Opinion | Will Our Judiciary Elevate Religious Freedoms Above Public Health?
Braidwood Management v. Becerra, decided last Wednesday, is the latest in a series of attacks on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Federal district court judge Reed O’Connor in Texas ruled that U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) members were appointed in violation of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. This has immense implications for the ACA, which […]
Federal Court Judge Mulls Challenge to ACA Preventive Care Mandates
The fate of preventive care services covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now lies in the hands of a conservative Texas federal court judge who once tried to strike down the entire ACA. Judge Reed O’Connor, who once declared the ACA to be unconstitutional — a ruling that was later invalidated by the Supreme […]
Supreme Court Keeps Obamacare Alive Despite GOP Lawsuit
The Supreme Court has rejected the latest constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act, which means that 31 million Americans won’t lose their health insurance and protections for people with preexisting conditions won’t go away. Yes, Obamacare has survived again. This time, the threat was a lawsuit that 20 state Republican officials originally filed in 2018 and […]
Millions Of You Have Gotten Cheap ACA Coverage; Millions More Still Could
Nearly 14 million people have signed up for private insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported on Monday. There are two reasons you might want to pay attention to that. One is the implications for policy and politics. The new enrollment figure is the highest in […]
Broadband Key to Expanding Telehealth’s Pandemic Gains, Say Experts
Telehealth can’t succeed without expanding access to affordable broadband internet, witnesses told the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday. But extending the regulatory flexibilities around this access granted under the public health emergency, which are slated to expire when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, is also critical, they said, stressing that the benefits […]
Making methane from CO2: Carbon capture grows more affordable: Methane made from CO2 and renewable hydrogen offers a new path toward cheaper carbon capture
In their ongoing effort to make carbon capture more affordable, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a method to convert captured carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane, the primary component of natural gas. By streamlining a longstanding process in which CO2 is converted to methane, the researchers’ new method reduces […]
Obamacare Marketplace Sign-ups Pass 2 Million, Likely Pushing Down Uninsured Rate
More than 2 million people have signed up for insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s online marketplaces since Feb. 15, taking advantage of the Biden administration’s extended period for open enrollment that began on that day, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday. That figure means total marketplace enrollment is probably at an […]