Tag: Obamacare
Senate GOP writing Obamacare repeal behind closed doors
NEW YORK - Senate Republican leaders drafting a measure to revamp U.S. health-care policy appear to be following the same path as their House...
Americans seem to like universal health care
Americans, in general, support government-provided universal health care.
A Pew Research Center survey taken in January found that 60 percent say that it’s the responsibility...
Whitehouse, Reed challenge Trump’s proposed cuts to agency fighting opioid crisis
PROVIDENCE – Members of the Rhode Island congressional delegation weighed in on the Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts to the Office of National Drug...
Full effects of health care reform must be measured and known
It is difficult to imagine that the passage of the American Health Care Act could so quickly be shunted to the back burner. But...
Senate GOP may preserve some of Obamacare
Republican senators plan to write a health care bill that could be radically different from the one recently passed by the House, including keeping...
Langevin to discuss health care cybersecurity challenges at Pell Center
NEWPORT – U.S. Rep. James R. Langevin will deliver the keynote address at a cybersecurity tabletop exercise hosted by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center...
Obamacare taxes aren’t necessarily going away, GOP senators say
WASHINGTON – Republican senators said it’s unclear whether their chamber will repeal all of the taxes imposed under Obamacare as they set aside the...
AHCA could cost Rhode Island hundreds of millions
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island could lose nearly a half billion dollars in federal funding, resulting in thousands of people losing health insurance, should Congress...
Freedom Caucus endorses GOP health bill, reviving its chances
WASHINGTON - The conservative House Freedom Caucus that helped derail the GOP’s effort last month to repeal Obamacare has formally endorsed a revised measure, potentiality...















