More than 8 million Americans keep lower-cost health coverage through the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued this statement today in response to the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in King v. Burwell that upholds the availability of tax credits through[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
AFL-CIO President Trumka Asserts King v. Burwell Decision an Important Victory
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on United States Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell: Today’s decision is an important victory for the millions of people who need financial assistance to make health insurance affordable and for everyone committed to improving America’s health care system.[Read More…]
Nurses: Fight for Healthcare for All Will Continue
Security for Patients, Not Just Healthcare Giants Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. National Nurses United welcomes today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding federal tax subsidies for low and moderate income people required to buy private health insurance, but said nurses will continue to work for more comprehensive reform,[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood: U.S. Supreme Court Protects Affordable Health Care for 6.4 Million People
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)—June 25, 2015. Planned Parenthood released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell today. In a strong 6-3 decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, the Court upheld a key component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that helps make insurance affordable in all 50 states,[Read More…]
State Court Blocks Kansas Law Criminalizing Doctors for Providing Safe, Common Abortion Method
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Earlier today, a state court judge blocked a Kansas law banning the most commonly used method of ending a pregnancy in the second trimester—a law that could force some women to undergo an additional invasive unnecessary medical procedure even against the medical judgment of her physician.[Read More…]
New Lawsuit Challenges Three Tennessee Laws that Threaten to Close Abortion Clinics, Force Women to Delay Care
Texas-style clinic shutdown laws would further devastate abortion access in Tennessee, across the South Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a new lawsuit in federal district court today challenging three unconstitutional Tennessee measures designed to close reproductive health care clinics and make abortion harder to obtain.[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights: U.S. Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act; Ensures Critical Health Benefits for Millions of Americans
In protecting critical tax credits for federal exchanges established under Obamacare, women in 34 states to maintain preventive health coverage Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a significant decision protecting affordable, quality health care benefits for millions across the U.S. under the Affordable Care Act. The[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Proposes Tax on Billionaires to Reduce Wealth Inequality
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to increase estate tax rates on the top three-tenths of one percent of Americans who inherit more than $3.5 million, while eliminating loopholes that have allowed the wealthiest Americans to avoid billions in taxes. Sanders said the legislation was[Read More…]
Aid Efforts for Syrian Refugees Imperiled by ‘Staggering’ $3 Billion Funding Gap — UN
A meal being prepared at the Al-Riad shelter, Aleppo, Syria. Photo: OCHA/Josephine Guerrero GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 June 2015 – Humanitarian and development efforts targeting millions of Syrian refugees are at risk of collapsing due to a severe funding crisis, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) warned today. According to a report released[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Reaction to Supreme Court Decision on Affordable Care Act
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2015. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to news that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in favor of maintaining President Obama’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which is helping millions of Americans find and afford health care coverage. The following[Read More…]
