New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram BERKELEY, Calif. – The healthcare bill introduced by House Republicans on Monday will cause millions of people to lose their health insurance, experts say. Among the hardest hit will be low-income families, who will be forced to go back to the Emergency Room…

Eagle Pass, Texas native and highly-respected entrepreneur Narciso “Chicho” Rodriguez, Jr., age 66, passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Eagle Pass, Texas, leaving many Eagle Passans mourning for their beloved husband, father, grandfather, high school classmate, business colleague, and friend upon learning of his demise.  Rodriguez was a…

New America Media, News Report, Honora Montano A coalition of medical organizations representing over half of American physicians launched a campaign yesterday to alert policymakers and the public to the dangers climate change presents to public health. “Doctors in every part of our country see that climate change is making…

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017 Longtime Eagle Pass, Texas restaurant known as “Sirloin Stockade” announced that Sunday, March 19, 2017 will be its last day open for business as its owner has decided to close the local favorite eatery and sell the real property to…

New America Media, Question & Answer, Andrew Lam Mai-Khanh Tran, MD, has been a pediatrician in Orange County, Calif. for over 22 years. A member of the Progressive Vietnamese-American Organization (PIVOT) she says she’s “incensed” by GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. She was interviewed by NAM editor…

New America Media, Op-ed, Kevin Prindiville The stakes could not be higher for older adults in 2017, as President Donald Trump promises to unveil his health care plan in March and congressional leaders grapple with how exactly to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the number of…

by Robert Faturechi ProPublica, March 17, 2017, 2:13 p.m. Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office. Tom Price, head…

by Patrick G. Lee ProPublica, March 13, 2017, 12:55 p.m. A NASA scientist heading home to the U.S. said he was detained in January at a Houston airport, where Customs and Border Protection officers pressured him for access to his work phone and its potentially sensitive contents. Last month, CBP…

by Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune March 17, 2017 * Correction appended. Editor’s note: If you’d like an email notice whenever we publish Ross Ramsey’s column, click here. On the same day this week that the state’s Senate Finance Committee voted to limit how quickly property taxes can grow without…

by Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune March 15, 2017 A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to significantly rework how universities in Texas are funded — a move that will save some smaller regional schools from catastrophic cuts but instead spread significant losses more evenly among all the public colleges in…