WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  With the release of official enrollment figures for the federal marketplaces one week out, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry today shared more details on the work by doctors, nurses, childcare providers and education workers to inform their communities about the law: “SEIU’s doctors and nurses, librarians[Read More…]

Funding supports new primary care sites in 236 communities to serve more than 1.25 million additional patients Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 7, 2013.  The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced $150 million in awards under the Affordable Care Act to support 236 new health center sites across[Read More…]

Dallas, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2013 – 5:36 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Edna.  Give Edna a big round of applause.  (Applause.)  Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. And let me just make some special mention of some people in addition to Edna who are here.  First of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. By Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services  Over these past three and a half years, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with everyday people in every part of our country who have been waiting years for the opportunity to get covered by affordable health[Read More…]

Asks who is accountable for spending $400 million of taxpayer money for a failed website, can we save the next $100 million WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013.  During a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing regarding the failed Obamacare health insurance exchanges, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) demanded that the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2013 – 5:58 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  (Applause.)  Hey!  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  Have a seat.  Have a seat.  Hey!  (Applause.)  It is good to see you.  And thank you to — give Leslie a big round of applause for the wonderful introduction.  (Applause.)  Leslie[Read More…]

MENLO PARK, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2013—The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced a new consumer web portal to help people living with HIV navigate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Specifically designed to address the needs of people with HIV, the Obamacare & You portal, funded by Gilead Sciences, Inc., is presented as[Read More…]

Washington D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2013. According to a new issue brief released yesterday by the Center for American Progress, any delay in the individual mandate to purchase health coverage under the Affordable Care Act would undermine the success of state-based exchanges and harm millions of Americans, resulting in significantly more uninsured[Read More…]

Boston, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2013 – 3:50 P.M. EDT GOVERNOR PATRICK:  How are you?  Good afternoon, everybody.  (Applause.)  How’s Red Sox Nation this afternoon?  (Applause.) Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, fellow citizens, I have the high honor of introducing to you the President of the United States.  (Applause.)  But, of[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2013 – 6:43 p.m. EST. A new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows that nearly half (46 percent) of single young adults who are uninsured and may be eligible for coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace could get coverage for[Read More…]