National Black Church Initiative Launches Get on Board the ACA Train
Thousands of Churches Pledge Congregant Support for Enrollment Black Christian News Network One Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches...
View ArticleFinal Push to Get Blacks Signed Up for Health Insurance
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent (photo credit: This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)) WASHINGTON (NNPA)...
View ArticleChildren’s Health Insurance Coverage on the Verge of Being Cut
By Kimetha Hill Contributing Writer Last Thursday morning, New America Media hosted an urgent telebriefing to discuss changes regarding the future of children’s healthcare in the United States. With...
View ArticleCommunitywide Team Effort in Making San Diego a Healthier Place for All
By Nick Macchione Director – County Health & Human Services Agency With the deadline looming to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), organizations certified to assist...
View ArticleCalFresh Recipients Automatically Enrolled in Medi-Cal
By Kimetha Hill Contributing Writer In California almost 730,000 children are uninsured. And about two thirds of those children are eligible right now for existing insurance. The CalFresh “Express Lane...
View ArticleNational Black Church Initiative Launches Get on Board the ACA Train
Thousands of Churches Pledge Congregant Support for Enrollment Black Christian News Network One Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches...
View ArticleFinal Push to Get Blacks Signed Up for Health Insurance
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent (photo credit: This photo of part of the HealthCare.gov website is photographed in Washington, on Nov. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)) WASHINGTON (NNPA)...
View ArticleChildren’s Health Insurance Coverage on the Verge of Being Cut
By Kimetha Hill Contributing Writer Last Thursday morning, New America Media hosted an urgent telebriefing to discuss changes regarding the future of children’s healthcare in the United States. With...
View ArticleCommunitywide Team Effort in Making San Diego a Healthier Place for All
By Nick Macchione Director – County Health & Human Services Agency With the deadline looming to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), organizations certified to assist...
View ArticleCalFresh Recipients Automatically Enrolled in Medi-Cal
By Kimetha Hill Contributing Writer In California almost 730,000 children are uninsured. And about two thirds of those children are eligible right now for existing insurance. The CalFresh “Express Lane...
View ArticleAmid a Surge in Enrollment Last Week, Covered California Extends Enrollment...
By Covered California Covered California is still open for business and making sure consumers can have a health plan in place on January 1, 2020 With tens of thousands of people enrolling late last...
View ArticleSupreme Court Scheduled to Hear Arguments That Will Determine the Fate of the...
At least 20 Million Could Lose Coverage Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” is on the line, and so is health...
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake for California if Obamacare is Overturned, Explained
By Ana B. Ibarra California has wholeheartedly embraced the Affordable Care Act — it advertises it, it invests in it, it protects it. It even goes to court for it. That’s because the Golden State has a...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Joe Biden Announces Key Members of Health Team
WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden announced key nominations and appointments of his health team, including Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon...
View ArticleNew Administration’s Biggest Challenge: Biden Launches Head-On Attack Against...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A Senate impeachment trial, the aftermath of a deadly insurrection, racial tension boiling, and a myriad of foreign policy and other...
View ArticleSenate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden promised help was on the way to an America still battered by COVID-19, and after a marathon session of debate known as...
View ArticlePresident Biden Poised to Sign $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden eagerly awaits the final version of the American Rescue Plan, and is expected to sign the legislation into law by the...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: What’s the Senate Filibuster and Why Change It?
BY Lisa Mascaro, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) _ It’s not that different from the movies. President Joe Biden said the Senate should operate like it did in the “old days,” with...
View ArticleNearly 11 percent of Black Older Adults Lack Health Insurance
Study shows Nongroup Health Insurance was Unaffordable for Nearly Half of Adults Aged 50-64 in 2019 NNPA Newswire A new analysis from AARP’s Public Policy Institute finds that nearly half of older...
View ArticleAfter Enrollment Deadline, Some Californians Can Still Save on Health Insurance
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media May 15 was the deadline for Californians to sign up for health insurance coverage. But people who already have health insurance through Covered California will...
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