Senate examines soaring health care costs, new policy paths ahead of tax credit expiration

by Avigna Ramachandran | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee debated proposals to address rising health care costs and alternatives to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies set to expire at the end of this year during a hearing on Wednesday.  The hearing comes in the aftermath of a...

WATCH: Public Health Advocates Host Historic D.C. Rally

by Cassie Sun | Nov 10, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of public health advocates gathered on the National Mall on Wednesday to challenge key public health issues, including Medicaid cuts, vaccinations and reproductive rights.  The rally marked the end of the American Public Health Association’s...

Senate Republicans, conservative think tanks criticize Affordable Care Act

by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON — Republican senators and witnesses criticized the affordability of the ACA on Thursday, claiming the health care plan drives up costs and stifles competition. In a contentious hearing with the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on...

House Democrats and GOP at an impasse as shutdown barrels on

by Gabe Hawkins | Oct 30, 2025 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – House Democrats gathered in Washington this week to present a united front amid the shutdown and continue to put pressure on their Republican colleagues to address cuts to health care and nutritional assistance programs. Meanwhile, Republicans blame...

Financial pressures mount for rural hospitals as Federal support programs expire

by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Oct 14, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Health care administrators across rural America say financial pressures are mounting as federal support programs expire and Medicaid cuts take effect, putting many facilities at risk of closure. In Hugo, Colorado — a town of fewer than 1,000 people — that...