Health Care Funding

No Longer Just a Safety Net, But a Stronghold for Our Health Care System

Jin Y. Kwon | Posted 11.19.2011

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Jin Y. Kwon

In times of high unemployment, community health centers take on an even larger role. That's why it was so disheartening that, earlier this year, Congress reduced funding to health centers by $600 million.

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Bachmann's Husband Got $137,000 In Medicaid Funds

Open Channel | Michael IsikoffNBC News National Investigative Correspondent | Posted 08.29.2011

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While Rep. Michele Bachmann has forcefully denounced the Medicaid program for swelling the "welfare rolls," the mental health clinic run by her husban...

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House Votes To Block Funds For Health Care Reform

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House has voted to block money to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, a victory for Republicans trying to derai...

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House Debates Blocking Funds For Health Care Law

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted to shield greenhouse-gas polluters and privately owned colleges from federal regulators on Fr...

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The Insurers' Real Agenda for Change

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendell Potter

The media had lots of health care news to obsess about last week. But most of the press paid no attention to a multi-pronged effort by five major insurers to strip key regulations and consumer protections that aren't to their liking.

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Sam Stein

Dems Growing Convinced That GOP Will Try To Force Shutdown Over Health Care Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats expressed a rare touch of nonchalance Wednesday as House Republicans voted to repeal last year's health care ove...

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Sam Stein

Top Obama Aide: 'Any Aspect' Of Health Care 'Could Be De-Funded' By GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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With health care reform, this week, marking its six-month anniversary since being signed into law, some of the president's most senior advisers have b...

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