NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears a challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. If successful, the lawsuit would cripple Obama’s prized domestic achievement, a program that has brought the U.S. as close as it has ever come to universal health care. The Affordable Care Act passed Congress in […]
Following the Republican party winning the control of Congress in fall 2014, they’ve already begun trying to dismantle Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as, “Obamacare.” One…
Tomica Young is a Senior Marketing Project Manager for UnitedHealthcare’s Health Exchange Marketplace division. Prior to UnitedHealthcare, she served as Advertising Manager for BellSouth’s Consumer DSL department. She has a M.B.A. in Marketing from Mercer University in Atlanta and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. Young is passionate […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Obama administration will promote health insurance coverage at shopping malls starting on Black Friday and continuing through the busiest shopping days of the holiday season, officials announced Wednesday. They said more than 462,000 people selected a private insurance plan in the first week of 2015 enrollment through the online marketplace HealthCare.gov. […]
There’s good news for Amber Vinson, the Dallas nurse who had been diagnosed with Ebola. Wednesday evening, her family announced that Vinson is apparently free of the deadly Ebola virus. “We are overjoyed to announce that, as of [Tuesday] evening, officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able […]
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Some nurses in Liberia defied calls for a strike on Monday and turned up for work at hospitals amid the worst Ebola outbreak in history. In view of the danger of their work, members of the National Health Workers Association are demanding higher monthly hazard pay. The association has more than […]
Will Downing certainly has come far by grace. The crooner, whose latest release is Euphoria, was diagnosed with polymyositis in 2007 a debilitating chronic inflammatory…
Will Downing certainly has come far by grace. The crooner, whose latest release is Euphoria, was diagnosed with polymyositis in 2007 a debilitating chronic inflammatory disease of the muscles which at one point left him bedridden. “I’ve had my own health struggles in the past but I didn’t let them keep me down,” Downing says. […]
04/02/14 – Rev. Al Sharpton declares today a great day! Listen to find out just how many people President Barack Obama got to sign up for Healthcare. He has a few words for naysayers. What’s next? He tells us what other topics we must continue to fight for. You don’t want to miss this!
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back on track after a stumbling start, President Barack Obama’s heath care overhaul reached a milestone Thursday, with more than 6 million Americans signed up for coverage through new insurance markets. The announcement — four days before open enrollment season ends Monday — fulfills a revised goal set by the Congressional Budget […]
Rev. Al Sharpton urges us not to become too comfortable with the extension of the Affordable Care Act. Listen in for exclusive details on how we can help others in our community get covered.
Georgia pediatrician Dr. Stephanie Kong and her practice Zoe Pediatric believe the battle against childhood obesity can be fought…and won. They believe in awareness and prevention and want parents to be partners in helping their children stay healthy and fit. Although obesity rates have dropped 43% among preschool children in the last decade, according to […]
