Monthly Archives: January 2020

On Thursday morning, the Trump administration announced that it would take steps to overhaul Medicaid. Named the “Healthy Adult Opportunity,” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma said the new guidance would provide states the option to receive their federal Medicaid funding as a block grant, or a lump sum, to provide coverage …

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For the first time in the U.S., the coronavirus has spread from one person to another, health officials said on Thursday. The 6th diagnosed case in the U.S. was identified as the husband of a Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she returned from the epicenter of an outbreak in China. There …

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The first of two days of question-and-answer sessions got underway Wednesday at President Trump’s impeachment trial, where senators got their first opportunity to participate in the proceedings. Chief Justice John Roberts posed written questions submitted by senators to House impeachment managers and the president’s legal team, with questions alternating between parties.  Most of the questioning …

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can implement its divisive “public charge” rule, which seeks to withhold citizenship from immigrants the government deems likely to rely on public benefits like Medicaid and Section 8 housing. In the 5-4 vote, justices voted to grant the administration its request to stay a lower court …

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