Budget Battles
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Biden Seeks Huge Spending Boost in First Budget
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Manchin Throws Another Wrench Into Biden Agenda
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Biden’s Plan to Raise $2.5 Trillion in Corporate Taxes
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Democrats Get a Big Boost in Bid for More Spending Bills
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Manchin Says He Won’t Back Biden’s 28% Corporate Tax Rate
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McConnell Vows to Fight Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
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Biden Unveils $2.3 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, With Tax Hikes to Pay for It
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Satisfaction With Vaccine Rollout Surges: Poll
By Michael RaineyIn a remarkable turnaround from just a few weeks ago, a solid majority of Americans now say they are satisfied with the way Covid-19 vaccines are being distributed, according to a Gallup poll...
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Biden Announces New Push for Vaccinations
By Michael RaineyWithin three weeks, 90% of American adults will be eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine shot at a site within five miles of their home, President Joe Biden announced Monday. Biden said that by...
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5 Key Takeaways From Biden’s First Presidential Press Conference
President Joe Biden’s first news conference in office covered a range of topics, including the migrant surge at the southern U.S. border, GOP efforts to restrict voting rights , foreign relations...
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How Democrats Could Finally Bring Down Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyDemocratic lawmakers are getting behind a plan to enable the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices of some drugs covered by Medicare, potentially saving the federal...
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Obamacare Turns 11: How Biden Is Expanding the Law
President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law 11 years ago. President Biden and Democrats marked the anniversary Tuesday by celebrating the law — even as they look to...
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A ‘Crazy Quilt’ of State Rules for Covid Vaccine Eligibility
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health NewsIn North Carolina, the nation’s leading tobacco producer , any adult who has smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime can now be vaccinated against covid. In Florida, people under 50 with...
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CDC Eases Rules on Distancing in Schools
By Michael RaineyElementary school students can sit 3 feet from each other in classrooms as long as they are wearing masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. The agency said it was...
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Biden Touts 100 Million Vaccine Shots in 58 Days
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden said today that the country will hit his target of 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in 100 days on Friday — 42 days ahead of schedule. “When I announced in early December a...
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Becerra Confirmed as HHS Secretary in Narrow Senate Vote
The Senate on Thursday voted 50-49 to confirm Xavier Becerra as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra, who served in the House from 1993 to 2017 and then went on to become...
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3 Takeaways From Biden’s First Primetime Address to the Nation
In his first primetime address to the nation, President Biden on Thursday night presented an optimistic case that the worst of the Covid pandemic might soon be over. Hours after signing his $1.9...
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5 Policy Takeaways From Biden’s Milwaukee Town Hall
President Biden made news on a number of fronts at his Tuesday night CNN town hall in Milwaukee. Here’s a quick recap. A goal for vaccinations, and some normality: Biden said that by the end of July...
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White House Says It Will Send 13.5 Million Vaccine Doses a Week to States
The White House said Tuesday that it is upping the supply of coronavirus vaccines the federal government sends to states each week from 11 million to 13.5 million. It is also doubling the doses sent...
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![FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi](https://dcewboipbvgi2.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/reuters/usa-obamacare-insurers_1.jpg?itok=PL3Nil7P "FILE PHOTO - The federal government forms for applying for health coverage are seen at a rally held by supporters of the Affordable Care Act, widely referred to as "Obamacare", outside the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi")
The ACA Marketplace Is Open Again. Here’s What You Need to Know
By Michele Andrews, Kaiser Health NewsFor people who’ve been without health insurance during the pandemic, relief is in sight. In January, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to open up the federal health insurance marketplace...
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Biden Rolls Back Medicaid Work Requirements
By Michael RaineyThe Biden administration on Friday afternoon revoked permission for states to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries. The move comes two weeks after President Joe Biden ordered federal...
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40% of US Covid Deaths Could Have Been Avoided: Report
By Michael RaineyThe U.S. has the world’s highest tallies of both Covid-19 cases and deaths, which according to a new study can be blamed in large part on the chaotic response to the pandemic by the Trump...