by Jerry Wu | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As their first move in the new presidential administration, Republican top brass on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees introduced a bill last week loosening the threshold for veterans to access private care. On paper, the Veterans’ ACCESS...
by Erica Schmitt | Oct 24, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Health & Science
In this third episode of Point by Point, we focus on health care by comparing former President Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act with Vice President Kamala Harris’s commitment to expanding health care access. Tune in as we explore how their policies on...
by Simone Garber | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Health experts on Wednesday urged Congress to take more action to address the growing problem of unaffordable health care and deteriorating quality of care as spending is expected to continue to rise. Health care spending rates grew 4.1% to reach $4.5...
by Luis Castaneda | Nov 9, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Christine Huberty provides legal assistance to those facing health care coverage denial. On May 25, one of her clients, Jim, was hospitalized for pneumonia. He had been receiving chemotherapy treatment and had a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senators finally held a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, for a position that has been vacant for nearly two years. Bertagnolli was nominated in May after...
