Budget Battles
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Covid Relief Bill Stalls in Fight Over Unemployment Benefits
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GOP Turns to Delay Tactics to Stall Covid Relief Bill
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Biden Agrees to Limit Covid Relief Payments
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Dems Debate Smaller Unemployment Checks
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Now It's the Senate's Turn on Stimulus
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Democrats Scramble to Save $15 Minimum Wage
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The US Is About to Get a New Top Tax Break
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GOP Turns to Delay Tactics to Stall Covid Relief Bill in Senate
The Senate on Thursday afternoon began what promises to be a lengthy debate over a modified version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, with Senate Majority Leader...
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Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccine for Every Adult by End of May
President Biden on Tuesday announced that drug giant Merck will help manufacture the newly approved single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “Two of the largest health care and pharmaceutical...
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Why We Can’t Make Vaccine Doses Any Faster
By Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublicaPresident Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, and his administration says it’s using the full force of the federal government to get the doses by July...
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Biden to Commit $4 Billion to Global Covid Vaccine Fund
By Michael RaineyPresident Joe Biden announced Friday that the U.S. will soon release $2 billion in initial funding to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, a private-public partnership that combats disease in low-income...
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6 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Delayed by Winter Storms, White House Says
Hazardous winter storms across much of the country have delayed delivery of 6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, the White House said Friday. Andy Slavitt, White House senior advisor for Covid...
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Best Way to Control Hospital Costs? Regulate Prices, New Study Says
By Michael RaineyHospitals account for the largest single category of health care spending in the U.S., and policymakers have long debated the best way to bring their costs under control. According to a new report...
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Democrats Reintroduce Public Option Plan for Health Care
By Michael RaineyTwo Democratic senators on Wednesday reintroduced a plan for creating a public option for health care in the U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Tim Kaine of Virginia propose to create a...
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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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Birx Contradicts Trump, Warns Pandemic Entering ‘Most Deadly Phase’
Dr. Deborah Birx, a top White House adviser on the coronavirus task force, warned Monday that the pandemic is entering its “most concerning and most deadly phase” and called for “much more aggressive...
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Judge Blocks ‘Public Charge’ Rule for Immigrants
By Michael RaineyA federal judge has halted an effort by the Trump administration to deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits such as food stamps, Medicaid and housing assistance. U.S. District Judge...
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Coronavirus Pandemic Sets New Record
The United States keeps setting troubling Covid-19 records. The number of daily cases hit a new high of 88,521 on Thursday, up nearly 83% over the last month, and the weekly case count rose to 536,...
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Pelosi and Mnuchin Battle Over Stimulus Failure
With five days to go before Election Day and no chance of a coronavirus relief package getting done before then, President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven...
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Trump Promises Best Stimulus Package Ever — After the Election
President Trump predicted Tuesday that he’ll sign off on a coronavirus relief package after the election — and not just any relief package. “After the election, we’ll get the best stimulus package...