HEALTH POLICIES, ANALYSIS, AND RESOURCES
The Health Policy Domain tracks and reports on policies that deal with women’s health, the Affordable Care Act, Head Start, child care and child support services, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and federal food and drug policy. This domain tracks policies emanating from the White House, the department of Health and Human Services, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
Latest Health & Gender Posts
Enforcement of the Kemp-Kasten Amendment
The U.S. State Department announced that it plans to withhold funds dedicated to the United Nations’ Population Fund (UNFPA). The Trump administration determined UNFPA violated the Kemp-Kasten Amendment of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. The amendment…
Trumpcare’s Voting Fiasco
Despite the GOP’s efforts to lobby enough votes for the American Health Care Act (AHCA) to pass the House, they were not able to secure the necessary votes before the scheduled vote on Thursday, March 23. The Trump administration opted to postpone the vote until the follow day hoping they could gain some…
American Health Care Act
The draft of the Republican alternative to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) removes the individual mandate put in place to keep costs low in the insurance marketplace. Instead, the bill allows insurance companies to charge for a lapse in coverage. The bill also retains federal tax credits to help people afford insurance…
Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal
President Trump signed an executive order meant to relieve financial and regulatory burdens placed on states, healthcare providers, companies, and individuals by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in preparation for its repeal. All relevant agencies, by the President’s order, are to “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay…
U.S. Senate: The Obamacare Replacement Act (S. 222)
Proposed Legislation Proposed on January 25, 2017 Summary Senator Rand Paul’s proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act does not include a personal mandate for insurance coverage and existing essential health benefits all insurance companies are required to provide....