He, like most critics of The Affordable Care Act, tries to blame everything wrong with health care in America on the Obama bill, while ignoring what we'd be left with if it actually were repealed.
To keep health insurance costs from spiraling out of control, we have changed providers four times since Obamacare was enacted seven years ago. Moreover, we have jacked up deductibles.
Attorney General Brian Frosh said he would sue the Trump Administration over a decision to eliminate subsidies that help people afford to buy health plans under Obamcare.
Mr. Trump's switch from health care reform to tax reform only invites a return to the longtime partisan dispute over the basic role of the federal government in social welfare policy.
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans on Wednesday outlined a sweeping tax proposal to reduce corporate taxes and simplify the code for individuals.
There is a saying, "An honest politician is one who when bought, stays bought." Thus far the current Republican regime hasn't delivered that tax cut yet that their wealthy donors were paying for.
The fact is that the Medicaid program which this proposal would decimate has saved the lives of many Marylanders and helped many others lead better lives.
Our View: Early indications are that it isn’t much better than previous proposals that were ultimately rejected this summer and, in some ways, might actually be worse.
Medicaid represents the single largest source of federal funding to our state. Loss of that funding because of federal caps, block grants and cuts would shift costs back to the state.
Until the implementation of Obamacare, the citizens of Maryland had access to The Maryland Health Insurance Plan (MHIP) which, in its latter years, was administered by Carefirst.
Millions of dollars in funding recently cut by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will directly impact teen pregnancy prevention programs across the nation and in Baltimore.
By at least one measure, the Eastern Shore has benefited from Obamacare more than any other part of Maryland. And yet the mostly rural region has also been a stronghold for Republicans.
People buying health insurance through the state health exchange are about to get an idea of how much more they will have to pay for their plans next year -- and there is likely to be sticker shock.
