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CBO Gives Congress One More Reason to Support Alexander-Murray Bill
A bipartisan bill that seeks to stabilize health insurance markets got some welcome news from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) this week. Sponsored by Senators Alexander (R-TN), Murray (D-WA),...
View MoreThe Republican Tax Plan Opens the Door to Trillions in Health Care Cuts
UPDATE 12/1: The Senate passed its tax bill that would increase the federal deficit by more than $1 trillion and repeal the individual mandate, which would kick 13 million people off of their coverage...
View MoreTell the Senate to Pass a 5-Year CHIP Bill Now
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed its bill to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), a vitally important program that provides health insurance to...
View MoreThe Tax Bill’s Sneak Attack on Health Care for Millions
The latest version of the partisan tax bill that Republican leadership is working to rush through Congress presents new dangers to health care and health insurance for millions of families in America....
View MoreSenator Murkowski: Repealing the Individual Mandate Will Make the Insurance Market Worse
Yesterday, Senator Lisa Murkowski—one of the three Republican Senators to stop the repeal of the Affordable Care Act last July—endorsed a policy that would repeal the Affordable Care Act coverageÂ...
View MoreThe Tax Bill Is Bad for America’s Health
Update 12/20: Congress passed the tax plan and President Trump will sign it into law soon.  Both the rushed, secretive process used to draft the bill and the bill itself are travesties. The tax p...
View MoreCongress’s Health Care Agenda in Early 2018
Happy 2018! We took a break over the holidays to restore ourselves and connect with family and community and hope you did, too. Health care advocates deserved time to celebrate and reflect after achie...
View MoreSen. Cory Booker’s Speech at Health Action 2018: No Liberty without Affordable Health Care
"We cannot be a country that believes in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness if people do not have access to health care. Where is the liberty when you are chained to the fear that if one ...
View MoreSenator Elizabeth Warren’s Speech to the Health Action 2018 Conference
At the 23rd Annual Health Action Conference, ​Sen. Elizabeth Warren laid out a plan for addressing the high health care costs and high health insurance costs that cause pain to so many families.Â...
View MoreStill Lurking: Federal Threats to Health Care
Just over a year ago, congressional Republican leadership began its all-out campaign on affordable and comprehensive health care—an effort that morphed and intensified through all of 2017. The unpre...
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