The Rich Are Not Entitled to Bankrupt the United States
"Tax Avoidance: $2,200 Billion
That's $2.2 trillion in tax expenditures, tax underpayments, tax havens, and corporate nonpayment. It is estimated that two-thirds of tax breaks accrue to the top quintile of taxpayers."
4/23/15
This Obamacare Poll Is Bad News For Republicans But Great For America (IMAGE)
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/21/this-obamacare-poll-is-bad-news-for-republicans-but-great-for-america-image/
"the trend reveals momentum is gaining as Americans see the benefits of the program in their own lives."
"the trend reveals momentum is gaining as Americans see the benefits of the program in their own lives."
Public Support For Obamacare Grows As Less Than 30 Percent Of Americans Support Repeal
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/21/public-support-obamacare-grows-30-percent-americans-support-repeal.html
"The American people aren’t interested in repealing Obamacare. If Republicans ignore that fact, their obsession with overturning Obamacare could hurt them politically in 2016, as well it should."
"The American people aren’t interested in repealing Obamacare. If Republicans ignore that fact, their obsession with overturning Obamacare could hurt them politically in 2016, as well it should."
4/22/15
Kochs Defeated in Montana: 6 Lessons America Can Learn From This Rural Western State | Alternet
Kochs Defeated in Montana: 6 Lessons America Can Learn From This Rural Western State | Alternet
"Montana is the only state where the Kochs got beaten down like this."
"Montana is the only state where the Kochs got beaten down like this."
Sen. Orrin Hatch cribs from Obamacare, again, for his 'replacement' plan
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/20/1378922/-Sen-Orrin-Hatch-cribs-from-Obamacare-again-for-his-replacement-nbsp-plan
"This "new idea" from Hatch couldn't possibly be a reflection of the fact that the last Reuters-Ipsos poll found that 79 percent of people support the subsidies in Obamacare, could it? Surely that's just a coincidence, as is the fact that Hatch, all on his own, came up with an idea that is essentially identical to the one in the hated Obamacare. This is becoming a pattern."
"This "new idea" from Hatch couldn't possibly be a reflection of the fact that the last Reuters-Ipsos poll found that 79 percent of people support the subsidies in Obamacare, could it? Surely that's just a coincidence, as is the fact that Hatch, all on his own, came up with an idea that is essentially identical to the one in the hated Obamacare. This is becoming a pattern."
Group Of Doctors And Nurses Deliver Flip-Flops To Gov Rick Scott
Group Of Doctors And Nurses Deliver Flip-Flops To Gov Rick Scott
"A group of doctors and nurses in Florida decided to remind the state about Scott's support for the Medicaid expansion before the Koch cabal got involved."
"A group of doctors and nurses in Florida decided to remind the state about Scott's support for the Medicaid expansion before the Koch cabal got involved."
4/20/15
Bernie Sanders Busts The GOP Plan To Take Health Insurance Away From 27 Million Americans
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/20/bernie-sanders-busts-gop-plan-health-insurance-27-million-americans.html
"Republicans are planning on gutting Medicare and throwing 27 million people off of their private insurance in order to pay for tax cuts to the top one-tenth of one percent."
"Republicans are planning on gutting Medicare and throwing 27 million people off of their private insurance in order to pay for tax cuts to the top one-tenth of one percent."
Scott Walker's New Budget Is So Brutal Even Republicans Are Afraid Of It | Alternet
Scott Walker's New Budget Is So Brutal Even Republicans Are Afraid Of It | Alternet
"The governor is proposing massive cuts to programs that are crucial for seniors and the disabled."
"The governor is proposing massive cuts to programs that are crucial for seniors and the disabled."
Marco Rubio’s Florida ‘Market Based’ Anti-Obamacare Program Results In Humiliating Defeat
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/17/marco-rubios-florida-market-based-anti-obamacare-program-results-humiliating-defeat.html
"Marco Rubio’s market-based health care program was supposed to prove that the Republican ideas for health care reform can work. Instead, only 80 people have signed up compared to the 1.6 million Floridians enrolled in the ACA exchange.
Rubio’s plan, which predates the ACA, was designed to put the conservative ideas about healthcare reform into practice. The result has been a multi-million dollar program that nobody wants."
"Marco Rubio’s market-based health care program was supposed to prove that the Republican ideas for health care reform can work. Instead, only 80 people have signed up compared to the 1.6 million Floridians enrolled in the ACA exchange.
Rubio’s plan, which predates the ACA, was designed to put the conservative ideas about healthcare reform into practice. The result has been a multi-million dollar program that nobody wants."
Rick Scott Is Revealing The GOP’s Ultimate Obamacare Hypocrisy
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/04/17/3648207/rick-scott-medicaid/
"Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), one of the staunchest opponents of the health care reform law, refuses to accept federal funds to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which would extend coverage to about 800,000 low-income people in the state. At the same time, however, Scott wants the Obama administration to give him federal funds to help implement a specific Medicaid pilot program. Ultimately, Scott is demanding money from the government that doesn’t appear to be linked to Obamacare — and he’s willing to go to great lengths to get it.
Scott wants the government to give Florida about $1 billion in federal funds for a Medicaid pilot project — called the Low-Income Pool, or LIP — that helps support hospitals that serve low-income and uninsured patients. LIP is a program that was initiated under the Jeb Bush administration to address hospitals’ budget shortfalls from providing too much uncompensated care to uninsured people who can’t pay their bills.
Federal officials are refusing, saying that Scott wouldn’t need LIP funding if he simply expanded the eligibility requirements for the state’s entire Medicaid program. Florida’s LIP program is set to expire at the end of June, and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) don’t want to renew it. Essentially, the pilot program has become obsolete under the Affordable Care Act, and it doesn’t make sense to fund LIP instead of funding Medicaid expansion."
"Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), one of the staunchest opponents of the health care reform law, refuses to accept federal funds to implement Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, which would extend coverage to about 800,000 low-income people in the state. At the same time, however, Scott wants the Obama administration to give him federal funds to help implement a specific Medicaid pilot program. Ultimately, Scott is demanding money from the government that doesn’t appear to be linked to Obamacare — and he’s willing to go to great lengths to get it.
Scott wants the government to give Florida about $1 billion in federal funds for a Medicaid pilot project — called the Low-Income Pool, or LIP — that helps support hospitals that serve low-income and uninsured patients. LIP is a program that was initiated under the Jeb Bush administration to address hospitals’ budget shortfalls from providing too much uncompensated care to uninsured people who can’t pay their bills.
Federal officials are refusing, saying that Scott wouldn’t need LIP funding if he simply expanded the eligibility requirements for the state’s entire Medicaid program. Florida’s LIP program is set to expire at the end of June, and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) don’t want to renew it. Essentially, the pilot program has become obsolete under the Affordable Care Act, and it doesn’t make sense to fund LIP instead of funding Medicaid expansion."
Obamacare rises in Marco Rubio's backyard
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/06/politics/obamacare-enrollments-florida-repubican/index.html?fb_action_ids=10153130088255546&fb_action_types=og.shares
"HHS released its updated list of enrollments by zip code and it turns out the top 15 are in Rubio's backyard - Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In fact, the second highest zip code in the country is 33126, which lies just blocks from the City of West Miami, where Rubio got his political start. That area saw 11,222 people sign-up for the healthcare benefits, in the enrollment period ending in February.
That's roughly 4,000 less than the top Obamacare zip code in the United States, 33012, which is in the heart of Hialeah, a Republican stronghold."
"HHS released its updated list of enrollments by zip code and it turns out the top 15 are in Rubio's backyard - Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In fact, the second highest zip code in the country is 33126, which lies just blocks from the City of West Miami, where Rubio got his political start. That area saw 11,222 people sign-up for the healthcare benefits, in the enrollment period ending in February.
That's roughly 4,000 less than the top Obamacare zip code in the United States, 33012, which is in the heart of Hialeah, a Republican stronghold."
4/16/15
Rick Scott Would Rather Sue Obama Than Expand Medicaid
Rick Scott Would Rather Sue Obama Than Expand Medicaid
"When Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA he was Medicare's biggest fraudster. Is his resistance to the Medicaid expansion ideological, or does he just not see the same potential for skimming profits with it that he does with the now-ended emergency room payment plan?
Whatever the case, he's even managed to rile up some Florida Republican lawmakers on this, who are more interested in getting the budget done than waging another ACA battle when it is becoming more popular and they are not."
"When Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA he was Medicare's biggest fraudster. Is his resistance to the Medicaid expansion ideological, or does he just not see the same potential for skimming profits with it that he does with the now-ended emergency room payment plan?
Whatever the case, he's even managed to rile up some Florida Republican lawmakers on this, who are more interested in getting the budget done than waging another ACA battle when it is becoming more popular and they are not."
4/15/15
Thanks To Obamacare, Nearly 9 In 10 American Adults Now Have Insurance
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/04/13/3646165/obamacare-gallup-nine-ten-insurance/
"However, the gains under Obamacare have been uneven throughout the country. A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the people who live in states where political leaders have resisted health reform — refusing to set up their own marketplaces, expand Medicaid, or help ease the enrollment process — are still struggling to access insurance."
"However, the gains under Obamacare have been uneven throughout the country. A recent study from the Commonwealth Fund suggests that the people who live in states where political leaders have resisted health reform — refusing to set up their own marketplaces, expand Medicaid, or help ease the enrollment process — are still struggling to access insurance."
4/9/15
Florida governor flip-flops on Medicaid expansion, kicks 800,000 people to the curb
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/06/1375956/-Florida-governor-flip-flops-on-Medicaid-expansion-kicks-800-000-people-to-the-nbsp-curb
"When he was running for re-election in 2014, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) cared deeply about the "poorest and weakest" Floridians, and bucked the tea party by supporting Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. But he won in November, so all that concern is history"
"When he was running for re-election in 2014, Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL) cared deeply about the "poorest and weakest" Floridians, and bucked the tea party by supporting Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. But he won in November, so all that concern is history"
4/3/15
McMorris-Rodgers Posts Video Promising To Repeal ACA In Spite Of Constituent Support
McMorris-Rodgers Posts Video Promising To Repeal ACA In Spite Of Constituent Support
"she received almost no negative responses, but just ignored all the positive ones. Because billionaires."
"she received almost no negative responses, but just ignored all the positive ones. Because billionaires."
Fact check: Has Obamacare helped save 50,000 lives? Why yes, it has
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/02/1375090/-Fact-check-Has-Obamacare-helped-save-50-000-lives-Why-yes-it-nbsp-has
"Last December, the administration announced that Obamacare programs to improve hospital safety have resulted in 50,000 fewer preventable deaths since 2010. Because good news on Obamacare travels very slowly, the report didn't get a lot of attention. Not until President Obama included that news in his speech marking the fifth anniversary of Obamacare's signing. That warranted enough attention for the Washington Post's fact checker to get around to fact checking, and it turns out that, yeah, it's true, and in fact, might be actually understated."
"Last December, the administration announced that Obamacare programs to improve hospital safety have resulted in 50,000 fewer preventable deaths since 2010. Because good news on Obamacare travels very slowly, the report didn't get a lot of attention. Not until President Obama included that news in his speech marking the fifth anniversary of Obamacare's signing. That warranted enough attention for the Washington Post's fact checker to get around to fact checking, and it turns out that, yeah, it's true, and in fact, might be actually understated."
GOP Lawmaker Denies 280,000 Healthcare, Then Calls Uninsured Constituent An ‘@sshole’ (VIDEO)
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/02/gop-lawmaker-denies-280000-healthcare-then-calls-uninsured-constituent-an-sshole-video/
"Gardenhire sits on his state’s Commerce Committee, where he and six other Republicans voted not to move forward with Insure Tennessee."
"Gardenhire sits on his state’s Commerce Committee, where he and six other Republicans voted not to move forward with Insure Tennessee."
Thanks To Obamacare, Over 50,000 Lives Were Saved From Preventable Deaths
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/01/thanks-to-obamacare-over-50000-lives-were-saved-from-preventable-deaths/
"How is it that Obamacare managed to save 50,000 people from death? It invested in our hospitals to prevent such things. Under the healthcare law we have something called Partnership for Patients,which allocates approximately $460 million dollars between 3,800 hospitals, and using 27 health engagement networks, work to reduce ten categories they call “patient harms.” Patient harms are anything from drug events to catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
The study showed that, over the course of three years, there we 1.3 million less incidents with patient harms, which saved roughly 50,000 patients who would have died based on the severity of the incident. The Washington Post also reported that, due to the strides made with the Partnerships for Patients, “The upward trajectory suggests tens of thousands in additional patient lives may have been saved since 2013"."
"How is it that Obamacare managed to save 50,000 people from death? It invested in our hospitals to prevent such things. Under the healthcare law we have something called Partnership for Patients,which allocates approximately $460 million dollars between 3,800 hospitals, and using 27 health engagement networks, work to reduce ten categories they call “patient harms.” Patient harms are anything from drug events to catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
The study showed that, over the course of three years, there we 1.3 million less incidents with patient harms, which saved roughly 50,000 patients who would have died based on the severity of the incident. The Washington Post also reported that, due to the strides made with the Partnerships for Patients, “The upward trajectory suggests tens of thousands in additional patient lives may have been saved since 2013"."
This Red State Almost Expanded Health Insurance to 280,000 Poor People -- Then Koch Group Got Involved | Alternet
This Red State Almost Expanded Health Insurance to 280,000 Poor People -- Then Koch Group Got Involved | Alternet
"It should not be surprising that anti-government conservatives backed by the Koch brothers gave torpedoing the plan their all."
"It should not be surprising that anti-government conservatives backed by the Koch brothers gave torpedoing the plan their all."
Four Anti-Obamacare Republican Governors Took $352 Million In Health Care Grants
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/01/anti-obamacare-republican-governors-352-million-health-care-grants.html
"Walker, Perry, Jindal, and Christie all claim that they hate the healthcare law, but that hatred hasn’t stopped them from putting their hands out and taking hundreds of millions of federal dollars."
"Walker, Perry, Jindal, and Christie all claim that they hate the healthcare law, but that hatred hasn’t stopped them from putting their hands out and taking hundreds of millions of federal dollars."
McMorris-Rodgers Pretends Obamacare Isn't Really Obamacare
McMorris-Rodgers Pretends Obamacare Isn't Really Obamacare
"She's voted to repeal this law 52 more times than I've had to visit the doctor since I had health insurance, and her votes have been to repeal the ban on pre-existing conditions provisions and coverage for young people on their parents' policies.
She knows, just like we all know, that the Affordable Care Act is the sum of many parts, and you can't just have the consumer protections without the other parts. She's just too much of a candy-ass coward to admit she doesn't give a damn."
"She's voted to repeal this law 52 more times than I've had to visit the doctor since I had health insurance, and her votes have been to repeal the ban on pre-existing conditions provisions and coverage for young people on their parents' policies.
She knows, just like we all know, that the Affordable Care Act is the sum of many parts, and you can't just have the consumer protections without the other parts. She's just too much of a candy-ass coward to admit she doesn't give a damn."
4/2/15
Doctor Wins State Senate Just To Overturn Law Inspired By His Dead Patient
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/30/doctor-wins-state-senate-just-to-overturn-law-inspired-by-his-dead-patient/
"Rose Church, a 36-year-old registered nurse from Haleyville, gave birth to a healthy baby girl on December 1, 1998. After 36 hours she was released from the hospital only to return around 36 hours later due to sessile bleeding that required four units of blood. She was again discharged only to die approximately 36 hours later of a heart attack, according to the report. Her autopsy revealed that Church had placental tissue still inside her womb, 11 days after she delivered her daughter Logan Rose.
Stutts was her OB/GYN and was named in the wrongful death suit filed by her husband Gene Church. The suit states, among other things, that Rose Church was released from the hospital despite the fact that she “was suffering from placenta accreta and continued to display persistent tachycardia"."
"Rose Church, a 36-year-old registered nurse from Haleyville, gave birth to a healthy baby girl on December 1, 1998. After 36 hours she was released from the hospital only to return around 36 hours later due to sessile bleeding that required four units of blood. She was again discharged only to die approximately 36 hours later of a heart attack, according to the report. Her autopsy revealed that Church had placental tissue still inside her womb, 11 days after she delivered her daughter Logan Rose.
Stutts was her OB/GYN and was named in the wrongful death suit filed by her husband Gene Church. The suit states, among other things, that Rose Church was released from the hospital despite the fact that she “was suffering from placenta accreta and continued to display persistent tachycardia"."
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