Healthcare or Shutdown? MoveOn Pressures Schumer and Jeffries to Hold the Line

Healthcare or Shutdown? MoveOn Pressures Schumer and Jeffries to Hold the Line

By: Chris Tobias | Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com As the threat of a government shutdown looms over Washington once again, progressive advocacy group MoveOn is turning up the heat on Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, demanding they refuse to support any spending bill that doesn’t include full protections for health […]

DACA Recipients Will Lose Health Insurance This Month: What You Need to Know

DACA Recipients Will Lose Health Insurance This Month: What You Need to Know

Editorial credit: Sheila Fitzgerald / Shutterstock.com Updated August 6, 2025 — Across the U.S., including California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Minnesota, DACA recipients are set to lose their Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Basic Health Program (BHP) coverage starting August 25, 2025, with most state marketplaces terminating plans by August 31. What Changed? In June 2025, […]

Serving While Sick

Serving While Sick

By Fenix Suriel  Before the 20th century, health insurance in the U.S. was rare and often charitable. In 2000, an estimated 14% of the population was without health insurance coverage for the entire year, according to the United States Census Bureau. Employer-based insurance emerged during World War II wage freezes, with fringe benefits like health […]

DACA Updates: Trump Seeks to Strip Dreamers of ACA Eligibility; Fifth Circuit’s Ruling Goes into Effect

DACA Updates: Trump Seeks to Strip Dreamers of ACA Eligibility; Fifth Circuit’s Ruling Goes into Effect

By Gabe Ortiz, America’s Voice Last year, the Biden administration did the right thing by issuing a rule that expanded ACA coverage to nearly 130,000 uninsured DACA recipients. Not only do Dreamers pay billions in tax dollars every year to help fund federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, it makes public health sense because a healthy […]

Ruling Blocks ACA Health Insurance for ‘Dreamers’

Ruling Blocks ACA Health Insurance for ‘Dreamers’

Editorial credit: Susan Montgomery / shutterstock.com    A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s effort to allow DACA recipients—immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children—to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace. The ruling affects “Dreamers” in 19 states where Republican attorneys general filed a […]

Health Care: How Does Donald Trump’s Re-election Impact It

Health Care: How Does Donald Trump’s Re-election Impact It

By Esther Claudette Gittens The outcome of the 2024 presidential election has sparked a renewed focus on the future of healthcare policies, particularly in light of the potential impact of Donald Trump’s re-election. This underscores the crucial need for equitable access to healthcare services for all communities, a topic of significant interest and concern for […]

Attorney General James Warns New Yorkers of Health Insurance Scams During Open Enrollment for Affordable Care Act Plans

Attorney General James Warns New Yorkers of Health Insurance Scams During Open Enrollment for Affordable Care Act Plans

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued a consumer alert warning New Yorkers about common health insurance scams as open enrollment begins for insurance plans through New York’s Affordable Care Act marketplace. New Yorkers have until December 15, 2024, to enroll through the New York State of Health marketplace for health […]