Updated: 12:09 p.m.
Seniors and people with disabilities who receive health care through Medicare* might have an additional service covered in the near future: testing for sexually transmitted diseases such syphilis, gonorrhea and hepatitis B, according to a Reuters report. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is due More…
The federal government changed a federal regulation (PDF) originally implemented in December 2008 to allow health workers to refuse to provide care in cases where they object to the procedure because of personal or religious beliefs, as The Washington Post first reported on Friday. According to the Post, More…
The House voted Friday to block federal funding to Planned Parenthood, passing 240 to 185.
The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), has been added to the Continuing Resolution (H.R. 1) to fund the federal government through September.
This week, the Council of the District of Columbia introduced a bill which, if passed, would make contraceptives such as birth control pills, patches and vaginal rings available for purchase without a prescription.
While the measure could pave the way for greater accessibility to contraception to women, many questions remain More…
A Florida judge has ruled that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, a victory for the 26 states that joined in a suit challenging the law in federal court. #
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Monday that the “individual mandate” More…
Presumptive House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters today that he will work toward a “smaller, less costly and more accountable government here in Washington, D.C.” Though his remarks were short on policy, Boehner said he would aim to repeal the health care bill and extend the Bush tax cuts. More…
Jessica Barba, campaign spokeswoman for Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), tells TWI that President Obama will stump for the embattled Democrat on Friday in Charlottesville, Va.
Obama’s visit comes just days before the midterm elections. Perriello is in a tight race with his Republican opponent, state Sen. Robert Hurt. Hurt has More…
During the U.S. Senate debate in Morgantown, W.Va., last night, Republican John Raese’s campaign kept me faithfully updated with emails pairing Gov. Joe Manchin’s (D) latest “rhetoric” with the “reality” of his past stances on various issues.
The emails told me that last night Manchin said “[Obama] is dead wrong More…
Voters won’t only get the opportunity to elect a new Congress in exactly three weeks — in 36 states, they’ll also get to decide the fate of 155 ballot propositions on a wide-ranging series of topics, from increasing a state’s sales tax to reducing its carbon emissions. And while there’s More…
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the extent to which the job and benefits loss of the recession has pushed individuals onto Medicaid, the government program to help the poor access health care.
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