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Here are the Affordable Care Act’s “Essential Benefits”
These are the essential insurance benefits required by the Affordable Care Act since 2013, according to Healthcare.gov: Every health plan must cover the following services: Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care you get without being admitted to a [...]
‘Skinny’ Plans Can’t Trim the Real Fat Under New GOP Health Bill: Experts
Republicans are proposing letting states opt out of the requirement that insurance plans cover a specific set of benefits, but experts say the items likely to be dropped account for a small fraction of the cost of [...]
Trump Attack on Climate Moves Forward
On Friday, the District of Columbia federal appeals court granted Trump's request to halt a lawsuit over the Obama administration's most important climate change regulation. This is a major victory for the anti-science, anti-climate Republicans, allowing the [...]
If Republicans Try (again) to Repeal ACA:
Their second try is even worse than the first, and if a bill comes up, we'll be issuing an urgent Take Action Alert. For now, know this: An ABC-Washington Post poll released on Tuesday shows that approximately [...]
Trump’s first 100 days marred by health law failures
Under the latest GOP proposal, insurers could once again charge sick people higher premiums. Source: Republicans’ new health amendment lets insurers charge sick people more, cover less - Vox But Congress would exempt itself from certain provisions [...]
Education Funding Malfeasance
Four weeks into the 2016–2017 school year, Arizona saw 53 percent of its district classrooms without a certified teacher; over 2,000 had no teacher and another 2,000 had an uncertified person at the head of the class. [...]