Sargento Foods, Inc., announced over the weekend that certain packages of its Ultra Thin Sliced Longhorn Colby and Chef Blends Shredded Nacho & Taco Cheese must be recalled “due to a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.” Listeriosis is a serious infection that’s usually caused by eating contaminated food and can be particularly dangerous for pregnant […]
Category: Health
House Passes Bill To Eliminate Federal Abortion Funding Forever
The House passed legislation on Tuesday that would permanently codify existing law banning the use of federal funds for abortion services. Lawmakers approved the measure largely along party lines, with three Democrats joining Republicans in the 238-183 vote.The legislation, written by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), would also permanently prohibit the District of Columbia from using its […]
Water To Be Too Expensive For 33% Of Americans With In 5 Years
Researchers at Michigan State University predict this figure will rise by $49 over the next five years. And if it does, water may become unaffordable for one-third of American households, according to a study, published recently in PLOS ONE, that maps the U.S. areas due to be hit hardest based on local incomes. “The project […]
Medicare To Be Controlled By Individual States
Republicans plan to turn control of Medicaid over to the states as part of their replacement for the Affordable Care Act, according to an adviser to President Donald Trump. “Those who are closest to the people in need will be administering it,” Conway said in the interview, which was recorded the Thursday and Sunday. “You […]
Maximize Your Medicare
As of October 2016, there were more than 57 million enrollees in Medicare, roughly 18% of the U.S. population. The program will spend a projected $700 billion on benefit payments in 2017. Clearly, Medicare is a big deal, and if you’re not greatly benefiting from it now, you probably will in the future. So take some […]
Medicare For All?
Donald Trump may have a stealth health plan that would be a surprise to millions: It’s called ” Medicare for All. (MFA)” He’s not uttered these words and his party hasn’t either – and isn’t likely to champion. The GOP has long sought the destruction of the Affordable Care Act and privatization of Medicare and […]
National Retailer Amazon Will Take Food Stamps
SAN FRANCISCO — This summer, Amazon will begin accepting food stamps to pay for online grocery orders as part of a pilot program along with six other companies. The two-year program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture could help alleviate what are known as food deserts, areas where residents have little access to fresh food and groceries, while […]
Another 18 Million To Lose Healthcare
At least 18 million people would lose health insurance in the first year if Republicans move ahead with plans to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement plan, estimates a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The number of people without insurance would grow to about 32 million within the first […]
Repeal Of Obamacare Nightmare For Mental Health Care
Senate Republicans are already working to repeal the Affordable Care Act ― a move that could be devastating for those with mental illness. Eliminating the ACA would strip health insurance from an estimated 20 million Americans, including coverage for services that help some of the one in five Americans with a mental health condition. Most health plans […]
Trump Pressuring Congress For Quick Repeal Of Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump said he’s finishing a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with a proposal that would provide “insurance for everybody,” according to a report by The Washington Post. Trump added that he does not plan to cut benefits for Medicare and that he does not want a single-payer healthcare system. His plan […]
Trump Promises Insurance For Everybody
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump said this weekend that he was nearly ready to unveil a plan to replace President Obama’s Affordable Care Act with “insurance for everybody.” Mr. Trump, in an interview Saturday evening with The Washington Post, said that health care offered under his plan would come “in a much simplified form […]
GOP Struggling To Replace Obama Care
A key reason the Republican Party is having such a hard time with the replacement part of “repeal and replace” is that Obamacare is virtually the same privatized mandate plan it pushed for since President Richard Nixon first proposed the National Health Strategy in 1971 then again in 1974. Then the GOP revived its privatized […]