Once again, newly elected Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has kept another campaign promise: signing an executive order that ended Matt Bevin’s “work requirements” for Medicaid. For those not in the know, Republican Governor Matt Bevin hated, hated, hated the ACA and the Medicaid expansion
What happens when clinics providing healthcare services to women close? Among other things, American women will needlessly die. That’s the horrifying conclusion from a recent study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology. Designed to gauge the impact of the closures of 100 women’s
Received this e-mail today from Cal Cunningham’s (D. NC) U.S. Senate campaign: Cal Cunningham (D. NC) Team — One of the most common concerns I hear from voters across North Carolina is the issue of health care in America today. Everyone knows that our system
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: We knew Republicans weren’t finished attacking our healthcare,Samuel, but Lindsey Graham just confirmed it for us. That’s right: yesterday, the conservative Senator from South Carolina made a promise
“When I am president, I will work to ensure that all of our kids are treated equally, and protected equally,” Donald Trump declared on July 22, 2016, as he accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president. “Every action I take, I will ask myself: does
Received this e-mail from Theresa Greenfield’s (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: Theresa Greenfield (D. IA) Mitch McConnell and Republicans in Washington — including my opponent, Senator Joni Ernst — have made it their mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), not caring that it
Peope wonder why Joe Biden’s healthcare proposal was met with a “Meh” by some in progressive circles and on Daily Kos. I admit to being one of those who was not impressed. And this was before Biden tipped his hand and made further critical comments
As the 2020 election season heats up, voters’ priorities are coming into sharper focus. As in years past, there is a great divergence in what each party ranks as its top issues. Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center found that Republicans identify terrorism, the
I will vote for Amy McGrath, and I have given her money before. I will support her to the best of my ability. I want to get all that on the record because I’m going to layout what I think is some caution about her
In late May, President Donald Trump shocked many when he rejected the assessments of his own administration and U.S. allies about recent North Korean violations of United Nations resolutions regarding its ballistic missile program. In response to Trump’s support for the “very smart man” in
Received this e-mail from Mark Kelly’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: Mark Kelly (D. AZ) No American deserves to go bankrupt, simply because they cannot afford health care. Unfortunately, the sad truth is that far too many Americans have no health insurance, are underinsured, or
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Marie Newman’s (D. IL-03) campaign: The DCCC is trying to push a progressive candidate out of a primary against one of the worst Democrats in Congress. Can you chip in to Marie Newman's campaign and DFA
Boy, this is rich: Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health
For Republicans, the gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has become an annual ritual in their hyperbolic effort to peel away Jewish Americans who overwhelmingly give their votes to Democrats. But the GOP brought an extra sense of urgency to last week’s 2019
Just as with Trump’s government shutdown, McConnell has decided to go into his shell and wait for Trump to come up with a “replacement” plan for the ACA. Instead, McConnell will act like the snapping turtle he is and just keep attacking Democrats on healthcare.
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1303. Used unofficial communication
Some of the gutless GOP Senators decided to blab to the Washington Post and Politico about the latest meeting they had with the Mad King Trump. The Mad King is feeling GREAT! and wants to fuck over Puerto Rico and take away healthcare from millions.
Give Republicans a victory, and they think they have “political capital” to gut the social safety net. Crooks and Liars has this link to the latest version of the Tigerbeat on the Potomac with regards Trump’s latest efforts to eliminate the ACA. Appears that Trump
Asshole: During a $250 a plate luncheon on March 19th in Natchitoches, Louisiana, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham (R- LA-05) claimed that rising healthcare costs are the result of the economically disadvantaged caring more about “voting for a living instead of working for a living,” according to
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s (D. IL) re-election campaign: For too long, quality, affordable health care could only be accessed by the healthiest and wealthiest Americans. The Affordable Care Act helped level the playing field, but our work isn’t done until health