Tag: Affordable Care Act
Barack Obama administration confirms double-digit premium hikes
Premiums will go up sharply next year under President Barack Obama's health care law, and many consumers will be down to just one insurer,...
Barack Obama urges young adults to sign-up for Obamacare
President Barack Obama is promoting his health overhaul by saying that never in U.S. history has the uninsured rate been lower than it is...
Census numbers reveal decline in uninsured Alabamians
Health insurance statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that the rate of uninsured Americans dropped in 47 states last year, including...
Daniel Sutter: Medicaid fails the poor
This year’s biggest state budget fight involved funding for Alabama Medicaid. The legislature overrode Governor Robert Bentley’s veto to pass a General Fund budget...
U.S. Supreme Court punts on Obamacare contraception case, sends back to...
In a surprise Monday move the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will punt the latest challenge brought by religiously affiliated nonprofit groups to the Affordable...
Linda Cunningham: Ignore politics for a few months, enjoy the summer
What a blessed relief. Presidential political junkies are down to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, down to the Cinderella finalists and we can take...
Ted Cruz, likable guy? He’s working on that
After spending a year campaigning as a hardened, uncompromising conservative, Ted Cruz wants voters to see him in a different light.
Cruz's presidential campaign is...
United Healthcare may leave Alabama Obamacare exchange
United Healthcare, Alabama's second largest health insurance provider, and the nation's largest, says it may exit health exchanges in several states, including Alabama as...
Pediatricians say state Medicaid cuts will reduce kids’ health care access
The state's leading association of practicing pediatric doctors warned looming cuts to state Medicaid program could hurt Alabama's children big time on Tuesday.
The Alabama...
Daniel Sutter: Postage stamps and hidden taxes
Postage stamps effectively tax millions of Americans each day. People are often unaware of the kind of taxes hidden in stamps. The economic landscape...
