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Former Patients Wary As Republicans Tout Risk Pools In New Health Plan

By Durrie Bouscaren - St. Louis Public Radio • Jun 5, 2017
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Nine years ago, Missouri resident Barb Fleming had built a small business selling tableware and wedding gifts. But that career nearly came crashing down around her when her doctor found a lump in her breast in 2008.

Obamacare Repeal Could Reverse Progress on HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention

By Emily Forman • May 24, 2017
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/prep/

The Affordable Care Act did a lot to expand HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention for people at highest risk for the disease. Many gay men and other men who have sex with men gained health insurance and new infections went down. The estimated number of annual HIV infections in the United States declined 18 percent among gay and bisexual men between 2008 and 2014, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Republicans Race The Clock On Health Care — But The Calendar Is Not Helping

By Julie Rovner - Kaiser Health News • May 22, 2017
Kaiser Health News

Back in January, Republicans boasted they would deliver a “repeal and replace” bill for the Affordable Care Act to President Donald Trump’s desk by the end of the month.

In the interim, that bravado has faded as their efforts stalled and they found out how complicated undoing a major law can be. With summer just around the corner, and most of official Washington swept up in scandals surrounding Trump, the health overhaul delays are starting to back up the rest of the 2018 agenda.

Mental Health Organizations Speak Out Against GOP Health Bill

By Sarah Fentem • May 4, 2017
U.S. House of Representatives / house.gov

More than 400 mental health and addiction treatment organizations across the country have spoken up against the most recent version of the revised Republican healthcare bill, which cleared the U.S. House Thursday afternoon.  

Clock Is Ticking On GOP Bill: 5 Ways Health Care Tug-Of-War May Play Out

By Julie Rovner - Kaiser Health News • May 4, 2017
Architect of the Capitol / https://www.aoc.gov/capitol-buildings/national-statuary-hall

The House may pass its bill to repeal and replace parts of the Affordable Care Act. But Republicans’ pathway to fulfilling their seven-year effort to undo the federal health law is getting narrower by the day.

GOP Health Bill Could Expose People With Pre-Existing Conditions to 'Whims' of State Legislatures

By Bram Sable-Smith • May 3, 2017
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When 2-year-old Ryan Lennon Fines was born on Christmas day 2014, his mouth wasn’t connected to his stomach, a condition known as esophageal atresia. After three months in a NICU in St. Louis the family flew to Boston, where Ryan had surgery.

President Trump Promotes Revised Version Of GOP Health Care Bill

By Alison Kodjak - NPR News • May 2, 2017

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Medical Bills Once Made Him Refinance The Farm. Could It Happen Again?

By Bram Sable-Smith • Mar 16, 2017
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  Darvin Bentlage says his health insurance plan used to be the same as all the other cattle farmers in Barton County, Mo.: Stay healthy until he turned 65, then get on Medicare. But when he turned 50, things did not go according to plan.