by Sophia Bollag | Mar 4, 2014 | Health & Science
Although the Affordable Care Act initially called for all states to expand Medicaid by Jan. 1, the Supreme Court ruled states could decide for themselves whether to expand Medicaid. Click the map for more information on Medicaid expansion by state. Status of Medicaid...
by Sophia Bollag | Jan 27, 2014 | Living
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act will increase income for the poorest 20 percent of Americans because of the value of the subsidies – an unintended benefit of the health care law, a Brookings Institution study released Monday said. Although the ACA was not...
by Mattias Gugel | Feb 28, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the House Budget Committee Tuesday agreed on one thing during a two-hour hearing: Health care for the elderly and government-funded retirement benefits are on an unsustainable path. But they couldn’t seem to agree on how to...
by Alanna Autler | Mar 1, 2011 | Politics
WASHINGTON –Some governors said Tuesday they want to regain control over their Medicaid programs because President Obama’s landmark health care law will add unnecessary costs to their state budgets. On Tuesday Governors Haley Barbour, R-Miss., Gary Herbert R-Utah, and...
