4/2/14
4/1/14
The Ryan Budget Is a Broken Record of Failed Trickle-Down Economics
www.americanprogress.org/issues/budget/news/2014/04/01/86873/the-ryan-budget-is-a-broken-record-of-failed-trickle-down-economics/
"As in the past, Rep. Ryan’s budget dramatically slashes the social safety net, including critical programs that support seniors and working families. Similar to previous years, Rep. Ryan repeals the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act and proposes block grants for Medicaid, slashing about $1.5 trillion over 10 years from a critical program that supports low-income families and seniors. He is undermining a cornerstone of our health care system, one that covered more than 67 million peoplein 2012, including 32 million children, 6 million seniors, and 11 million people with disabilities. Such dramatic cuts from Medicaid would also affect states’ ability to provide long-term care to seniors because Medicaid is seniors’ primary payer of long-term care."
"As in the past, Rep. Ryan’s budget dramatically slashes the social safety net, including critical programs that support seniors and working families. Similar to previous years, Rep. Ryan repeals the Medicaid expansion in the Affordable Care Act and proposes block grants for Medicaid, slashing about $1.5 trillion over 10 years from a critical program that supports low-income families and seniors. He is undermining a cornerstone of our health care system, one that covered more than 67 million peoplein 2012, including 32 million children, 6 million seniors, and 11 million people with disabilities. Such dramatic cuts from Medicaid would also affect states’ ability to provide long-term care to seniors because Medicaid is seniors’ primary payer of long-term care."
After 7 Million Americans Sign Up For Obamacare, Fox News Insists ‘No One’ Opposed Some Of Its Provisions
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/01/3421871/obama-fox/
"Moments after President Obama announced that 7.1 million Americans have signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchanges and criticized Republicans for seeking to repeal the law, Fox News host Neil Cavuto jumped in to defend the party — and the most popular parts of Obamacare."
"Moments after President Obama announced that 7.1 million Americans have signed up for coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health care exchanges and criticized Republicans for seeking to repeal the law, Fox News host Neil Cavuto jumped in to defend the party — and the most popular parts of Obamacare."
Obamacare Cuts Kentucky's Uninsured Rate By 40 Percent
www.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obamacare-cuts-kentucky-uninsured-rate-by-40-percent
"Obamacare has cut Kentucky's uninsured population by more than 40 percent, signing up roughly 360,000 residents since enrollment opened up on Oct. 1, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal."
"Obamacare has cut Kentucky's uninsured population by more than 40 percent, signing up roughly 360,000 residents since enrollment opened up on Oct. 1, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal."
PERRspectives: Paul Ryan Aptly Releases GOP Budget on April Fool's Day
PERRspectives: Paul Ryan Aptly Releases GOP Budget on April Fool's Day
"Paul Ryan's vision for America--more debt, a tax cut bonanza for the mega-rich, Medicare rationing and millions more uninsured--is hardly the stuff of Republican talking points for November's midterms."
"Paul Ryan's vision for America--more debt, a tax cut bonanza for the mega-rich, Medicare rationing and millions more uninsured--is hardly the stuff of Republican talking points for November's midterms."
3/31/14
PERRspectives: GOP Always Feared Obamacare's Success, Not Its Failure
PERRspectives: GOP Always Feared Obamacare's Success, Not Its Failure
"With sign-ups for private insurance nearing 7 million on the final days of open enrollment for Obamacare, Republicans are once again trying to unskew the polls. While Wyoming Senator John Barrasso accused the White House of "cooking the books," Ted Cruz (R-TX) pretended the number of uninsured Americans is actually rising.
Sadly, this conservative whimpering doesn't mean the GOP's all-out war on the Affordable Care Act is over. The avalanche of court challenges continues. The 50-plus repeal votes will continue to grow. The conservative misinformation campaign about mythical "death panels" and a bogus "government-takeover of health care" left millions of Americans fearful and confused--the uninsured most of all--about Obamacare. Thanks to the refusal of many Republican-led states to accept the ACA's Medicaid expansion, over 7 million red staters will needlessly remain uninsured--and thousands of them will needless die as a result. Many of the same GOP-dominated states are blocking the work of Obamacare "navigators," despite supporting the same federal outreach program for Medicare for over two decades."
"With sign-ups for private insurance nearing 7 million on the final days of open enrollment for Obamacare, Republicans are once again trying to unskew the polls. While Wyoming Senator John Barrasso accused the White House of "cooking the books," Ted Cruz (R-TX) pretended the number of uninsured Americans is actually rising.
Sadly, this conservative whimpering doesn't mean the GOP's all-out war on the Affordable Care Act is over. The avalanche of court challenges continues. The 50-plus repeal votes will continue to grow. The conservative misinformation campaign about mythical "death panels" and a bogus "government-takeover of health care" left millions of Americans fearful and confused--the uninsured most of all--about Obamacare. Thanks to the refusal of many Republican-led states to accept the ACA's Medicaid expansion, over 7 million red staters will needlessly remain uninsured--and thousands of them will needless die as a result. Many of the same GOP-dominated states are blocking the work of Obamacare "navigators," despite supporting the same federal outreach program for Medicare for over two decades."
I Saved $335.00 A Month On Healthcare Because Of Obamacare
I Saved $335.00 A Month On Healthcare Because Of Obamacare
"Sure, there's still a lot of work to be done to make healthcare in America much more affordable and accessible, but we're off to a good start."
"Sure, there's still a lot of work to be done to make healthcare in America much more affordable and accessible, but we're off to a good start."
PERRspectives: GOP's Obamacare Sabotage Produces Red State Death Toll
PERRspectives: GOP's Obamacare Sabotage Produces Red State Death Toll
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McGrory's North Carolina. It's no wonder Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich got biblical on Buckeye State Republicans to extend Medicaid coverage to 300,000 of their state's residents"
"To put those findings in terms Republicans can understand, up to 3,000 of Rick Perry's Texans will needlessly die each year. Those dead will joined by up to 671 from Scott Walker's Wisconsin, 1,176 in Nathan Deal's Georgia, 2,221 in Rick Scott's Florida and 1,145 in Pat McGrory's North Carolina. It's no wonder Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich got biblical on Buckeye State Republicans to extend Medicaid coverage to 300,000 of their state's residents"
3/30/14
Get plan information in your area
www.healthcare.gov/find-premium-estimates/
Deadline to enroll for coverage this year is March 31
Deadline to enroll for coverage this year is March 31
3/29/14
Fox-Watching Staunch Republican Loves His Obamacare
Fox-Watching Staunch Republican Loves His Obamacare
"He didn't vote for President Obama, but he's still thrilled with his new plan."
"He didn't vote for President Obama, but he's still thrilled with his new plan."
3/27/14
Obamacare Enrollment Tops 6 Million, Meets Projection
Obamacare Enrollment Tops 6 Million, Meets Projection
"I wonder how Republicans will explain to all those millions why they want to take their healthcare away."
"I wonder how Republicans will explain to all those millions why they want to take their healthcare away."
BREAKING: Obamacare Enrollment Tops 6 Million
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/27/3420001/breaking-obamacare-enrollment-tops-six-million/
"With several days left to go before open enrollment ends on March 31, the administration has met its target. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that Obamacare enrollment would hit six million by the end of its enrollment period. Although the CBO initially projected a seven million enrollment figure, that number was revised down after technological issues plagued the insurance marketplaces’ websites this past fall."
"With several days left to go before open enrollment ends on March 31, the administration has met its target. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that Obamacare enrollment would hit six million by the end of its enrollment period. Although the CBO initially projected a seven million enrollment figure, that number was revised down after technological issues plagued the insurance marketplaces’ websites this past fall."
3/25/14
Wisconsin Republican Flip Flops On Mandatory Coverage Of Chemotherapy Pills After Getting Cancer
www.addictinginfo.org/2014/03/25/wisconsin-republican-flip-flops-mandatory-coverage-chemotherapy-pills-getting-cancer/
"But wouldn’t it be nice if Rep. Czaja were just as enthusiastic about other women’s health issues as she is about her own particular one? According to We Are Wisconsin, she is an insurance industry insider who has a history of lobbying against affordable health care for Wisconsinites."
"But wouldn’t it be nice if Rep. Czaja were just as enthusiastic about other women’s health issues as she is about her own particular one? According to We Are Wisconsin, she is an insurance industry insider who has a history of lobbying against affordable health care for Wisconsinites."
Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
Is Rick Scott Guilty of Murder?
"Republicans are hoping that working poor people like Charlene will be so upset that they can't get Obamacare, and won't realize that it was the Republican governors who refused their eligibility, that they'll be angry with Obama and the Democrats and vote Republican in 2014 and 2016.
It's all about politics.
These states are literally playing politics with people's lives, and Charlene is one of the people they've now killed."
"Republicans are hoping that working poor people like Charlene will be so upset that they can't get Obamacare, and won't realize that it was the Republican governors who refused their eligibility, that they'll be angry with Obama and the Democrats and vote Republican in 2014 and 2016.
It's all about politics.
These states are literally playing politics with people's lives, and Charlene is one of the people they've now killed."
America's Underinsured: A State-by-State Look at Health Insurance Affordability Prior to the New Coverage Expansions
www.commonwealthfund.org/Publications/Fund-Reports/2014/Mar/Americas-Underinsured.aspx
"Using newly available data from census surveys, this report provides national and state-level estimates of the number of people and share of the population that were insured but living in households that spent a high share of annual income on medical care in 2011–12. In the analysis, we refer to these people as “underinsured.” However, this group is only one subset of the underinsured."
"Using newly available data from census surveys, this report provides national and state-level estimates of the number of people and share of the population that were insured but living in households that spent a high share of annual income on medical care in 2011–12. In the analysis, we refer to these people as “underinsured.” However, this group is only one subset of the underinsured."
3/22/14
With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams
With Hippocratic Oath, Doctors Pledge Allegiance to Patients, Not Profits | Common Dreams
"The Maine Medical Association recently updated a 2008 poll of their members that asked the question, “When considering the topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored the Medicare-for-all approach. In the updated poll, released last week, that number had risen to 64.3 percent."
"The Maine Medical Association recently updated a 2008 poll of their members that asked the question, “When considering the topic of health care reform, would you prefer to make improvements in the current public/private system (or) a single-payer system, such as a ‘Medicare-for-all’ approach?” In 2008, 52.3 percent favored the Medicare-for-all approach. In the updated poll, released last week, that number had risen to 64.3 percent."
3/20/14
Abby Huntsman Promotes the Wall Street Banksters' Big Lie
Abby Huntsman Promotes the Wall Street Banksters' Big Lie
"People like Pete Peterson think that if they can convince enough people that Social Security is going bankrupt, the government will do crazy things like raise the retirement age or, as George W. Bush tried to do, privatize Social Security altogether.
If the government does go ahead and privatize Social Security, Peterson and his bankster friends will make billions leaching off the retirement savings of working Americans that otherwise would gone to fund Social Security
They want you to think Social Security is going bankrupt so they can skim the top off your retirement account and toss it into the stock of companies owned by friends of theirs.
Abby Huntsman really does seem like a nice person. I just hope she knows who she's shilling for."
"People like Pete Peterson think that if they can convince enough people that Social Security is going bankrupt, the government will do crazy things like raise the retirement age or, as George W. Bush tried to do, privatize Social Security altogether.
If the government does go ahead and privatize Social Security, Peterson and his bankster friends will make billions leaching off the retirement savings of working Americans that otherwise would gone to fund Social Security
They want you to think Social Security is going bankrupt so they can skim the top off your retirement account and toss it into the stock of companies owned by friends of theirs.
Abby Huntsman really does seem like a nice person. I just hope she knows who she's shilling for."
Scott Brown Woos GOP Rep Who Calls Obamacare 'A Lifesaver'
Scott Brown Woos GOP Rep Who Calls Obamacare 'A Lifesaver'
"Brown found that out on Saturday, when he stopped by the home of Herb Richardson, a Republican state representative. Sitting in Richardson's home, Brown called Obamacare a "monstrosity" that members of Congress didn't even bother to read before they passed. At that point, according to the Coos County Democrat, Richardson chimed in to explain that the law had been a "financial lifesaver" for him and his wife."
"Brown found that out on Saturday, when he stopped by the home of Herb Richardson, a Republican state representative. Sitting in Richardson's home, Brown called Obamacare a "monstrosity" that members of Congress didn't even bother to read before they passed. At that point, according to the Coos County Democrat, Richardson chimed in to explain that the law had been a "financial lifesaver" for him and his wife."
3/19/14
Georgia Lawmakers Ignore Pleas From ‘Moral Monday’ Protesters And Block Medicaid Expansion
www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/19/3416632/georgia-medicaid-expansion-rejected/
"On Tuesday evening, the Georgia legislature approved two anti-Obamacare measures that will block state residents’ access to insurance."
"On Tuesday evening, the Georgia legislature approved two anti-Obamacare measures that will block state residents’ access to insurance."
Fox's Bret Baier Lies About Medicaid Gap
Fox's Bret Baier Lies About Medicaid Gap
"Fox's misinformation campaign on the Affordable Care Act continues: Fox Lies About Medicaid Gap It Encouraged"
"Fox's misinformation campaign on the Affordable Care Act continues: Fox Lies About Medicaid Gap It Encouraged"
3/17/14
Wisc. lawmaker blocks cancer treatment bill after insurance lobbyist brother opposes it
www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/17/wisc-lawmaker-blocks-cancer-treatment-bill-after-insurance-lobbyist-brother-opposes-it/
"On Wednesday, the Majority Leader called a phantom committee meeting to prevent votes from being taken on the bill, but he insisted that his lobbyist brother, who opposes the measure on behalf of insurance companies, had nothing to do with the move. If the legislation is not brought up for a vote by Tuesday, it will most likely be considered dead for this session."
"On Wednesday, the Majority Leader called a phantom committee meeting to prevent votes from being taken on the bill, but he insisted that his lobbyist brother, who opposes the measure on behalf of insurance companies, had nothing to do with the move. If the legislation is not brought up for a vote by Tuesday, it will most likely be considered dead for this session."
Koch Brothers Group Abandons Anti-Obamacare Ads After Fact-Checkers Prove Them False
www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/koch-brothers-anti-obamacare-ads-backfire
"The commercials by Americans For Prosperity backfire after being overwhelming panned for falsehoods."
"The commercials by Americans For Prosperity backfire after being overwhelming panned for falsehoods."
3/15/14
MSNBC's New Young GOP Voice, Abby Huntsman, Takes Old False Generational Warfare Line on Social Security
www.alternet.org/media/msnbcs-new-young-gop-voice-abby-huntsman-takes-old-false-generational-warfare-line-social
"A stunning error-riddled tirade from presidential candidate Jon Huntsman's daughter."
"A stunning error-riddled tirade from presidential candidate Jon Huntsman's daughter."
PERRspectives: Republicans Burr, Deal Split on GOP's Emergency Room Plan
PERRspectives: Republicans Burr, Deal Split on GOP's Emergency Room Plan
"Rather than take President Obama's money to run the Peach State's hospitals, Nathan Deal would prefer to leave hundreds of thousands uninsured and put an end to the only health care plan Republicans have consistently supported. (Unsurprisingly, he wants to avoid accountability for his decision by shifting responsibility for the Medicaid rejection to the Georgia state legislature.) In Deal's ideal Georgia, you couldn't just go to the emergency room."
"Rather than take President Obama's money to run the Peach State's hospitals, Nathan Deal would prefer to leave hundreds of thousands uninsured and put an end to the only health care plan Republicans have consistently supported. (Unsurprisingly, he wants to avoid accountability for his decision by shifting responsibility for the Medicaid rejection to the Georgia state legislature.) In Deal's ideal Georgia, you couldn't just go to the emergency room."
3/14/14
GOP Strategist Saves Bundle On ACA Policy, Still Hates It!
GOP Strategist Saves Bundle On ACA Policy, Still Hates It!
"Seriously, at this point it's just a stretch to understand how this guy can criticize something that is saving him at least $1,000 per month and likely more when he looks at what is and isn't covered."
"Seriously, at this point it's just a stretch to understand how this guy can criticize something that is saving him at least $1,000 per month and likely more when he looks at what is and isn't covered."
Watch an expert teach a smug U.S. senator about Canadian healthcare
www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-watch-a-canadian-20140312,0,2995139.story#axzz2vqTnE6RP
"A U.S. politician's I-don't-need-no-stinkin'-facts approach to health policy ran smack into some of those troublesome facts Tuesday at a Senate hearing on single-payer healthcare, as it's practiced in Canada and several other countries."
"A U.S. politician's I-don't-need-no-stinkin'-facts approach to health policy ran smack into some of those troublesome facts Tuesday at a Senate hearing on single-payer healthcare, as it's practiced in Canada and several other countries."
Fox Promised To Follow Up On Obamacare Horror Story -- What About Now That It's A Success Story?
www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/03/11/fox-promised-to-follow-up-on-obamacare-horror-s/198446
"Fox News promised to stay in touch with the cancer patient at the center of one of right-wing activists' favorite Obamacare horror stories. But now that new reports show it is actually an Obamacare success story, as the woman who worried the Affordable Care Act was "unaffordable" will now save approximately $1,000 a year under the new law, will Fox make good on its promise?"
"Fox News promised to stay in touch with the cancer patient at the center of one of right-wing activists' favorite Obamacare horror stories. But now that new reports show it is actually an Obamacare success story, as the woman who worried the Affordable Care Act was "unaffordable" will now save approximately $1,000 a year under the new law, will Fox make good on its promise?"
Fox's Kelly Continues Doom and Gloom on Obamacare Even as Enrollments Surge
Fox's Kelly Continues Doom and Gloom on Obamacare Even as Enrollments Surge
"I'm not sure what positive news would ever make the talking heads over at Faux "news" finally quit beating up on the health care law that their side used to embrace -- or did before the Kenyan, Socialist, Communist, tyrant, mom-jeans-wearing, Marxist President Obama decided to sign what used to be considered Bob Dole, the Heritage Foundation and/or Mitt Romney's Republican health care plan into law."
"I'm not sure what positive news would ever make the talking heads over at Faux "news" finally quit beating up on the health care law that their side used to embrace -- or did before the Kenyan, Socialist, Communist, tyrant, mom-jeans-wearing, Marxist President Obama decided to sign what used to be considered Bob Dole, the Heritage Foundation and/or Mitt Romney's Republican health care plan into law."
3/13/14
Canadian doctor makes anti-Obamacare senator look like a buffoon
Canadian doctor makes anti-Obamacare senator look like a buffoon
"Speaking before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, masterfully showed how to smack down a disingenuous politician’s misleading and misinformed questions with courtesy, intelligence and, well, facts."
"Speaking before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, masterfully showed how to smack down a disingenuous politician’s misleading and misinformed questions with courtesy, intelligence and, well, facts."
Push To Expand Social Security Is On The March
Push To Expand Social Security Is On The March
"The push to increase social security benefits was never mentioned by the beltway media because Conservatives didn't bring it up. See, progressives are not serious to them, but a group that shuts down the government and loses America twenty four billion dollars because of their insanity is truly the awesome."
"The push to increase social security benefits was never mentioned by the beltway media because Conservatives didn't bring it up. See, progressives are not serious to them, but a group that shuts down the government and loses America twenty four billion dollars because of their insanity is truly the awesome."
3/12/14
"Now I Can Sleep at Night": Stories of Finding Health Insurance in the Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces
www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/SleepAtNight/index.html
"The Affordable Care Act was designed, in part, to help prevent people like Doucet from skipping care or going bankrupt if they are unlucky enough to get sick or injured. Under the law, as of October 2013, each state has a health insurance marketplace, operated by the state or the federal government, through which people without affordable employer-sponsored or public coverage can buy a private health plan."
"The Affordable Care Act was designed, in part, to help prevent people like Doucet from skipping care or going bankrupt if they are unlucky enough to get sick or injured. Under the law, as of October 2013, each state has a health insurance marketplace, operated by the state or the federal government, through which people without affordable employer-sponsored or public coverage can buy a private health plan."
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