Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, William Jewell College has extended student support services in order to promote student welfare during this time. Among these resources include expansion of Student Life support, financial aid policies and academic policies. According to an email from the Student Life office, Jewell has taken services for…
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Alternatives to the Affordable Care Act
Immediately after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, President Donald Trump signed his first executive order to begin dismantling the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), colloquially labeled Obamacare. While the order does not officially remove any of the ACA’s provisions, it is a powerful…
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Letter from the Editor: President Obama’s Legacy
While preparing for an editorial in which I’m going to consider President Obama’s legacy, the first thing that came to mind was to go through his policies. This seemed like a fitting place to start, to think about the practical ways in which he used the office of the Presidency…
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Headlines: Healthcare.gov
How the Health Insurance Marketplace at healthcare.gov has fared since its rocky start in October 2013. (Image source: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) Passed by President Obama on March 23, 2011, Healthcare.gov is a provision of the widely talked about Affordable Care Act. At the time it was signed, it was declared…
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