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**FILE** Barack Obama (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Health, National, Stacy M. Brown

Researchers Find Obamacare has Significantly Reduced Racial Disparities in Health Care Access

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Former President Barack Obama’s signature piece of legislation has proven to be the gift that keeps giving for Black and brown communities in America.

Eli Lilly has capped the price of insulin at $35. (Wesalius via Wikimedia Commons)

Business, Health, Stacy M. Brown

With Eli Lilly Capping Insulin Prices, Financial Burdens Could Ease for Diabetes Sufferers

by Stacy M. BrownMarch 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri counts among party members pushing for universal health care. (Bill Greenblatt/The St. Louis American)

Health, Stacy M. Brown

Democratic Lawmakers Consider Universal Health Care at Capitol Hill Hearing

by Stacy M. BrownApril 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Courtesy of supremecourt.gov

National, Stacy M. Brown

Supreme Court Rejects Latest Challenge to Obamacare

by Stacy M. BrownJune 17, 2021December 21, 2021

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National, Stacy M. Brown

Supreme Court to Again Determine Fate of Obamacare

by Stacy M. BrownNovember 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Barrett’s Inevitable Confirmation and the Potential Death of Obamacare

by Stacy M. BrownOctober 21, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of DC Health Link

DC Health Link Open Enrollment Extended Through Feb. 5

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 3, 2020December 21, 2021

Health, William J. Ford

ACA Driving Down Racial Disparities in Health Care: Report

by William J. FordJanuary 16, 2020December 21, 2021

Courtesy of DC Health Link

Health, National

D.C. Has Nation’s Second-Lowest Uninsured Rate: Census Bureau

by WI Guest AuthorSeptember 13, 2019December 21, 2021

Jo Saint-George, an attorney and member of the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP, speaks at a Feb. 14 press conference in support of legislation to create a prescription drug affordability board in the state. Vincent DeMarco (left), president of the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative, leads a group of health care organizations and advocates supporting the measure. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Politics, William J. Ford

Md. Board Proposes to Slash Prescription Drug Prices

by William J. FordFebruary 14, 2019October 31, 2020