by Joel Foster | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog
Medicare Advantage plans are private insurance plans in Medicare that have become increasingly popular for enrollees largely due to aggressive marketing. Currently, about half the Medicare population–30 million people–are covered by private Medicare Advantage plans,...
by Joel Foster | Feb 11, 2023 | Blog, Federal Budget and Tax Policy, Health Care for All, Lower Drug Prices Now
In his second State of the Union Address, President Biden outlined the accomplishments of the last two years and called on Congress to “finish the job,” demonstrating his continued commitment to increasing access to affordable health care, stopping corporate...
by Joel Foster | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog, Health Care for All, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
February is Black History Month and though progress on achieving meaningful racial equity is slow, there is still a lot to celebrate even as we chart a course toward more improvements. In the last year, we’ve seen an increasing number of Black leaders in both parties...
by Joel Foster | Jan 20, 2023 | Blog, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
2023 marks the first year in half a century that women in the United States do not have the Constitutional right to access abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark January 22, 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade made abortion legal under the Fourteenth Amendment as a...
by Joel Foster | Dec 20, 2022 | Blog, Federal Budget and Tax Policy, Health Care for All, Lower Drug Prices Now
In 2022, President Biden and Congressional Democrats delivered on their promises by continuing to expand access to quality, affordable healthcare, and by making historic improvements to Medicare prescription drug coverage that will both lower prices and reduce...
by Joel Foster | Dec 8, 2022 | Blog, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs’ decision, Virginia Organizing, an HCANEF partner in Virginia, has been bringing people together to protect abortion access in the Commonwealth. Immediately following the June 24th decision, the State Governing Board of Virginia...
