Groups inform students about health care law
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The Lantern March 27, 2011 One year ago, a democratically-controlled Congress passed the Affordable Care Act, a step towards what it hoped would be major health care reform. While many uncertainties surround the law, including its constitutional merits, United States...
When I graduated from college a few years ago, I didn’t have a job offer, let alone a job offer that included health benefits. I worked as an intern, and then as a “super” intern for about 5 months until...
Almost as soon as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed a year ago, the law’s opponents proposed defunding the legislation. Unlike outright repeal (which the Senate rejected in January), defunding picks apart the law in pieces by including health care reform cuts in popular...
Why ACA Was Needed From A Young Person’s Perspective As we reach the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, it is important to remember why we fought so hard for this historic law in the first place. What...
Affordable Coverage for Young People At Stake Health care reform is a year old, and opponents of the law have used a variety of avenues to attack its legitimacy, including several lawsuits challenging its constitutionality. To date, numerous federal court...
[Washington, DC] – Today, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) spoke out against one of the Affordable Care Act’s most popular provisions, which allows young adults to stay on their parent’s plan up to age 26. Speaking from the House floor he...
[Washington, DC] – Yesterday, House Republicans offered two amendments that would defund the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The first, offered by Representative McMorris Rodgers of Washington, would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from spending any funds to implement the...
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