With his continuing series of gaffes, former Governor Romney has shown himself to be out of touch with the American public. But his most recent blunder, when he said he was not concerned about the very poor, was his most tactless remark to date.
Communities of color are affected disproportionately in infant mortality rates, in diabetes deaths, in obesity rates, and in preventable deaths.
Governor O'Malley and his administration have made health care and expanding access to the citizens of Maryland a top priority.
The numerous lawsuits filed against the ACA represent a strain of thinking that was around long before Congress suggested expanding health insurance to most Americans might be a good idea. The challenges to health care reform are only the most recent manifestation of a very old, very ingrained, and very vocal resistance to the federal government setting down benchmarks for states' treatment of its citizens.
"Non-communicable diseases" (NCDs) is a key buzz phrase in public health today. Even the United Nations has the term on its mind, as it recently held a historic high-level meeting to develop a plan of action to fight NCDs. But what exactly does it mean?
November is National Caregivers Month—a time to recognize and celebrate caregivers for their important role in our lives. There are professional caregivers, but there are also about 52 million unpaid caregivers—spouses, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, and others who take care of loved ones in the home.
This week is shaping up to be an important one in the legal battle over the Affordable Care Act. Tuesday's decision from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a big win for supporters of the law. It's the third appellate court to reject challenges to the law.
At the eleventh hour, Congress came up with a deal to avoid defaulting on our national debt. That deal ties raising the debt ceiling to a two-part deficit reduction plan. In the first round of the deal’s deficit reduction, which included $1 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years, Medicaid was spared from any cuts. However, the fight to protect Medicaid is far from over.
For those of us who have followed in the footsteps of earlier generations and fought for progress for years, Friday's decision on the Affordable Care Act by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals feels familiar.
Earlier this week, I came across a pretty good – and really funny – piece in the New York Times. In the post, Nicholas Kristof points out the absolute absurdity of the House Republican budget plans by explaining that they probably haven't "gone far enough."
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