News 2017
How the CHIP Stalemate Hurts Black Children
The U.S. Senate, under Mitch McConnell leadership, hasn't seen fit to fund the Children's Health Insurance Program – among other things.
A program that provides a safety net for more than 8 million children, and more than half of all Black children, has become the latest casualty in the war to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACT).
In This Issue
Wednesday, November 1, is the first day of Open Enrollment for health insurance offered under the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, through the federal health-insurance marketplace HealthCare.gov. But if you shop for health insurance at HealthCare.gov, you are going to have to work much harder to get what is legally available to you.
Blacks, Elderly Missing From U.S. Cancer Clinical Trials
Narjust Duma, M.D., Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Four out of five participants in cancer clinical trials are white, a discrepancy that calls into question whether other races and ethnicities are receiving good cancer treatment, researchers say.
Read more: Blacks, Elderly Missing From U.S. Cancer Clinical Trials
ACA Enrollment 2018: What You Need to Know
Larry Levitt, Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives and Co-Executive Director, Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance, Kaiser Family Foundation
One in an ongoing series of articles about the Trump administration's efforts to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
Despite GOP Efforts To Corral Medicaid Spending, States Expand Benefits
States show expanded Medicaid benefits.
While congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump have been seeking major cuts in federal funding of Medicaid, 26 states this year expanded or enhanced benefits and at least 17 plan to do so next year, according to a recent report.
Read more: Despite GOP Efforts To Corral Medicaid Spending, States Expand Benefits