Reproductive justice activist Byllye Avery tells advocates: ‘Stop agonizing and organize’
Byllye Avery has been immersed in the fight for reproductive health care for over 40 years.
By Rebekah Sager - May 25, 2023Byllye Avery has been immersed in the fight for reproductive health care for over 40 years.
By Rebekah Sager - May 25, 2023The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2023With some of the highest maternal death rates in the nation, Black pregnant people face extreme impacts on their health, particularly those in states with restrictive abortion bans.
By Rebekah Sager - April 17, 2023The 'emergency regulation' issued by Andrew Bailey adds several hurdles patients must get past if they’re seeking gender-affirming care, including being screened for 'social contagion.'
By Will Fritz - April 14, 2023The new limits to the abortion pill's use will take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.
By Associated Press - April 14, 2023The ‘Texas Millstone Act,’ which would ban people under the age of 26 from receiving puberty blockers or certain procedures, is the latest bill aimed at limiting health care.
By Will Fritz - March 29, 2023The Affordable Care Act, which has been in effect for 13 years, still faces Republican efforts to gut it — but the Biden administration has worked to strengthen it.
By Oliver Willis - March 24, 2023A provision in the Inflation Reduction Act caps the cost of insulin for some Medicare recipients starting this year, and Democrats support a similar rule for privately insured Americans as well.
By Oliver Willis - January 26, 2023President Obama’s landmark health care law not only remains in effect after 12 years but continues to be popular, while Republicans have given up efforts to repeal it.
By Oliver Willis - January 12, 2023The bipartisan Pregnant Women in Custody Act would establish standards for medical care and nutrition for women in custody.
By Josh Israel - December 02, 2022Pennsylvania state Rep. K.C. Tomlinson voted for a bill that would force abortion providers to inter or cremate fetal tissue remaining after abortion or miscarriage if the patient did not arrange for burial.
By Emily Singer - October 28, 2022The ‘most significant’ changes to Obamacare will prevent families from being charged more than others receiving subsidized health insurance through the program.
By Oliver Willis - October 12, 2022The Inflation Reduction Act allows the government to negotiate drug prices and caps prescription drug costs through the Medicare program.
By Oliver Willis - September 28, 2022Dr. Renee Wegrzyn will head ARPA-H, a new agency aimed at tackling ‘intractable diseases’ such as cancer and diabetes.
By Oliver Willis - September 12, 2022Lies pedaled by anti-abortion advocates are being proven wrong by the horrifying effects new laws are having on people across the country.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2022Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) voted against including a price cap for diabetic Americans with private insurance in the Inflation Reduction Act.
By Josh Israel - August 18, 2022The Inflation Reduction Act passed on Friday on a party-line vote.
By Josh Israel - August 15, 2022The Republican Senate candidate doesn’t seem to understand how veterans’ health care works despite training at a VA medical center.
By Nick Vachon - August 09, 2022Gov. Ron DeSantis’s appointees are pushing to restrict transgender health care post-Roe while ignoring advocates’ concerns.
By Casey Quinlan - August 05, 2022The heavy turnout for an August primary that typically favors Republicans was a major victory for abortion rights advocates.
By Associated Press - August 03, 2022Senate Republicans blocked the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which would expand health care for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits.
By Josh Israel - July 28, 2022Eighty-eight Republicans voted against the compromise to expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - July 14, 2022The plan would close a tax loophole and raise an estimated $203 billion over a decade, which Democrats say would be used to delay until 2031 a shortfall in the Medicare trust fund.
By Associated Press - July 09, 2022‘The governor doesn’t make the law,’ said Shelly Skeen of Lambda Legal. ‘The family code in fact says that parents should be providing medically necessary care to their kids.’
By Casey Quinlan - July 07, 2022The Democratic proposal would cap drug prices and allow the government to negotiate Medicare drug prices.
By Oliver Willis - July 01, 2022Why would Republican lawmakers take issue with a bill that would help protect pregnant people in the workplace?
By Lisa Needham - June 22, 2022The Senate bill passed on Tuesday would expand health care coverage for more than 3.5 million veterans.
By Josh Israel - June 07, 2022Local first responder departments will be able to use the funds for ‘whatever help they need the most.’
By Oliver Willis - June 01, 2022A $20 billion government COVID program that covered testing, treatment and vaccine costs for uninsured people has been shut down.
By Associated Press - May 08, 2022The Wisconsin Republican senator recently denied that he was pushing to get rid of the Affordable Care Act — a day after saying the GOP should have a plan to do so.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2022