#Uninsured

The Trump administration plans to pay hospitals for COVID-19 treatment for the uninsured, which will be a relief for patients. Caveats:Patients could still get big bills from doctors.People who seek

Anand Giridharadas

A plot twist no one expected was Donald Trump accidentally stumbling into an experiment in single-payer healthcare before many Democrats could come around to the idea.https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-plans-to-pay-hospitals-to-treat-u

Christen Linke Young

Lots of news lately about the CARES Act's $100 billion hospital fund. The admin, under pressure for failing to make ACA enrollment easier, announced they'd use part of the fund

Factually incorrect and just designed to stir up hatred of a vulnerable out-group. I thought better of you, @leedslivenews, you do plenty of decent reporting. But this is just clickbait

Christen Linke Young

Another wrinkle in HHS's announcement about payments for uninsured COVID-19 patients. @AmyLotven reports that HHS claims that people with short-term plans won't count as "uninsured" for these purposes. That's (partially)

In terms of policy, the immediate impact of the Supreme Court fight is most obvious on the fate of Obamacare. So worth remembering what Rs declared about the ACA: It

There is renewed discussion today about a potential "piecemeal" stimulus focused on specific industries and some income support to households. But any stimulus that does not address the millions of

From 2012-16, the number of uninsured people in the United States sharply decreased under the ACA, from 44.4 million to 26.7 million in the (pre-eminent) American Community Survey. In the

1/ Texas had the highest uninsured rate of any state before the coronavirus pandemic. Now some Texans who have lost their jobs and their health insurance are slipping through the

Quick lil story cuz I've been mad all day...I didn't have real health insurance until I got my first job at 24. When I was 14 I broke my arm

GA could see 100,000-500,000 more uninsured residents as a result of COVID-19 & its economic consequences. That's on top of our existing 1.5 million. When asked about his plan for

Missing from these documents is any mention of Medicaid expansion, which would make benefits available to anyone earning up to 133% of poverty (~$17K a year for a single person)

Ted Corcoran (Red T Raccoon)

Trump's administration has been negatively impacting veterans for years.His attempts to destroy the ACA is just one example of his policies hurting veterans.This is a portion of my congressional testimony

Bernie fought relentlessly for years to create a better world for the marginalized, the poor, the working class, for everyone—and every step of the way he was viciously maligned, smeared

Dr. Rob Davidson #WearAMask

As an ER doc for 20 years I thought I'd seen it all: outbreaks, death, you name it. But this #pandemic is the worst. Due to mass layoffs, millions will

Nationalist Dracula 🇺🇸🧛🏽‍♀️

Trying to find resources for an uninsured person in need of a psychiatrist.Are any psychiatrists doing pro bono telehealth right now? Please boost.#SupportBlackWomen In related news, red states that pass