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Insurance

Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Bernie Sanders speak during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.
Speak Easy
Politics & Policy

Health care, not taxes, is killing American competition

There is no evidence to support Republicans’ claims that cutting taxes for wealthy individuals and large corporations will trickle down to create jobs and raise incomes.

8 years ago

CHIP covers healthcare for almost 200,000 children. But this year, its reauthorization became entangled in a debate over whether to cover gender confirmation surgery. (AP)
Health

Pa. House passes ‘clean’ CHIP renewal, without ban on transgender coverage

The routine bill became controversial this year, because the Senate inserted language that would have prohibited CHIP from covering transgender kids' transition surgeries.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware opposes the GOP tax plan and its impact on the Affordable Care Act. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Democrats, health officials, oppose Republican tax plan

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, is voicing opposition to the latest tax plan which aims to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

8 years ago

A University of Delaware study has found a 6 percent decline in the number of Delaware primary care doctors providing direct patient care from 2013 to 2018. (Rick Bowmer/AP, file)
Health

Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding

The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, provides health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it.

8 years ago

This aerial photo shows storm damage from Sandy in Mantoloking, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. (Doug Mills, AP Photo, Pool)
Politics & Policy

N.J. delegation split on renewing U.S. flood insurance program

The measure calls for increasing flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms.

8 years ago

Uwe Reinhardt
Health

Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt dies at 80

"Uwe Reinhardt was a giant in our field, a moral compass for American health care," said Drew Altman, President and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

8 years ago

 This Oct. 30, 2012 aerial photo provided by the U.S.Air Force shows flooding on the New Jersey shoreline during a search and rescue mission. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen)
Politics & Policy

The future of flood insurance rates up for debate in Congress

The National Flood Insurance Program is billions of dollars in the red and has been operating a deficit for years. Congress has until Dec. 8 to decide what to do.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform during an event at the Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Trump seeks end to health care penalty in House GOP tax bill

President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to repeal a health care law penalty in their tax rewrite.

8 years ago

Nancy Quinn stands in front of the bakery she works at in Philadelphia's Northern Liberties neighborhood. (Joel Wolfram/for WHYY)
Health

ACA enrollees confused by letters estimating higher rate hikes than expected

Many enrollees received letters from their insurance company noting increased premiums for 2018 but they didn't include updated subsidy amounts.

8 years ago

In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, File)
Health

Pennsylvania gears up for health insurance open enrollment with campaign of its own

The window to sign up for individual health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's online marketplace begins Wednesday, Nov. 1.

8 years ago

Inside the Pennsylvania state capitol building (AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP bid for Medicaid work requirements unlikely to withstand veto

House Republicans have managed to slide a piece of priority legislation through their chamber and on to Democratic Governor Tom Wolf's desk.

8 years ago

(File/WHYY)
Health

Lower Delaware ACA rate hike approved

Delawareans who receive their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will face premium hikes next year.

8 years ago

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (Cliff Owen/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Cuts contained in latest ACA repeal effort would hurt region

Senate Republicans are trying to push through a last-ditch Obamacare repeal — something that will be harder to do now that Republic ...

8 years ago

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, answers question from members of the media as he arrives for a policy luncheon with Vice President Mike Pence is shown on Capitol Hill in Washington in May 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Health care candor: A top Republican gives away the game

As Senate Republicans gear up for one last college try to destroy Obamacare (because it has Obama’s name on it) and to thus imperil ...

8 years ago

U.S. Sens. Chris Coons and Tom Carper spoke out against the latest GOP health care bill at a press conference outside the VA Medical Center in Wilmington. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Senators, health leaders, denounce latest GOP health bill

U.S. Senators Tom Carper, D-Delaware, and Chris Coons, D-Delaware, joined with the state’s healthcare leaders in a last ditch effort to ...

8 years ago

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