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Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

WASHINGTON — Marilyn Cortez, a retired cafeteria worker in Houston with no health insurance, spent much of July in the hospital with Covid-19. When she finally returned home, she received a $ 36,000 bill that compounded the stress of her illness. Then someone from the hospital, Houston Methodist, called and told her not to worry… Read More »

Seven Out of Ten Democrats Wouldn’t Consider Dating a Trump Voter

Well, maybe love can’t actually conquer all. According to a recent Pew Research study of more than 4,800 people, seven-in-ten “Democratic daters” say the probably or definitely wouldn’t consider dating someone who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election cycle. And the feeling is mutual. Among single-and-looking Trump voters, almost half say they… Read More »

Using his own ‘metrics,’ Trump says ending U.S. shutdown is biggest decision yet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he faced his biggest decision yet with regard to when to re-open the U.S. economy from its coronavirus shutdown and pledged to listen to health experts when making that determination. Speaking at a White House coronavirus briefing, Trump said he would unveil a new advisory group… Read More »

Appeals Court Rejects Trump Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas

A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a lower court’s ruling striking down work rules for Medicaid recipients in Arkansas, casting more doubt over broader Trump administration efforts to require poor people to work, volunteer or train for a job as a condition of getting government health coverage. A three-judge panel of the… Read More »