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The hearing will focus partially on how universal healthcare coverage, with all types of medical care free at the point of service as it is in other wealthy nations, would help close health disparity gaps for people with disabilities, people of color, low-income and poor people, and other marginalized groups.

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Rapper Rick Ross has teamed up with JetDoc for the creation of an initiative that will provide free doctor visits for Georgia residents.

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24 million more people would lose coverage by 2026, while the federal deficit would decrease by $337 billion.

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The FBI has launched a civil rights probe in relation to the incident.

In the time since the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, went into effect, millions of Americans now have health insurance benefits, according to a federal government survey. The survey, performed via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed that 36 million people were uninsured on the day of the survey, marking a […]

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Although President Obama’s days in the White House are dwindling down, we are seeing proof of the positive impact he’s made while leading our country. According to a new report, almost nine out of every 10 adults have health insurance. The data marks a major milestone for President Obama and his administration, as one of […]

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If you lack health insurance right now, a big deadline is coming up in a few weeks, and the price of ignoring it will be a penalty at tax time next year. Are you ready? The deadline for uninsured Americans to obtain health insurance is  March 31. After that deadline, you must have coverage. If […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Wednesday backed a one-year delay in the penalty that individuals would have to pay for failing to sign up for health insurance, the 50th time Republicans have forced a vote to repeal, gut or change the law championed by President Barack Obama. The vote was 250-160, with 27 Democrats […]

President Barack Obama is still actively pushing for Americans to sign up for Obamacare. With the deadline approaching, he called “The Russ Parr Morning Show”…

Spectators cheered the prospect of  letting uninsured Americans die during Monday’s CNN Tea Party debate. “That’s what’s freedom is all about,” Republican presidential nominee Ron Paul said when CNN’s Wolf Blizter asked who should pay when uninsured Americans encounter catastrophic illness. “He should do whatever he wants to do,” Paul said. My advice to him is […]

ATLANTA — Three federal appeals judges expressed unease with a requirement that virtually all Americans carry health insurance or face penalties, as they repeatedly raised questions about President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. At a Wednesday hearing, the three judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Atlanta questioned whether upholding the landmark […]

BRONX-Kool DJ Herc, the deejay many credit with founding hip hop music is very ill without health insurance to help him pay his medical bills. DJ Premier of the group Gangstarr said on his Sirius radio show: For those that know about Hip-Hop, who we call the father of Hip-Hop, Kool Herc, is not doing […]