinges on a handful of vulnerable GOP incumbents. Their opposition to the Affordable Care Act could be their undoing.
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Control of the U.S. Senate this election hinges on a handful of vulnerable GOP incumbents. Their opposition to the Affordable Care Act could be their undoing.
Even before he was elected, the president talked about a plan that would be released soon. Now he is saying the end of August.
Early in the pandemic, insurers expected the costs of treating COVID-19 would vastly increase medical spending. Instead, non-COVID care has plummeted and insurers have pocketed the result. Still, few industry observers are predicting broad-based premium cuts in 2021, though some health plans have proposed lowering their rates.
Around the country, Medicaid enrollment is up as people who have lost jobs during the pandemic seek health insurance. Expanding eligibility for Missouri鈥檚 program, which could help thousands of recently unemployed residents, will be on the ballot Tuesday.
This appears to be an overstatement.
The use of the word 鈥渁lways鈥 makes this claim a stretch.
But some of those options, like special enrollment periods, are time-sensitive.
The volunteer medical providers at the Tree of Life Free Clinic in Tupelo, Mississippi, give crucial health care to the uninsured in the best of times, drawing crowds who line up for hours. Amid the current COVID pandemic, clinic staffers were advised to close. Instead, they chose to adapt 鈥 even without critical N95 masks to protect themselves 鈥 as the economic crisis intensifies the need for free care.
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KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner discusses the role of the Affordable Care Act in helping to provide coverage to people affected by the virus鈥 economic repercussions.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing changes to the U.S. health system that were previously unthinkable. Yet some fights 鈥 including over the Affordable Care Act and abortion 鈥 persist even in this time of national emergency. Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more. Also, Rovner interviews KHN鈥檚 Liz Szabo about the latest installment of KHN-NPR鈥檚 鈥淏ill of the Month.鈥
The states are allowing new enrollments this month to help ease consumers鈥 concerns about the cost of health care so that the sick will not be deterred from seeking medical attention and inadvertently spread the virus.
The wide field of Democrats vying to face President Donald Trump in the fall has been reduced to two major candidates, former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, each with a different prescription for the health system. Meanwhile, Congress and the Trump administration scramble to address the spread of the novel coronavirus. And the Supreme Court agrees to consider the latest case against the Affordable Care Act. Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner, Tami Luhby of CNN and Emmarie Huetteman of Kaiser Health News join KHN鈥檚 Julie Rovner to discuss this and more.
Health policy is complicated. As a result, many journalists 鈥 and sometimes policymakers 鈥 have defaulted to talking about its politics. That means opponents often have shaped the debate about the federal health law's implementation and effects to foment public fear or anger.
It鈥檚 鈥渄茅j脿 vu all over again.鈥
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Caveat emptor. Some of these health insurance plans might prove helpful for some people, but making that determination is not easy.
Helping a loved one overcome addiction isn鈥檛 easy. Start by listening to people who have been through it. They can help find effective treatment and avoid unethical or incompetent operators.
Democrats have asked the Supreme Court to take up an appeals court ruling that could invalidate some or all of the federal health law. It鈥檚 not clear the court will take the case, but the efforts will carry consequences for both Democrats and Republicans.
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