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<title><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19746.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar]]></description><category domain="19746">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Biden Picks Xavier Becerra To Lead HHS, COVID Response]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/07/biden_picks_xavier_becerra_to_lead_hhs_covid_response_144796.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President-elect Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary, putting a defender of the Affordable Care Act in a leading role to oversee his administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s coronavirus response.
Separately, Biden picked a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump: 'We Can't Have the Cure Be Worse Than the Problem']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/24/trump_we_cant_have_the_cure_be_worse_than_the_problem_142750.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' As'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' cases of coronavirus rise, President Donald Trump said that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and claimed, without evidence, that continued closures could result in more deaths than the pandemic itself.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs Executive Order on Medicare, Blasts 'Medicare for All']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/04/trump_signs_executive_order_on_medicare_blasts_medicare_for_all_141420.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Democrats of an all-out attempt to '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'totally obliterate Medicare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and portrayed himself as the program'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s defender as he signed a directive to expand the program'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s private insurance options.
Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood Leaves Federal Family Planning Program]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/20/planned_parenthood_leaves_federal_family_planning_program_141054.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Planned Parenthood said Monday it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.
Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s acting president...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP, Dems Offer Compromise to Reduce Drug Costs for Seniors]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/24/gop_dems_offer_compromise_to_reduce_drug_costs_for_seniors_140855.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Two veteran senators '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a Republican and a Democrat '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' unveiled compromise legislation Tuesday to reduce prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare recipients, while saving money for federal and state health care programs serving seniors and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Show of Hands on Immigrant Health Care Belies a Thorny Issue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/03/show_of_hands_on_immigrant_health_care_belies_a_thorny_issue_140703.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In one unanimous show of hands,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democratic presidential candidates'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' moved to the mainstream the idea of full health insurance for people who don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t have legal permission to be in the United States.
But turning that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' debate night'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' moment into reality would...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Executive Order Aims to Disclose 'Real' Costs for Health Care]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/24/trump_executive_order_aims_to_disclose_real_costs_for_health_care_140635.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common tests and procedures to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' keep costs down'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' .
The idea is to give patients practical information that they can use to help save money....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Expands Health Accounts Aimed at Small Firms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/06/14/white_house_expands_health_accounts_aimed_at_small_firms_140568.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration is expanding options for employers to use special accounts to help workers buy their own health insurance, upgrade job-based coverage, or choose low-cost plans with limited benefits, officials said Thursday.
The tax-free individual accounts...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[TV Pitches for Prescription Drugs Will Have to Include Price]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/09/tv_pitches_for_prescription_drugs_will_have_to_include_price_140287.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' TV pitches for prescription drugs will soon include the price, giving consumers more information upfront as they make medication choices at a time when new drugs can carry anxiety-inducing prices.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Defends Health Workers' Right to Object to Abortions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/05/04/trump_defends_health_workers_right_to_object_to_abortions_140249.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Advancing his anti-abortion agenda, President Donald Trump moved Thursday to protect health care workers who object to procedures like abortion on moral or religious grounds.
Trump chose the National Day of Prayer to announce the new regulation.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Just today we...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Battle With 'Obamacare' Moves to the Courts]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/01/trumps_battle_with_obamacare_moves_to_the_courts_139921.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Obamacare.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a big win for his re-election campaign.
Two federal judges in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Sets Up Obstacles to Abortion Referrals by Taxpayer-Funded Clinics]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/23/trump_sets_up_obstacles_to_abortion_referrals_by_taxpayer-funded_clinics_139560.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals. The new policy is certain to be challenged in court.
The final rule released Friday by the Health...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Federal Judge Rules Health Care Overhaul Unconstitutional]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/15/federal_judge_rules_health_care_overhaul_unconstitutional_138938.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A conservative federal judge in Texas has ruled the Affordable Care Act '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'invalid'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' on the eve of the sign-up deadline for next year. But with appeals certain, even the Trump White House said the law will remain in place for now.
In a 55-page opinion, U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Announces Plan to Lower 'Unfair' Prescription Drug Prices]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/26/trump_announces_plan_to_lower_unfair_prescription_drug_prices__138470.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs, saying it would stop unfair practices that force Americans to pay much more than people in other countries for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Health Chief Says Overdose Deaths Beginning to Level Off]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/24/us_health_chief_says_overdose_deaths_beginning_to_level_off_138444.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s too soon to declare victory.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We are so far from the end of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Short-Term Health Plan Options Are Cheaper But Cover Less]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/08/02/trumps_short-term_health_plan_options_are_cheaper_but_cover_less_137700.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Consumers will have more options to buy cheaper, short-term health insurance under a new Trump administration rule, but there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no guarantee the plans will cover pre-existing conditions or provide benefits like coverage of prescription drugs.
Administration...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Thrusts Abortion Fight Into Crucial Midterm Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/19/trump_thrusts_abortion_fight_into_crucial_midterm_elections_137075.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration acted Friday to bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, energizing its conservative political base ahead of crucial midterm elections while setting the stage for new legal battles.
The Health and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Pushes Low-Cost Obamacare Alternative Health Plans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/22/trump_pushes_low-cost_obamacare_alternative_health_plans_136342.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Trump administration Tuesday spelled out a plan to lower the cost of health insurance: give consumers the option of buying less coverage in exchange for reduced premiums.
The proposed regulations would expand an alternative to the comprehensive medical plans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Tells March for Life: 'We Are With You All the Way']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/20/trump_tells_march_for_life_we_are_with_you_all_the_way_136055.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump on Friday delivered new support to the anti-abortion movement he once opposed, telling thousands of activists demonstrating in the annual March for Life, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We are with you all the way.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
In an address broadcast from the White House...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Major Shift as Trump Opens Way for Medicaid Work Requirement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/11/major_shift_as_trump_opens_way_for_medicaid_work_requirement_135985.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In a major policy shift that could affect millions of low-income people, the Trump administration said Thursday it is offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements on Medicaid recipients.
Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[On Health Care, Democrats Are Shifting to Offense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/01/08/on_health_care_democrats_are_shifting_to_offense_135947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democrats are shifting to offense on health care, emboldened by successes in defending the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Affordable Care Act. They say their ultimate goal is a government guarantee of affordable coverage for all.
With Republicans unable to agree on a vision for health care, Democrats are debating...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Bill Guts Unpopular Obamacare Insurance Mandate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/16/tax_bill_guts_unpopular_obamacare_insurance_mandate_135817.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t get their wish to repeal former President Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s health care law, but the tax bill barreling toward a final vote in Congress guts its most unpopular provision, the requirement that virtually all Americans carry health...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Price Says He's Reimbursing Costs for His Private Flights]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/29/price_says_hes_reimbursing_costs_for_his_private_flights_135137.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Fighting to keep his job, health secretary Tom Price says he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll write a personal check to reimburse taxpayers for his travel on charter flights taken on government business and pledged to fly commercial '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no exceptions.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
The repayment '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell Seeks Votes to Help Push Health Care Bill Through Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/24/mitch_mcconnell_seeks_votes_to_help_push_health_care_bill_through_senate_134281.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Facing Pushback, GOP Leaders Advance Health Care Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/08/facing_pushback_gop_leaders_advance_health_care_bill_133282.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Over the strong objections of key conservatives and Democrats, House Republican leaders are forging ahead with a health care plan that scraps major parts of the Obama-era overhaul.
The House Ways and Means Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee will convene...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Coalition Will Push Back on Repeal of Obama Health Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/09/new_coalition_will_push_back_on_repeal_of_obama_health_law_132529.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of the 2010 health care law will launch a political coalition Friday to block its repeal. They're targeting Republican lawmakers whose constituents may now be at risk of losing health insurance.
The initial goal is to stop Congress from repealing the law...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Behind Health Law's &quot;Growing Pains&quot;: More Serious Problems?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/09/15/behind_health_laws_growing_pains_more_serious_problems_131802.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama told insurers this week his health care overhaul has had some growing pains. But with premiums rising and marquee insurers bailing, could the real diagnosis be "failure to thrive?"
The medical term refers to when patients, often youngsters but...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Worries: Largest Texas Insurer Asks Big Price Hike]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/06/01/obamacare_worries_largest_texas_health_insurer_asks_big_price_hike_130739.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fresh problems for "Obamacare": The largest health insurer in Texas wants to raise its rates on individual policies by an average of nearly 60 percent, a new sign that President Barack Obama's overhaul hasn't solved the problem of price spikes.
Texas isn't alone....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Significant Premium Hikes Expected Under Obama Health Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/04/28/significant_premium_hikes_expected_under_obama_health_law_130423.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama's health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the political conventions this summer.
Insurers say the law's coverage has been a financial...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders Health Plan Would Be Far More Generous Than Medicare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/21/sanders_health_plan_would_be_far_more_generous_than_medicare_129396.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders calls his plan for a government-run health care system "Medicare for all." But it's not.
With full coverage for long-term care, most dental work included, no deductibles and zero copays, the Sanders plan is far more...]]></description>
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