theGrio

Back to the Top

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Home
  • Entertainment
    • Music
    • The Dish
  • Health
    • Ask Dr. Ty
    • Black Men’s Health
    • Black Women and Breast Cancer
    • Back to School Health
  • Living
    • Travel and Leisure
    • Living Forward
    • Books
  • Politics
    • Perry on Politics
  • Sports
  • News
    • Good News
  • Opinion

Health Care

President Barack Obama (R) is greeted by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie upon arriving in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on October 31, 2012 to visit areas hardest hit by the unprecedented cyclone Sandy. Americans sifted through the wreckage of superstorm Sandy on Wednesday as millions remained without power. The storm carved a trail of devastation across New York City and New Jersey, killing dozens of people in several states, swamping miles of coastline, and throwing the tied-up White House race into disarray just days before the vote. (Getty Images/AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad)

Christie agrees to expand Medicaid in NJ

Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Gov. Chris Christie says New Jersey will join a growing list of states expanding Medicaid to more low-income people...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Cecilia Rutherford joins a group of protesters outside Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., after a nurse filed a complaint against the hospital claiming it had agreed to a man's request that no African-American nurses care for his newborn. The case involving a white swastika-tattooed Michigan father and a black nurse at the hospital highlights one of medicine’s “open secrets” _ allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. The nurse is now suing the hospital, claiming it bowed to his illegal demands. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Lauren Justice, File)

Some patients reject nurses of different race

Jeff Karoub, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - It's been called one of medicine's 'open secrets'— allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to reporters outside prior to the debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University on October 22, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida to expand Medicaid under Obamacare

Gary Fineout and Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Rick Scott announced plans Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett speaks with Penn State student leaders behind him during a press conference at the Nittany Lion Inn, November 11, 2011 in State College, Pennsylvania. Corbett has said he supports the Penn State Board of Trustees decision to fire former football head coach Joe Paterno. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

How Republicans could deny millions health care

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the states where Republican governors have already declared they will not accept the new funding...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ohio GOP governor backs federal Medicaid expansion

Ann Sanner, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's Republican governor announced Monday he will push for expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law, a move that would give many more poor people access to government care...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer smiles as she gives her State of the State address at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Jan Brewer opts for federal Medicaid expansion

Bob Christie, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state's Medicaid program under the federal health care law...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
tg_cnbc_121228

theGrio and CNBC Market Update

Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - Besides analyzing the details of the fiscal cliff deal, investors closely watched the jobs report last week. In December the unemployment rate...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
President Barack Obama (R) signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Marcelas Owens looks on during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obamacare saves consumers $1.5 billion

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - 'Obamacare', President Barack Obama's controversial health care reform law, has already saved consumers over $1 billion according to a new study from the Commonwealth Fund...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
President Barack Obama (R) signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Marcelas Owens looks on during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Report: Obamacare a good deal for states

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new report says states can receive more than $9 in federal money for every dollar they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
Obamacare

Welcome to Obamacare Nation

theGrio
theGRIO REPORT - After two years of intense effort to eliminate or least weaken President Obama's health care law, Republicans at least for now are accepting it's here to stay...
Read More | Leave CommentComments (-)
  • Page 2 of 23
  • <
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • ...
  • 23
  • >
  • Learn about our User Panel

    Read More
  • See What Your Friends Are Reading

  • More from theGrio

Main menu

Skip to primary content
Skip to secondary content
  • Politics
  • Living
  • Video
  • Inspire
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with TheGrio
  • About
©2013 NBCUniversal
Powered by WordPress.com VIP