美国国家公共电台 NPR Veterans Helped By Obamacare Worry About Republican Repeal Efforts

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As Republican senators take some extra days to consider a health care bill, they may consider this. The measure, which has been delayed because of a lack of votes, takes money out of Medicaid, often described as the health progra

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now we report on the big effect that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act would have on hospitals. Exactly what effect depends on whether and how Congress makes good on a promise to replace the law. Here's what is known - the cu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Senate Republicans Alter Health Care Bill To Avoid 'Death Spiral'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Congressional forecasters say a Senate bill that aims to repeal and replace Obamacare would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026. That's only slightly fewer than a House version that passed last month. That forecast com

美国国家公共电台 NPR Public Clinics Fear Federal Cuts To Planned Parenthood Would Strand Patients

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a provision in the Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that blocks Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid dollars for at least a year. Opponents of abortion rights say public funds for serv

美国国家公共电台 NPR Repeal Of Health Law Could Force Tough Decisions For Arizona Republicans

DAVID GREENE, HOST: States are already preparing for changes that might come if the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act passes. That replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, is still working its way through Congress. An

美国国家公共电台 NPR Obamacare Helped The Homeless, Who Now Worry About Coverage Repeal

DAVID GREENE, HOST: We do not know yet if Obamacare will be replaced. As NPR's Pam Fessler reports, one community facing uncertainty are the homeless. PAM FESSLER, BYLINE: Joseph Funn was homeless for almost 20 years, and his body took quite a beatin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Republican Health Care Proposal Would Cover Fewer Low-Income Families

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: More than a month ago, the president said he nearly had a plan to replace Obamacare. He told The Washington Post it was down to the, quote, final strokes on insurance for everybody. One month later, in yesterday's press conferenc

美国国家公共电台 NPR Texas Wants To Set Its Own Rules For Federal Family Planning Funds

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The state of Texas excluded Planned Parenthood in 2011 from its women's health program. That meant foregoing millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money. More than 80 women's health clinics, most of them not Planned Parenthood,

美国国家公共电台 NPR White House Proposes Deep Cuts To Safety Nets With 'Taxpayer First' Budget Plan

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration has been dogged by controversy for the past few weeks, but now, even as the president is traveling overseas, his administration is proceeding with the business of government. It's presenting the 2018 budg

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fearing Deportation, Some Immigrants Opt Out Of Health Benefits For Their Kids

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To Texas now where the shock waves from President Trump's zero tolerance border policy reach beyond the crisis around reuniting thousands of children with their parents. U.S.-born children whose parents are here in the U.S. w

VOA双语新闻：美国越来越多的人有偿照顾自家老人

Millions of Americans are looking after an older family member. A survey a few years ago put the value of family care-giving at $375 billion a year. And while care-giving has traditionally been something family members do for their elders, a growing