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Have Republicans Given Up In The Fight Against Obamacare?
For five years, the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare” to use a word first coined by critics of the plan to reform health care coverage that has now been adopted by those who favor the plan, has been...
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Senate Republicans Preparing To Fix Obamacare If SCOTUS Strikes Down Subsidies
Sometime in the next two months, the Supreme Court will hand down it’s ruling in King v. Burwell, the latest challenge to reach its bench concerning the Affordable Care Act. As you will recall, that...
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Thanks To Vaccination, Rubella Has Been Eliminated From The Western Hemisphere
Health officials are announcing that Rubella, also known as German Measles, has been eliminated from the Western Hemisphere: Rubella, a disease with terrible consequences for unborn children, has...
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The Politics Of King v. Burwell
Sometime in the next two weeks, possibly but not likely tomorrow, the Supreme Court will issue its ruling in King v. Burwell, the case that deals with the subsidies provided to low income Americans...
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Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Subsidies In 6-3 Vote
In a case that either threatened or promised, depending on your outlook, to bring the entire fiscal structure of the Affordable Care Act crashing down, the Supreme Court has ruled today that the...
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Via The Hill: House bill would force the Supreme Court to enroll in ObamaCare Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) said that his SCOTUScare Act would make all nine justices and their employees join the national...
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California May Be About To Eliminate Most Exemptions For Mandatory Vaccination
California is on the verge of going further than nearly any other state by removing almost all exemptions to mandatory vaccination laws: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Schoolchildren in California would be...
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It’s Now Illegal For Some Adults In Hawaii To Buy Tobacco
Hawaii has become the first state to ban the sale of tobacco products in any form to anyone under 21 years of age: Hawaii’s governor on Friday signed a bill raising the legal smoking age statewide to...
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A Look At The Remaining Legal Challenges To Obamacare
Somewhat, but not unexpectedly, lost in the media coverage over the Supreme Court’s decision in the marriage cases last week has been the aftermath of the decision it released the day before in which...
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The Politics Of Obamacare After King v. Burwell
As the dust has begun to settle after the Supreme Court’s ruling in King v. Burwell, there seem to be at least some perception that Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere are breathing a sigh of...
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Majority Supports SCOTUS Decisions On Obamacare And Marriage, According To...
A poll conducted by CNN in the wake of the Supreme Court’s rulings last week finds that a majority of Americans support both the decision on Affordable Care Act subsidies and the decision in...
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Mitch McConnell: Republicans Don’t Have The Votes To Defund Planned Parenthood
Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pouring cold water on conservative hopes of eliminating Federal Government funding of Planned Parenthood during the upcoming budget fight: Attempts by...
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Anti-Vaccine Paranoia Infects The Republican Race For President
One moment from Wednesday’s Republican debate that is raising concerns in many circles, including most especially the medical profession, came when the candidates were asked their opinion about...
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Nurse Kaci Hickcox Sues Chris Christie For Civil Liberties Violations During...
It was just about a year ago now, when the United States was caught up in the middle of fears about the Ebola virus making its way to the United States, that name Kaci Hickox entered the news. As...
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Does Being A National Leader Shorten Your Lifespan? Maybe, Maybe Not
Winning an election to become your nation’s leader may be hazardous to your health, or at least lead to a shorter lifespan, a new study suggests: New research may offer a consolation prize for...
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Supreme Court Looking For Way To Work Around 4-4 Tie In Obamacare Birth...
Late yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a letter in the cases dealing with religious objections to the PPACA’s birth control mandate that appears designed to find a way to avoid a tie vote that would...
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Should Presidential Candidates Be Required To Undergo Independent Medical...
If he were to win the election in November, Donald Trump would become the oldest person to ever become President of the United States, exceeding by more than half a year the 69 years, 349 days that...
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Key Republicans Pushing To Have Obamacare Replacement In Place Before Voting...
With Republicans taking control of both the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade in just over a week now, it’s now inevitable that there will be sufficient support for Republicans...
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Repealing Obamacare Proving To Be Harder Than GOP Thought
The New York Times reports that Republicans on Capitol Hill are finding that repealing the Affordable Care Act isn’t going to be as easy as they thought it was going to be: WASHINGTON — Congress’s...
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Senate Approves Mnuchin For Treasury Secretary As Trump Cabinet Comes Together
Former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin was confirmed as Treasury Secretary last night, marking the latest move to fill President Trump’s Cabinet: WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Steven T....
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