Republicans’ War Against Obamacare Could Cost Them This Arkansas House Seat
Clarke Tucker faces an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Rep. French Hill (AR-02).Thomas Metthe/ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While Republican politicians have lately been backtracking their positions on pre-existing conditions, deep in the heart of Trump Country a Democratic politician is anchoring his congressional campaign on his personal story…
An Obamacare Expert and Her Army of Women Volunteers Could Flip This Red District
Lauren Underwood at an endorsement event with Human Rights Campaign on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 in Geneva, Ill.John Konstantaras/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lauren Underwood had no idea how to run for Congress. The 32-year-old Democrat built the first version of her campaign website…
A Pro-Obamacare Ballot Measure Has a Big Lead in Utah
Hagen/NTB Scanpix/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s looking like voters are fans of Obamacare when they have a chance to directly vote on it—even in deeply red states like Utah. Utah is one of four states with ballot initiatives next month that ask voters about Medicaid expansion, the part…
American Woman Can Now Get Abortion Pills Shipped to Their Homes
Charles McQuillan/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time, women in the United States who want abortions but are unable either to get to a clinic or afford clinic care can log on to a website, find evidence-based information about the procedure, and get abortion-inducing medication shipped directly to their homes.…
Big Tobacco Is Spending Millions to Defeat Obamacare at the Ballot Box
Mother Jones illustration; Philip Morris/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Big Tobacco has never really been known for truth in advertising. But as the midterm elections approach, industry heavyweights are throwing their resources behind a different kind of deceptive marketing campaign that could have serious consequences for public health. In…
Arkansas Kicks Another 4,000 Off Medicaid Rolls Because of Work Requirements
Arkansas has purged another 4,000 recipients from its Medicaid program.Andrew DeMillo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the second month in a row, over 4,000 Medicaid beneficiaries lost their health insurance after failing to meet work requirements for the program. The newest numbers, released Monday in a state report, come on the…