Ryan Warns Medicare Is Going Bankrupt

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says Medicare will go bankrupt by 2028 and insists that reforms are needed now.

Pelosi Warns Republicans: Keep Hands Off Medicare

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is drawing a line in the sand.

What Comprehensive Immigration Reform Means for Affordable Care Act

By Jude Joffe-Block, KJZZ News, for Fronteras PLAY AUDIO PHOENIX – About 48 million Americans lack medical insurance. That’s poised to change next year when expanded Medicaid and federal tax credits for insurance become available under the Affordable Care Act. But there’s a huge group left out:  the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally […]

State Senate Finance Committee Briefed on Healthcare Programs

AUSTIN – Texas budget writers got a briefing on the state’s health care programs Wednesday. Many of the biggest questions focused on how the state can reduce fraud, and what to do about ever increasing health care costs.