I just got health insurance. But before I recently got married, I was a part of the 49-million uninsured citizens living in America and the…

Despite all evidence suggesting that it’s in their best interest to do otherwise, Republicans are stubbornly clinging to the “Effie White” approach to health care:…

By all accounts, Thursday was a momentous and notable day.  The Supreme Court of the United States upheld President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, thereby…

This morning on the steps of the Supreme Court, a crowd politically and racially split as the health care debate itself gathered, and there was…

Civil rights leaders and lawmakers on Thursday applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law, which upheld…

Via: Foxbaltimore.com The state Senate gave final approval to the bill Thursday, sending it to Gov. Martin O’Malley for his signature. The measure builds on legislation passed last year to create the health care exchange, a mandate of federal health care reform. It sets up standards and regulations to run the program. Maryland has about […]

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception. SEE ALSO:  Obama Rejects Money Tied To […]

Though the conditions of confinement have many negative effects on African-Americans, there seems to be at least one positive outcome of imprisonment: better health care. A research study published by Vanderbilt University sociologist Evelyn Patterson in 2010 shows state prisons are having a positive effect on the mortality rates of Black men. The Grio Reports: […]

Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss how Republicans may govern. According to Dr. Chris Metzler, of Georgetown University, Republicans are going to  going to drive a lot of the power down to state government so states will be controlling a lot of the agenda. WATCH: GOP May Drive Responsibility Of Health Care Down […]