Author: Amy Goldstein
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Short-term spending agreement provides longer-term relief for CHIP
The short-term spending plan allowing the government to reopen solves a funding crisis in a public health insurance program for children of working-class families that is popular with Republicans and Democrats alike, but has been ensnared for months in partisan budget fights. The spending bill that the Senate and House adopted on Monday provides six…
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Trump administration opens door to let states impose Medicaid work requirements
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration issued guidance to states early Thursday that will allow them to compel people to work or prepare for jobs in order to receive Medicaid for the first time in the half-century history of this pillar of the nation’s social safety net. The letter to state Medicaid directors opens the door…
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Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate
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The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that sharply limits the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, a move that could mean many American women would no longer have access to birth control free of charge. The new regulation, issued by the Health and Human Services Department, allows a much broader group of employers and…
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IRS won’t withhold tax refunds if Americans ignore ACA insurance requirement
The Trump administration is taking its first steps to put its imprint on the Affordable Care Act, reversing plans to withhold tax refunds this year from Americans who flout an insurance requirement in the law while proposing a series of rule changes to encourage insurers to remain in ACA marketplaces. The Internal Revenue Service has…
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Obamacare’s future in critical condition with Trump’s victory
For the past six years, no law has served as a larger GOP whipping post than the Affordable Care Act, and the Republican sweep Tuesday of political Washington has imperiled the ACA’s expansive reach, putting at risk the insurance more than 20 million Americans have gained. During the final week of his campaign, President-elect Trump vowed…
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Social Security and Medicare in a pinch
WASHINGTON • The financial health of the Social Security system has eroded more sharply in the past year than at any time since the mid-1990s, according to a government forecast that ratchets up pressure on the Obama administration and Congress to stabilize the retirement system that keeps many older Americans out of poverty. The report,…
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Biography of Sarah Palin
WASHINGTON – She has been known, at times, as “Sarah Barracuda.” It began with her ferocity on the high school basketball court. As co-captain her senior year, Sarah Palin was a point guard who made the final free throw that won the Wasilla Warriors their first state championship.A decade later, the nickname resurfaced when she…