RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Angling to avoid political peril, the Obama administration Monday granted employers another delay in a heavily criticized requirement that...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Tor the majority of more than 45 million Black Americans and millions of others who have been historically...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With a largely uncooperative, highly-partisan Congress headed into a mid-term election, President Obama declared in his State...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It may just be the start of a new trend. The uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as expanded...
[The Washington Post] President Obama gave a series of comments to the New Yorker’s David Remnick that, predictably, are attracting attention this morning because he said: “There’s no doubt that there’s some...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Blacks account for more new HIV infections, people estimated to be living with HIV disease, and HIV-related deaths than any...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Many ardent conservatives are critical of the Affordable Care Act or what they derisively call “Obamacare.” But what are they...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Health care reform under the Affordable Care Act is off to a sickly start. There have been...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will release the first round of health insurance enrollment numbers Wednesday afternoon. Officials have been lowering expectations for the numbers,...
KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s final: Health insurance companies must cover mental illness and substance abuse just as they cover physical diseases. The...
by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to intense criticism, President Barack Obama apologized to Americans who are losing health insurance plans...
by Glenn Townes Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News During a heated exchange with constituents last week in Washington regarding issues with...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower After...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Last week, President Barack Obama said what many people who visited healthcare.gov to browse and buy affordable...
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors who built the web portal for the Obama administration’s health insurance marketplace said Thursday...
(Reuters) – The White House sought to limit the political damage from the troubled rollout of the government’s healthcare website on Wednesday as Republicans increased the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Believe it or not, President Obama’s decision to finally stand up to Teapublicans – a Republican Party hijacked by...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The brilliant surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson is out of order and out of control when he compares the Affordable Care Act...
By Stephanie J. Jones NNPA Columnist Dear Speaker Boehner: It’s hard to know whether to feel pity or disgust for you as we watch...
By William Spriggs NNPA Guest Columnist On Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans will be able to get coverage for $100 or less.” – President Barack Obama...
[CNBC] Hurry up and wait—for your Obamacare health insurance. Two days after Tuesday’s launch of government-run health insurance marketplaces, technological problems continue to prevent many people...
(Reuters) – As Americans across the nation begin to find out what Obamacare has in store for them, many of Mississippi’s most needy will find out...
CHICAGO (AP) – The online insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul struggled to handle the wave of new...
