What We're Reading: Republicans Push for Expanded Exemptions for ACA Penalties
What we're reading, September 13, 2016: GOP bill would exempt people who live in areas with 1 Obamacare plan or none from penalties for not having coverage; hepatitis C drugs threaten to bust prison budgets; and school challenges for children with mental illness.
Republican senators have introduced a bill that exempts additional people from Obamacare penalties for not having health coverage.
Hepatitis C drugs are so expensive, and so many convicted criminals have the disease, that treatment is straining prison budgets across the United States. State and federal prisons are reserving the drugs for the sickest patients, while monitoring the health of other inmates infected with hepatitis C,
School can be a challenge for the 20% of children with a mental illness, who can suffer from anxiety, have difficulty focusing, and exhibit social challenges. Half the time these students drop out of high school because schools don’t meet their needs,
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