5 Governors Press Congress For Fast Bucks To Secure Obamacare Market In 2018

Governors Bill Haslam of Tennessee, Steve Bullock of Montana, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Gary Herbert of Utah testified before Congress about ways to change the ACA
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has a problem — and not much time to solve it.
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5 Things To Know About ACA At Year 5

Open enrollment key facts
Open enrollment for people who buy their own health insurance starts Wednesday and ends Dec. 15 this year. That's 45 days, six weeks shorter than last year — and only one of the big changes consumers need to consider. The Trump administration has cut back on marketing and funding for navigators to help people through the process.
5 Things You Need to Know About The CBO's Report on Trumpcare

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) is less than impress with Trump's federal budget
The Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the American Health Care Act of 2017 comes three weeks after the House passed it.
On May 4, the United States House of Representatives passed an updated version of the American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA).
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7 PrEP Lessons Learned from Touring Four Florida Health Departments

Briefing in Melbourne for members of the Florida Health Department
Recently, Leisha McKinley Beach and I embarked upon the first leg of our tour of Southern health departments. We kicked off our journey in Florida, visiting the Miami-Dade (Miami), Broward (Ft. Lauderdale), Orange (Orlando) and Alachua (Gainesville) county health departments. We also met with members of BTAN Melbourne, which is also in Florida.
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A Water Crisis Like Flint's Is Unfolding In East Chicago

A sign displayed in a front yard request that residents keep from playing in the dirt or mulch at the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Ind
Carmen Garza, 74, moved to the city of East Chicago, Indiana, 41 years ago. She bought her house with her husband and quickly made it home, turning their backyard into a tomato and chili garden every summer. "They were so good," Garza tells Colorlines in Spanish. "Riquísimos."
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