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As Obamacare sign up deadline nears, Latino support for law declines
With the March 31 deadline almost here, there has been a big push in the Latino community to get people signed up for Obamacare. The Latino community is one of the most uninsured in the nation, and...
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8 Million Sign-ups: Obamacare enrollments exceed expectations
Yesterday President Obama announced that sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act, his signature piece of legislation have hit eight million. While the official enrollment period ended on March 31, the...
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Senator Catherine Pugh: Making Telemedicine a Household Reality
For the past 15 years, Catherine Pugh has been a dedicated public servant to the residents of Maryland, and is having an indelible impact on the national stage. First elected in 1999 as a member of...
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Telemedicine Approved for Medicare, Medicaid Reimbursement
It’s Christmas in July – at least, that’s how Jonathan Linkous, CEO of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA), must feel. Earlier this week, he proudly announced to the ATA membership that the...
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Reducing Healthcare Costs, Improving Lives Through Innovation
This year many Americans are experiencing the joys and frustrations of having health insurance for the first time. As a result of the health insurance mandate created by the Affordable Care Act all...
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Affordable Care Act credited with lowering uninsured rate among Latinos
The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) is being credited with lowering the uninsured rate in the Latino community according to a report released from the Commonwealth Fund. As reported in the Los...
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Wal-Mart and Others Answer the Challenge of Food Insecurity in African...
According to Feeding America African American households are more than twice as likely to be food insecure as white, non-Hispanic households. More than one in three African American children (36%)...
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Health Care Deadline Looms, The Penalty is Steep
About 10 million more people had insurance coverage this year as a result of the Affordable Care Act. According to Enroll America, the group tasked with signing people up, and data from Civis...
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Telemedicine Stagnant Amidst Red Tape and Impending Net Neutrality Decisions
A part of President Obama’s vision for a connected America includes a robust telehealth system. Ideally telehealth brings about a reduction in healthcare expenses, improved health care services in...
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Information gap persists about Latinos and Obamacare
For over a year, there has been an aggressive push to get Latinos, who have high rates of uninsured, to enroll in Obamacare. Initially, there were criticisms about the Spanish language website that...
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Obamacare opponent Ted Cruz to sign up for care via health exchange
Texas Senator and GOP presidential contender, Ted Cruz, who has been one of the most vociferous critics of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), has said that he will seek health coverage on the...
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SCOTUS saves Obamacare: subsidies to purchase health insurance will continue
On Thursday, in a 6-3 ruling the Supreme Court ruled that Americans who receive federal subsidies to purchase health insurance on exchanges will get to keep them. In writing for the majority, Chief...
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EACH Woman Act a Game-changer for Latinas
By Kimberly Inez McGuire As a Latina, it’s easy to be cynical about politics these days. Whether we are talking about the failure of Congress to pass meaningful immigration reform or the unprecedented...
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The Gaping Hole in Pope Francis’ Anti-Poverty Agenda
By Jessica González-Rojas “This papacy begins with a name,” wrote Howard Chua-Eoan and Elizabeth Dias in their 2013 “Person of the Year” profile of Pope Francis for Time Magazine. Indeed, when the man...
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