The Associated Press The black vote, health care and economic issues were among the talking points that sparked clashes during debates Tuesday ahead of next month’s...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When it comes to matters of trade and economics, experts are eager to speak of “globalization.” People are keen to talk...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration unveiled a new version of HealthCare.gov on Wednesday, with some improvements as well as at least...
(Business Week) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:US)’s move to eliminate health insurance for about 30,000 part-time workers underscores the mixed benefits of Obamacare for companies and their...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Giving teens free birth control encourages them to use long-acting methods and greatly cuts the chances they will become pregnant...
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Some of the health-insurance subsidies being offered under the Affordable Care Act represent an “abuse of discretion” by...
by Ron Pollack Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper As we head into autumn, people with Medicare once again need to consider their options for...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured patients admitted to hospitals has dropped markedly this year, reducing charity care and bad debt...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Some might think the annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage the U.S. Census Bureau released last week...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — A federal appeals court decided Thursday to reconsider a ruling that threatened to disrupt the nation’s health insurance expansion for millions...
(New York Times) – As a candidate in 2008, President Obama promised that health reform would reduce family premiums by up to $2,500, equivalent today to about...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (New York Times) — President Obama on Tuesday promised several thousand military veterans that he would fulfill his “sacred trust” to those returning...
(The Washington Post) – What’s in a name? When it comes to health plans sold on the individual market these days, it’s often less than...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s unpopular health care law is losing some of its political punch as vulnerable Democrats see it...
(Politico Magazine) – When it comes to Obamacare and the 2014 midterms, the GOP appears to have a fairly simple strategy: Keep the target on the...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The clock is ticking for hundreds of thousands of people who have unresolved issues affecting their coverage under the...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) — Tens of thousands of military veterans who have been enduring long waits for...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans are expected to have an easier time getting government-paid health care from local doctors under a bill that...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services removed data about many serious hospital errors from public access earlier this month, preventing patients from thoroughly researching the...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for computer woes that paralyzed the president’s new health care...
(CNN) – More than half of Americans believe that they or others are better off with Obamacare, a new poll shows. The CNN poll released Wednesday found that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In rapid succession, six federal judges on two appeals courts weighed in on a key component of President Barack Obama’s health care...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer The nation’s largest health insurer expects to play a much bigger role in the health care overhaul next year, as the...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Randy Wheeling, Curtis Washington and Frankie Rossi each signed up for health insurance under...
