Thanks To Obamacare, Oregon Cut Its Unsinsured Population By 10 Percent Over The Past Two Weeks

Thanks To Obamacare, Oregon Cut Its Unsinsured Population By 10 Percent Over The Past Two Weeks: 56,000 new people have signed up for Oregon's Medicaid program so far this month. Most of them wouldn't be eligible for coverage without Obamacare.

The Shutdown May Be Over, But It’s Still Hurting Public Health

The Shutdown May Be Over, But It’s Still Hurting Public Health:
"The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) will need to start up their influenza monitoring program again, and they’ll need to scramble to make up for lost time as flu season intensifies. The CDC is also behind when it comes to monitoring and analyzing a recent outbreak of salmonella that’s started to display signs of antibiotic resistance."

Rick Perry Is Actually Encouraging Texans To Enroll In Obamacare

Rick Perry Is Actually Encouraging Texans To Enroll In Obamacare: Texas is shuttering a state-based health care program and pushing Texans to sign-up for coverage in Obamacare's health care exchange.

Health Care Hypocrisy | Common Dreams

Health Care Hypocrisy | Common Dreams
"While going to extremes to keep millions of Americans from getting vitally needed health coverage, Cruz repeatedly refused to answer whether taxpayers covered his health care. Finally, he piously responded that he was eligible for taxpayer coverage, but had nobly declined.
Such slapstick! It turns out that Ted was fibbing, for he’s covered by his wife’s policy. As a millionaire top executive at Goldman Sachs, she and her family are given gold-plated Cadillac coverage by the Wall Street giant. Goldman pays some $40,000 a year for her and Ted’s policy — a benefit-cost that the firm passes on to us taxpayers by deducting it from its corporate tax bill. Hilarious, huh?"

A Simple Reform Could Save America From Wall Street and Boost the Economy: What’s Washington Waiting For? | Alternet

A Simple Reform Could Save America From Wall Street and Boost the Economy: What’s Washington Waiting For? | Alternet
"Financiers have been getting a free ride for too long. Let's make them pay their share instead of robbing seniors."

Backfire! GOP Hostage-Taking Boosts Obamacare's Popularity | Alternet

Backfire! GOP Hostage-Taking Boosts Obamacare's Popularity | Alternet
'The GOP-led federal government shutdown over Obamacare has dramatically backfired on Republicans. Nearly two-thirds of active voters, the largest share yet, support the health insurance reform law and want it to work, new nationwide polling has found."

The Government Shutdown Has Cost The Economy $24 Billion

The Government Shutdown Has Cost The Economy $24 Billion:
"Standard & Poor’s calculates that the shutdown that has so far lasted just over two weeks has taken $24 billion out of the economy, shaving at least 0.6 percent off of GDP in the fourth quarter."

Misunderestimating Who They Are: They Like To Destroy Things

Misunderestimating Who They Are: They Like To Destroy Things
"If you listen to right-wing radio, watch FOX News and read their online media and take it seriously (because they do) then you would know that many on the right don’t want to live in a country that has Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, the minimum wage, Food Stamps, immigration, public schools, infant nutrition programs and the rest of the things government does to make our lives better. Andthey don't want anyone else to live in a country that has those things, either.

They are willing to destroy the village to keep the village from having those things. If you don't "get that" before entering into negotiations, you're at risk of making a terrible mistake -- like the sequester."

Paul Ryan's Peddling a 'Shock Doctrine' Cure | Common Dreams

Paul Ryan's Peddling a 'Shock Doctrine' Cure | Common Dreams
"If you are looking for certainties in American politics, count on this one: If a crisis of governing develops, the advocates for cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will arrive with a plan to resolve the standoff by balancing budgets on the backs of America’s most vulnerable citizens.
Cue Paul Ryan.
The House Budget Committee chairman, a Republican from Janesville, has for the better part of a decade been the most determined advocate on Capitol Hill for the Wall Street agenda that says earned-benefit programs should be reshaped as investment vehicles and voucher schemes that will benefit brokers and the health insurance industry."

STUDY: Steadfast GOP Refusal To Expand Medicaid Leaves 5 Million Poor Americans Without Health Care

STUDY: Steadfast GOP Refusal To Expand Medicaid Leaves 5 Million Poor Americans Without Health Care: Without Medicaid expansion, many Americans earning less than $11,500 per year won't get any assistance to purchase health care.

What Obamacare Means to Me: The Difference Between Bankruptcy and Having a Life Again | Alternet

What Obamacare Means to Me: The Difference Between Bankruptcy and Having a Life Again | Alternet
"We lived under the illusion that we were adequately covered by our health insurance plan ... until my wife got sick."

Fox Would Prefer Millennials Go Without Health Insurance To Sabotage Obamacare (VIDEO)

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"Proof that Fox doesn’t just promote misinformation about Obamacare but is willing to put its viewers well-being in jeopardy in order to destroy it."

A Mom's Message To John Boehner And Ted Cruz

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Republicans: While we're at it, let's just throw Social Security into the ransom note

www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/10/1246063/-Republicans-While-we-re-at-it-lets-just-throw-Social-Security-into-the-ransom-note
"Republicans seem intent on alienating the last group of voters that is hanging with them: old white people. First consider Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) adding Medicare to their shutdown and debt ceiling ransom note. Then add to that the demand of 50 House Republicans in a letter written by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI) that House Speaker John Boehner include slashing Social Security in the hostage taking."

GOP Governor May Expand Medicaid By Executive Order After Facing Opposition From His Own Party

GOP Governor May Expand Medicaid By Executive Order After Facing Opposition From His Own Party: “We continue to explore all our options and just want to get this done," said a spokesman for Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R).

GOP Governor To Congressional Republicans: Stop Trying To Defund Obamacare

GOP Governor To Congressional Republicans: Stop Trying To Defund Obamacare: Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) says Arizona stands to lose money as a result of the GOP's demands.

91-year old WWII vet schools Republicans on the difference between their shutdown and 'epic battles'

www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/10/1245927/-91-year-old-WWII-vet-schools-Republicans-on-the-difference-between-their-shutdown-and-epic-battles
"The ad, brought to you by VoteVets.org, will be running on national cable stations starting today."

Paul Ryan adds Medicare and Medicaid to the ransom note

www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/09/1245723/-Paul-Ryan-adds-Medicare-and-Medicaid-to-the-ransom-note
"So far from taking Obamacare off the table, Ryan says he was expanding the playing field to include Medicare and Medicaid as well"

The GOP's Entitlement Reform Bait And Switch

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GOP Sticks To Obamacare Scare Tactics

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Ginni Thomas and Her Groundswell Gang Planned ACA Hostage Scenario

Ginni Thomas and Her Groundswell Gang Planned ACA Hostage Scenario
"This post is revealing in so many ways. It's not just about the Affordable Care Act anymore, but about Medicare and Social Security, which are the real targets of their hostage-taking."

MAP: How GOP Governors Resisting Obamacare Are Denying Coverage To The Poorest Americans

MAP: How GOP Governors Resisting Obamacare Are Denying Coverage To The Poorest Americans: In states that aren't expanding Medicaid under Obamacare, the vast majority of the uninsured won't receive any public assistance to help them get covered.

Dear WWII Vets, Forget About the Monument, They Are Gunning for Your Social Security

Dear WWII Vets, Forget About the Monument, They Are Gunning for Your Social Security
"As the government shutdown marches on and the dangerously real deadline of the federal debt limit approaches, it is increasingly clear that the fight over "Obamacare" is merely an opening salvo. The real goal of the hostage takers is a "Grand Bargain" on the budget that would include cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

This has been the long-term agenda for debt crisis-monger Pete Peterson and government haters David and Charles Koch for many decades."

Starting Today, Maine Residents Can Officially Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs From Other Countries

Starting Today, Maine Residents Can Officially Import Cheaper Prescription Drugs From Other Countries: The first-of-its-kind law is drawing criticism from the pharmaceutical industry, which will challenge it in court.

Support For Obamacare Seen In High Demand

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Obamacare Is Right-Wing Proxy For Social Security and Medicare

Obamacare Is Right-Wing Proxy For Social Security and Medicare
"Despite all the sound and fury about Obamacare, here's the truth: It's not the prime target of the right. The real targets are Medicare and Social Security, as Rep. Barton admits in the video above when he says he wants "real reforms in entitlements"."

15 Myths The Media Should Ignore During Obamacare Implementation

www.mediamatters.org/research/2013/10/01/15-myths-the-media-should-ignore-during-obamaca/196181
"Right-wing media have consistently hyped several myths about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the lead up to open enrollment for state-based exchanges. As media outlets report on implementation of the health care law, they should be aware of these false claims, including zombie myths that the law includes "death panels" and that Congress is "exempt" from the law."

Republicans Continue Obamacare Assault

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Nevada Residents Are Calling Their Obamacare Hotline In Tears, Desperate For Health Coverage

Nevada Residents Are Calling Their Obamacare Hotline In Tears, Desperate For Health Coverage: The employees helping Nevada residents sign up for Obamacare say that uninsured people are calling them in tears, asking if they can get their coverage today and see a doctor this afternoon.

How A Rand Paul Republican From Alabama Learned To Love Obamacare

How A Rand Paul Republican From Alabama Learned To Love Obamacare: Joshua Pittman doesn't believe that Obamacare is perfect, but says Republicans in Congress should stop trying to repeal the law and give it a chance to work.

Despite Website Glitches, These People Have Successfully Enrolled In Obamacare Coverage

Despite Website Glitches, These People Have Successfully Enrolled In Obamacare Coverage: Technological issues didn't prevent everyone from signing up for Obamacare so far this week.

PERRspectives: Kentucky's Success Makes a Mockery of GOP Obamacare Foes

PERRspectives: Kentucky's Success Makes a Mockery of GOP Obamacare Foes
Meanwhile in Republican-dominated states like Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and more, the GOP has manufactured a "coverage gap" ensuring that millions of their residents will needlessly be left without health insurance next year. But as Governor Steve Beshear shows, it doesn't need to be this way. As Mark A. Rothstein, a professor of law and medicine at the University of Louisville put it:

"If the law can go in Kentucky, it can go anywhere."

Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000

Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000: But after doing a little research, Matthews eventually realized how much the law could help him. And on Tuesday, his local Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) provider confirmed that he would be able to buy a far better plan than his current policy while saving at least $13,000 per year through Arkansas’ Obamacare marketplace.

Market Place Exchanges Roll Out

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Health Insurance Marketplace, Affordable Care Act

www.healthcare.gov/
No matter what state you live in, you'll be able to use the Marketplace to apply for coverage, compare your options, and enroll. Now Open

Affordable Health Care's Long Time Coming

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Obamacare Rolls Out-Gliches And All

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