WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation issued the following news release: In light of the international coronavirus pandemic, National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) urged both state and federal government programs to use every available mechanism to quickly enroll people during the coronavirus pandemic. "Even without a pandemic, a patient's first defense against poor health and financial ruin is good insurance coverage. We hope every uninsured person knows that t more PR

PARIS, France, March 11 -- Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) issued the following news on March 10: One year since the last official White House press briefing, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published on March 11 an analysis of the Trump administration's attempts to strategically restrict press access to the White House. Prior to ending the daily televised press briefing altogether, President Trump held less than half as many as the previous two administrations during thei more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Reps. Vern Buchanan and Abby Finkenauer (D-IA) introduced legislation Monday to permanently reauthorize the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) which serves 379,000 children in Florida. Under current law, the CHIP program needs to be reauthorized every few years, which places its funding in jeopardy and makes it a bargaining chip in legislative negotiations. The Buchanan-Finkenauer bill wo more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * - In Major Crises, Medicaid has been Expanded, Yet Trump Administration is Preventing States from Taking Action * * * U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) called on the Trump Administration to use its existing authority to allow states to temporarily expand coverage and services under Medicaid in an effort to fight the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. In previous national em more PR