DES MOINES, Iowa — With one answer ahead of the caucuses, Sen. Elizabeth Warren inadvertently made the case as to why her ambitious policy proposals would not be able to pass through Congress. During a campaign stop Sunday morning at Simpson College in Indianola, Warren was asked a reasonable question by a man who believed… Read More »
Queensland’s Premier has said all flights to and from China should be suspended as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to rise, as does the number of people infected with the virus in Australia. On Saturday afternoon, Victorian health authorities confirmed a fourth case of coronavirus in the state, bring the total number of… Read More »
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The Supreme Court has declined to take up immediately a case out of Texas that could overturn the entire Affordable Care Act. But that is not likely to stop the case from becoming a major political issue in the 2020 presidential and congressional campaigns. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Opinion writers tackle these and other health issues. The Washington Post: The Supreme Court Saves Republicans From Themselves The latest Republican legal assault on the Affordable Care Act has gone through a strange inversion as it passes through the courts: Democrats are eager for it to be decided, and Republicans want to delay it indefinitely,… Read More »
Dive Brief: L.A. Care, the biggest public Medicaid managed care plan in the country, won an appellate court victory late last week against hospital operator Dignity Health regarding reimbursement for out-of-network patients. The legal dispute centered around L.A. Care patients being admitted through the emergency room at Northridge Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, which… Read More »