http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/12/1391895/-The-high-price-of-being-uninsured-in-for-profit-America
"Most of these hospitals are in red states that didn't take Medicaid expansion and where subsidies for health insurance purchased through Obamacare are jeopardized by the lawsuit the Supreme Court will decide by the end of the month. Which means that a lot of these hospitals are in states that already still have high uninsured rates. Rates that will increase if the Supreme Court rules against the administration and the Republican Congress refuses to act. But hey, that's just more profit to Community Health Systems, which operates 25 of the hospitals on the list, and Hospital Corporation of America, which has 14 of the others. Republicans will say that's just how it works in the world's greatest healthcare system."
6/13/15
Unease growing in red states over Supreme Court Obamacare decision
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/09/1391861/-Unease-growing-in-red-states-over-Supreme-Court-Obamacare-nbsp-decision#
"Gwinnett County, Georgia, is one of those places in deep-red America where there's a growing sense of doom about what the Supreme Court might do in a few weeks to Obamacare, when it decides King v. Burwell. About one in eight residents of the county gets insurance through Obamacare. They got that insurance on the federal exchange, because the state's Republican leadership refused to establish one for the state."
"Gwinnett County, Georgia, is one of those places in deep-red America where there's a growing sense of doom about what the Supreme Court might do in a few weeks to Obamacare, when it decides King v. Burwell. About one in eight residents of the county gets insurance through Obamacare. They got that insurance on the federal exchange, because the state's Republican leadership refused to establish one for the state."
6/12/15
Montana Republican Uses the Story of Noah’s Ark to Justify Why Americans Don’t Need Social Security
Montana Republican Uses the Story of Noah’s Ark to Justify Why Americans Don’t Need Social Security
"Once upon a time these sort of wackos could easily be ignored because nobody was really paying attention to them, let alone electing them to public office. But since the rise of the tea party, these crazy people now have a voice."
"Once upon a time these sort of wackos could easily be ignored because nobody was really paying attention to them, let alone electing them to public office. But since the rise of the tea party, these crazy people now have a voice."
6/11/15
Billionaire Republican to Montana: Old people should be more like Noah and build arks until they die
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/10/1392152/-Billionaire-Republican-to-Montana-Old-people-should-be-more-like-Noah-and-build-arks-until-they-die#
"A billionaire claiming the "concept of retirement is not biblical"? What could possibly go wrong?"
"A billionaire claiming the "concept of retirement is not biblical"? What could possibly go wrong?"
Budget Cuts In Illinois Could Leave Hundreds Of Thousands Without Kidney Dialysis
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/06/05/3666733/medicaid-cuts-will-affect-kidney-dialysis-patients/
"If Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposal to cut Medicaid dollars comes to fruition, kidney dialysis patients in 40 percent of the state’s treatment centers will no longer receive the proper care they often receive."
"If Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposal to cut Medicaid dollars comes to fruition, kidney dialysis patients in 40 percent of the state’s treatment centers will no longer receive the proper care they often receive."
6/10/15
Florida Republicans May Have Just Signed Death Warrants For Almost A Million Of The State’s Working Poor
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/07/floridamedicaidexpansion/
"They have continually denied people the comfort of health insurance in a state with the second highest number of uninsured citizens, but this time they didn’t just hurt the poor, they hurt hospitals too."
"They have continually denied people the comfort of health insurance in a state with the second highest number of uninsured citizens, but this time they didn’t just hurt the poor, they hurt hospitals too."
PERRspectives: The Supreme Irony of King v. Burwell
PERRspectives: The Supreme Irony of King v. Burwell
"But merely tallying up the ranks of the uninsured understates the magnitude of the health care horror story in Red State America. In its 2014 state health care scorecard, the Commonwealth Fund measured performance in providing health care access, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use, equity across income levels, and healthy lives for residents. Again, all of the top 10 performing states voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, 9 of the 10 cellar-dwellers backed Republican Mitt Romney. Texas, which then Governor and 2016 White House hopeful Rick Perry claimed in 2010 had the best health care system in the nation, is ranked a moribund 44th."
"But merely tallying up the ranks of the uninsured understates the magnitude of the health care horror story in Red State America. In its 2014 state health care scorecard, the Commonwealth Fund measured performance in providing health care access, prevention and treatment, avoidable hospital use, equity across income levels, and healthy lives for residents. Again, all of the top 10 performing states voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, 9 of the 10 cellar-dwellers backed Republican Mitt Romney. Texas, which then Governor and 2016 White House hopeful Rick Perry claimed in 2010 had the best health care system in the nation, is ranked a moribund 44th."
The States That Thwarted Obamacare Have Left Poor People In The Dark About The Law
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/06/09/3667713/obamacare-navigators-states/
"Anti-Obamacare politicians have rarely been candid about the fact that, on a practical level, their opposition to the law translates into fewer people getting access to health care. But, when it comes to state-level restrictions on education and enrollment campaigns, there certainly appears to be a correlation. Previous studies have found that patients are less likely to get accurate information about Obamacare in states where the governor opposes the law."
"Anti-Obamacare politicians have rarely been candid about the fact that, on a practical level, their opposition to the law translates into fewer people getting access to health care. But, when it comes to state-level restrictions on education and enrollment campaigns, there certainly appears to be a correlation. Previous studies have found that patients are less likely to get accurate information about Obamacare in states where the governor opposes the law."
6/6/15
Bernie Sanders Lays Into Republicans For Their Attack On Social Security
Bernie Sanders Lays Into Republicans For Their Attack On Social Security
"Unlike the GOP, Sanders actually has a plan to keep it solvent that doesn't involve asking Americans to work until they drop dead."
"Unlike the GOP, Sanders actually has a plan to keep it solvent that doesn't involve asking Americans to work until they drop dead."
Deep red Florida town is epicenter for Obamacare
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/03/1390201/-Deep-red-Florida-town-is-epicenter-for-Obamacare
"Here's a bit of irony—the place in the country that has the most Obamacare enrollees and stands to lose the most if the Supreme Court rules against subsidies is the stomping grounds of two Republican candidates for president. Both of those candidates, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, want to repeal Obamacare."
"Here's a bit of irony—the place in the country that has the most Obamacare enrollees and stands to lose the most if the Supreme Court rules against subsidies is the stomping grounds of two Republican candidates for president. Both of those candidates, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, want to repeal Obamacare."
States stand to lose big in Obamacare case, but the majority of people in them don't know that
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/03/1390149/-States-stand-to-lose-big-in-Obamacare-case-but-the-majority-of-people-in-them-don-t-know-that#
"Texas stands to lose $205,586,498 in tax credits to its citizens with Obamacare policies, if the Supreme Court rules that the law doesn't authorize those subsidies, because Texas uses the federal insurance exchange. That's 832,334 people, by the way, at risk at losing their subsidies in Texas. In Florida, it's $389,407,704 going to a whopping 1,324,516 people. Those two states represent nearly a third of the nation's population that's at risk of losing subsidies, according to new state-by-state analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation."
"Texas stands to lose $205,586,498 in tax credits to its citizens with Obamacare policies, if the Supreme Court rules that the law doesn't authorize those subsidies, because Texas uses the federal insurance exchange. That's 832,334 people, by the way, at risk at losing their subsidies in Texas. In Florida, it's $389,407,704 going to a whopping 1,324,516 people. Those two states represent nearly a third of the nation's population that's at risk of losing subsidies, according to new state-by-state analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation."
Americans In Red States Have The Most To Lose If The Supreme Court Guts Obamacare
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2015/06/03/3665565/red-states-obamacare-subsidies/
"That’s because the people who currently rely on subsidies to help them pay for plans purchased on Obamacare’s federal marketplaces are more highly concentrated in red states"
"That’s because the people who currently rely on subsidies to help them pay for plans purchased on Obamacare’s federal marketplaces are more highly concentrated in red states"
5/29/15
GOP’s diabolical health care scheme: What their Obamacare “fix” is really all about
GOP’s diabolical health care scheme: What their Obamacare “fix” is really all about
"A new paper explains why the Senate GOP's Obamacare "fix" wouldn't fix anything. That's the point."
"A new paper explains why the Senate GOP's Obamacare "fix" wouldn't fix anything. That's the point."
5/27/15
America will die old and broke: The systematic right-wing plot to ransack the middle-class nest egg
America will die old and broke: The systematic right-wing plot to ransack the middle-class nest egg
"Libertarians and conservatives will not rest until they have unmade the last century of progress and the entire New Deal. They will destroy and dismantle, vilify and divide, because it’s easier to make people resent one another than to make society better. They want to not only halt progress, but to turn back the hands of time. It’s not just pensions, but overtime pay, weekends and the forty-hour workweek that are all in danger."
"Libertarians and conservatives will not rest until they have unmade the last century of progress and the entire New Deal. They will destroy and dismantle, vilify and divide, because it’s easier to make people resent one another than to make society better. They want to not only halt progress, but to turn back the hands of time. It’s not just pensions, but overtime pay, weekends and the forty-hour workweek that are all in danger."
5/24/15
More Bad News for GOP: New Survey Shows Americans Really Like Their Obamacare
More Bad News for GOP: New Survey Shows Americans Really Like Their Obamacare
"While Republicans will go on endless rants about all the “horrors” they claim are going to happen as a result of the Affordable Care Act, what they’re really afraid of is what’s actually starting to happen: Americans are realizing that they like it – a lot."
"While Republicans will go on endless rants about all the “horrors” they claim are going to happen as a result of the Affordable Care Act, what they’re really afraid of is what’s actually starting to happen: Americans are realizing that they like it – a lot."
5/20/15
Obamacare is great for family values
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/19/1385923/-Obamacare-is-great-for-family-values
"Based on these findings it appears that Obamacare has allowed many young parents the opportunity to work at part-time jobs so that they could spend more time with their kids. Back in the old days we might have thought this was an outcome that family-values conservatives would have welcomed."
"Based on these findings it appears that Obamacare has allowed many young parents the opportunity to work at part-time jobs so that they could spend more time with their kids. Back in the old days we might have thought this was an outcome that family-values conservatives would have welcomed."
Democrat Busts Republican Scheme to Screw With Medicare To Benefit Corporations
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/19/democrat-calls-republican-plan-put-halt-existing-medicare-plan.html
"During a Health Subcommittee Hearing on Competition in Medicare, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) busted Republicans for trying to elimate competition in a Medicare program to raise prices on consumers to benefit corporations."
"During a Health Subcommittee Hearing on Competition in Medicare, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) busted Republicans for trying to elimate competition in a Medicare program to raise prices on consumers to benefit corporations."
Myth Busting: Medicaid and Low-Income Pool Facts
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/report/2015/05/14/113047/myth-busting-medicaid-and-low-income-pool-facts/
"Lawmakers in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and Kansas continue to play politics with their citizens’ health care by demanding federal funding for the low-income pool while refusing to expand Medicaid."
"Lawmakers in Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and Kansas continue to play politics with their citizens’ health care by demanding federal funding for the low-income pool while refusing to expand Medicaid."
Another Huge Obama Win: 12 Million Have Chosen Private Policies Through Obamacare Exchanges
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/20/huge-obama-win-12-million-chosen-private-policies-obamacare-exchanges.html
"Another day, another Republican fail. Suddenly Republicans aren’t calling it Obamacare so much. But it was Obamacare when they slammed it and it is Obamacare now that they have been thoroughly proven wrong as they trolled the free market solution to our healthcare crisis."
"Another day, another Republican fail. Suddenly Republicans aren’t calling it Obamacare so much. But it was Obamacare when they slammed it and it is Obamacare now that they have been thoroughly proven wrong as they trolled the free market solution to our healthcare crisis."
5/16/15
Rick Scott Caught Red-Handed Lying About Health Care Again While Poor Floridians Suffer
Rick Scott Caught Red-Handed Lying About Health Care Again While Poor Floridians Suffer
"This is a man who was once so incompetent that he signed a bill that essentially banned all computers in his state."
"This is a man who was once so incompetent that he signed a bill that essentially banned all computers in his state."
5/15/15
Fact Bomb Obliterates Republicans: Obamacare Helps 137 Million Americans Save Money
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/14/fact-bomb-obliterates-republicans-obamacare-helps-137-million-americans-save-money.html
"New data released today blew the Republican anti-Obamacare argument to smithereens as 137 million Americans are saving money due to the ACA’s free preventative services.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services:
Nationwide, about 137 million individuals, including 55 million women and 28 million children, have private health insurance that covers recommended preventive services without cost sharing, according to a new ASPE Data Point from the Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Affordable Care Act, most health plans are required to provide coverage for recommended preventive health care services without copays. Increased access to preventive services can reduce and prevent costly chronic diseases and help Americans live healthier lives. These services include but are not limited to:
* Blood pressure screening *Well-baby and well-child visits
* Obesity screening and counseling * Flu vaccination and other immunizations
* Well-woman visits *Tobacco cessation interventions
* Domestic violence screening and counseling * Vision screening for children
* Breastfeeding support and supplies *HIV screening
* FDA-approved contraceptive methods *Depression screening"
"New data released today blew the Republican anti-Obamacare argument to smithereens as 137 million Americans are saving money due to the ACA’s free preventative services.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services:
Nationwide, about 137 million individuals, including 55 million women and 28 million children, have private health insurance that covers recommended preventive services without cost sharing, according to a new ASPE Data Point from the Department of Health and Human Services. Under the Affordable Care Act, most health plans are required to provide coverage for recommended preventive health care services without copays. Increased access to preventive services can reduce and prevent costly chronic diseases and help Americans live healthier lives. These services include but are not limited to:
* Blood pressure screening *Well-baby and well-child visits
* Obesity screening and counseling * Flu vaccination and other immunizations
* Well-woman visits *Tobacco cessation interventions
* Domestic violence screening and counseling * Vision screening for children
* Breastfeeding support and supplies *HIV screening
* FDA-approved contraceptive methods *Depression screening"
Bernie Sanders Schools Foolish Rand Paul For Supporting Elder Abuse And Neglect
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/05/13/bernie-sanders-schools-foolish-rand-paul-supporting-elder-abuse-neglect/
"When you listen to Sanders’ arguments for this program and Paul’s “counter points,” it’s almost comedic how cold-hearted and ideological Paul is. It was like watching a movie with a republican caricature rather than a real person."
"When you listen to Sanders’ arguments for this program and Paul’s “counter points,” it’s almost comedic how cold-hearted and ideological Paul is. It was like watching a movie with a republican caricature rather than a real person."
5/13/15
He Said No To Obamacare -- And Now He's Going Blind
He Said No To Obamacare -- And Now He's Going Blind
"So he's a South Carolina conservative and heavy smoker who hasn't done anything to control his diabetes, and now he's pissed off that he can't get the Obamacare he didn't want. Yes, folks, another example from the Party of Personal Responsibility!"
"So he's a South Carolina conservative and heavy smoker who hasn't done anything to control his diabetes, and now he's pissed off that he can't get the Obamacare he didn't want. Yes, folks, another example from the Party of Personal Responsibility!"
Court Case Shows How Health Insurers Rip Off You And Your Employer
Court Case Shows How Health Insurers Rip Off You And Your Employer
"It turns out that one of the reasons workers have been paying more for their coverage is allegedly a common practice among insurers: charging their employer customers unlawful hidden fees."
"It turns out that one of the reasons workers have been paying more for their coverage is allegedly a common practice among insurers: charging their employer customers unlawful hidden fees."
5/9/15
Florida Governor Rick Scott Now Bragging He Used His Mother’s Death As Political Ruse
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/05/08/florida-governor-rick-scott-now-bragging-he-used-his-mothers-death-as-political-ruse/
"If Floridians who saw Governor Rick Scott’s emotional change of heart about denying health care to millions of people in his state after the death of his mother are wondering why it’s taking so long for him to follow through, the answer is simple: Scott was lying and he knew the Obama administration would buy it if he dragged his dead mother into it.
In a move that would likely make Machiavelli blush, CBS Miami is reporting that Scott is openly flaunting the fact that his “change of heart” was nothing more than a political ruse to trick Obama into giving him more leeway to implement his privatization of health care coverage under the guise of showing interest in expanding Medicaid (currently standing in the way of covering close to one million Floridians).
Using your mother’s death to trick your political enemies into letting you continue preventing people from getting health insurance? In the often cutthroat world of politics, that might just be the coldest power play ever pulled. Certainly, most politicians not currently starring in House of Cards would never brazenly admit to it. But Scott seems to think it makes him look savvy."
"If Floridians who saw Governor Rick Scott’s emotional change of heart about denying health care to millions of people in his state after the death of his mother are wondering why it’s taking so long for him to follow through, the answer is simple: Scott was lying and he knew the Obama administration would buy it if he dragged his dead mother into it.
In a move that would likely make Machiavelli blush, CBS Miami is reporting that Scott is openly flaunting the fact that his “change of heart” was nothing more than a political ruse to trick Obama into giving him more leeway to implement his privatization of health care coverage under the guise of showing interest in expanding Medicaid (currently standing in the way of covering close to one million Floridians).
Using your mother’s death to trick your political enemies into letting you continue preventing people from getting health insurance? In the often cutthroat world of politics, that might just be the coldest power play ever pulled. Certainly, most politicians not currently starring in House of Cards would never brazenly admit to it. But Scott seems to think it makes him look savvy."
FL Gov. Rick Scott Used His Mother's Death To Manipulate Feds On Medicaid
FL Gov. Rick Scott Is A Lying Sack Of Sh*t
"That's a page right out of the Karl Rove playbook, by the way. Just today, he advised Republicans to stop trying to repeal Obamacare until after the 2016 elections. Why should they telegraph their intentions to take health care away from millions who need it, after all?"
"That's a page right out of the Karl Rove playbook, by the way. Just today, he advised Republicans to stop trying to repeal Obamacare until after the 2016 elections. Why should they telegraph their intentions to take health care away from millions who need it, after all?"
Independent Study Finds That Every Republican Prediction About Obamacare Was Wrong
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/07/independent-study-finds-republican-prediction-obamacare-wrong.html
"Wrong on every single fearmongering prediction and claim they made."
"Wrong on every single fearmongering prediction and claim they made."
Boehner and pals: 'Obamacare will destroy the economy,' except it didn't
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/06/1382860/-Boehner-and-pals-Obamacare-will-destroy-the-economy-except-it-didn-t
"You don't get to predict dire economic collapse, then say "the only reason employers are hiring is because the economy is doing well." Well, no sh*t that's why they're hiring. Point is, the economy isn't where you claimed it would be. You were wrong. As usual."
"You don't get to predict dire economic collapse, then say "the only reason employers are hiring is because the economy is doing well." Well, no sh*t that's why they're hiring. Point is, the economy isn't where you claimed it would be. You were wrong. As usual."
Senate Republicans Pass Budget That Throws 27 Million Americans Off Health Insurance
http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/05/senate-republicans-pass-budget-throws-27-million-americans-health-insurance.html
"The Republican passed budget promises big tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires that are paid for by throwing people off of their health insurance and turning Medicare into a voucher system. Today’s vote was a message to millions of people that the billionaire controlled Republicans in Congress are coming for their health care."
"The Republican passed budget promises big tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires that are paid for by throwing people off of their health insurance and turning Medicare into a voucher system. Today’s vote was a message to millions of people that the billionaire controlled Republicans in Congress are coming for their health care."
5/6/15
'Here In Florida, They Let You Die'
'Here In Florida, They Let You Die'
"Scott made his fortune in the healthcare sector, where he once presided over Columbia/HCA, a major for-profit company. He resigned in 1997 after it was investigated for what the Justice Department ultimately deemed the “largest health care fraud case in U.S. history,” which included attempting to falsely bill Medicare. Scott was never charged in the case but was generously compensated after he resigned from the company."
"Scott made his fortune in the healthcare sector, where he once presided over Columbia/HCA, a major for-profit company. He resigned in 1997 after it was investigated for what the Justice Department ultimately deemed the “largest health care fraud case in U.S. history,” which included attempting to falsely bill Medicare. Scott was never charged in the case but was generously compensated after he resigned from the company."
5/1/15
Republicans Are Now Trying To Pass Obamacare Extension To Save Their Own Asses
Republicans Are Now Trying To Pass Obamacare Extension To Save Their Own Asses
"It is astonishing how stupid Republicans treat conservative voters - yet their voters seem to eat it right up. Republicans couldn’t be any more transparent about what they’re trying to do, but conservative voters couldn’t seem to care less. Clearly Republicans know the law is working and they also know millions of Americans are going to finally see just how valuable “Obamacare” has been if the GOP finally gets its way. If they didn’t fear that, and they truly believed this law was one of the worst things to ever happen to this country, Senate Republicans wouldn’t be pathetically trying to pass an extension to the very subsidies they want struck down just to save their political asses in 2016."
"It is astonishing how stupid Republicans treat conservative voters - yet their voters seem to eat it right up. Republicans couldn’t be any more transparent about what they’re trying to do, but conservative voters couldn’t seem to care less. Clearly Republicans know the law is working and they also know millions of Americans are going to finally see just how valuable “Obamacare” has been if the GOP finally gets its way. If they didn’t fear that, and they truly believed this law was one of the worst things to ever happen to this country, Senate Republicans wouldn’t be pathetically trying to pass an extension to the very subsidies they want struck down just to save their political asses in 2016."
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