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Shelby and Sessions Demand Administration Submit Refugee Report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, December 3, US Senators Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) and Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) joined Congress members Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell demanding that the agency submit a report on Refugee Resettlement which is ten months … Continued
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December 4, 2015

SCOTUS Rules In Favor of Hobby Lobby: Strange Hails Supreme Court Decision as Protecting Religious Liberty

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, June 30 the United States Supreme Court struck down Obamacare rules which stripped employers of their religious freedom not to fund health insurance plans which provides services including abortion drugs and sterilizations that are contrary to their religious beliefs.  Craft supply seller, Hobby Lobby, which is owned … Continued
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June 30, 2014

Strange Joins National Effort Supporting a Broader Religious Exception to Obamacare Mandate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange (R) has joined a national effort by conservative states to convince the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to adopt broader religious exceptions to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that all businesses and non-profit organizations (including religiously affiliated non-profits) … Continued
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March 28, 2013

Obama Administration Sets Rules for Acceptable Health Insurance Plans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which dictates health insurance issuer standards related to the coverage of essential health benefits (EHB) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA better known as Obamacare). The new federal rules are … Continued
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November 21, 2012

HHS Announces that Medicare Advantage Enrollment Is Expected to Increase by 11 Percent

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, the United States Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced in a written statement that enrollment in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program is projected to increase by 11 percent during the next year and that premiums will remain steady. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, “Thanks to the Affordable … Continued
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September 21, 2012

Luther Strange Speaks at Religious Liberty Rally

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday over 300 protestors gathered in Birmingham to demand that President Barack H. Obama rescind his decision to require that all employers must provide employees with free contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, even in violation of their consciences.  The administration is defining the religious exemption … Continued
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June 15, 2012