By: Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I was in the car when I heard the news that President Donald Trump was proposing to provide $12...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact...
by Derek Joy Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times Black State Legislators were among the hardest hit by Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s $461 million...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Centene has jumped into the mix of managed-care companies scrambling to bulk up as the health care overhaul changes their business...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fresh off a Supreme Court victory, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he’s “feeling pretty good” about the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist In his speech the night before his murder Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. repeated the Biblical parable of the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist It’s always very challenging for a parent when their child has a serious health condition. It’s even more challenging when...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent An AP News Analysis WASHINGTON (AP) — On paper and in speeches, Republicans boast that Congress’ first budget since they won...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Obama administration rebuffed Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to extend federal funds for hospitals that treat the uninsured,...
(USA Today) – Physician Praveen Arla is witnessing a reversal of health care fortunes: Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes...
(Business Week) – Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid have more paying customers, bolstering the bottom lines of for-profit hospital chains, a new analysis published on...
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...
JENNIFER HABERKORN, Politico WASHINGTON (Politico)—Democrats have found a big piece of Obamacare that nearly all factions of their party can back — and they say it’ll...
[The Washington Post] Add this to the scary but improbable things people are hearing could happen because of the new federal health-care law: After you die,...
[Hattiesburg American] WASHINGTON – About six out of 10 uninsured African Americans may be eligible for free or greatly reduced health insurance through Medicaid or the...
Richard Green may be harmed by Georgia opting out of a provision of the Affordable Care Act By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –...
[Forbes] Dr. Kavita Patel and John Rother A fundamental principle of the American health care system has always been that your medical care is driven by...
by Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As more and more provisions of the Affordable Care Act roll out, the disconnect between what leaders...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist Recently, 400,000 poor and underserved Louisianans, many them people of color, were shut out of potentially life-saving health insurance...
