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Tag: Insurance & Coverage

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards

New Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards issues executive order to expand Medicaid

January 12th, 2016 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

An additional 300,000 residents of Louisiana will soon have healthcare under Medicaid, thanks to an executive order signed by new Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards, who succeeded the deeply unpopular Republican Bobby Jindal on Monday.

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CIN 3 With Gland Involvement

Early detection of cervical cancer boosted by Patient Protection Act, researchers say

November 25th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Early detection of cervical cancer boosted by Patient Protection Act, researchers say “Cancer researchers say there has been a substantial increase in women under the

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Jeb Bush speaking at a Republican event

Hillary Clinton hits Jeb Bush first, and hard, in speech on race

August 1st, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Economic Security, Education, Elections, Healthcare

People can’t rise if they can’t afford healthcare… They can’t rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on… They can’t rise if

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The Hill helps Republicans bash the Supreme Court

The Hill gives Republicans a platform to bash Supreme Court after King v. Burwell ruling

June 25th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Litigation, Media & Culture

For no good reason, well known political news tabloid The Hill has chosen to cover the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Patient Protection Act a

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Why doctors are sick of their profession

August 29th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

I feel like a pawn in a moneymaking game for hospital administrators. There are so many other ways I could have made my living and

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Paul Krugman: Ignore the silly media narrative, Obama’s doing well

June 16th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare, Media & Culture, Our Environment

There are, I suppose, some people who are disappointed that Mr. Obama didn’t manage to make our politics less bitter and polarized. But that was

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Sorry, Republicans: The Patient Protection Act is helping millions of Americans and it’s here to stay

April 1st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

I think the prayer of the conservatives that this would collapse just didn’t get answered… It fills a need. — Professor Uwe Reinhardt, a health

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March 10th, 2014 Unscheduled Programming

Watch Aasif Mandvi destroy Fox Business’ Todd Wilemon in this outstanding segment on the state of healthcare in America (and specifically, Knoxville, Tennessee) Watch Aasif

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Democrats see opening on Medicaid

March 9th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Healthcare

Our governor may not like the president, but this is not about the president… It’s about providing health coverage for 240,000 Louisianans who work forty

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