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Health Care on the Line
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Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Could Mean the End of ACA. Here’s How It Impacts You.
More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There…
September 29, 2020
3 Ways Trump Could Disrupt Health Care for the Better
Since his winning presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been repeatedly billed as a disrupter. From trade and foreign…
January 24, 2019
Rural Citizens Vote Against Their Own Medicaid in State and Federal Elections
Most of Betty Rosengrant’s extended family needs Medicaid. They’re also mostly Republicans. Rosengrant says she knows Republicans have…
November 3, 2018
Black Lung Benefits Fund in Deepening Debt as Epidemic Surges
A new study from the Government Accountability Office finds that the federal fund supporting coal miners with black lung disease…
June 9, 2018
As a Key Vote on Repealing Obamacare, Senator Capito Votes to Open Debate on the Bill
Despite West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s outspoken criticism of the GOP’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care…
July 25, 2017
Rural hospitals may struggle under House GOP’s proposed healthcare overhaul
Over the last two years, the number of coal mining jobs in Boone County, West Virginia has halved.…
March 24, 2017