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Posts Tagged ‘Obamacare’
May 21st, 2016 - 10:58 pm § in Politics
Oklahoma Republicans panhandle for Obamacare money
Oklahoma’s Republican politicians hate Obamacare almost as much as they hate abortion. But now that their Republican-austerity budget is blowing up in their faces, look who’s begging for Obamacare money: “Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama’s[...]
April 20th, 2016 - 10:39 am § in Misc.
Responding to a Bernie Supporter
Jonathon HRC, who is a fine person and a talented politician…..(SMS responses in bold) 1) OPPOSES universal single payer healthcare. She is in favor of our current system that enshrines the private insurance industry. This is despite every other country in the G7 having a healthcare sy[...]
February 16th, 2016 - 11:58 am § in Misc.
Bernie vs Hillary
The horrid choices on the right make this an almost pleasant topic Some of the Bernie crusaders are taking a page from the Ted Cruz campaign, demonizing their opponent. Aside from feeling the Bern, the main Sandista arguments seem to there is too much animus toward Hillary for her to win b[...]
December 29th, 2015 - 11:42 am § in The Ave Scene
Facebook: More on Group Health
Maralyn Chase 10 hrs · Group Health Members, Awaken! Kaiser is pulling out of the Northeast. There are many Kaiser failures, retreats, sell of affiliates around the county. Texas, North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Ohio, et cetera. Also see the link below for an example. Members should vote “[...]
July 30th, 2015 - 11:20 pm § in Misc.
Medicare Is Born: July 30, 1965
Sixty years ago today, Lyndon Johnson signed the law creating Medicare and Medicaid. He was in In Independence, Missouri, to honor Harry S. Truman. Truman, the heir to FDR, first proposed a national health insurance plan in 1945. The effort failed because conservatives called what is now Medic[...]
July 14th, 2015 - 1:29 pm § in Misc.
The difference between the South and everywhere else
Why I’m Leaving The South by RationalSouthCarolina I’ve come to the painful decision that in order to preserve my life, I must leave the land that I love. I was born in Mississippi, grew up in Virginia, and lived most of my adult life in South Carolina; all beautiful places with amazing [...]
June 25th, 2015 - 9:34 am § in Politics
Scalia flunks first-year law school quiz
“The case hinged on the court’s reading of one line in the Affordable Care Act. Section 1311 of the law says the federal government will give subsidies to eligible consumers who buy insurance from an exchange ‘established by the State.’ The plaintiffs argued that, consequentl[...]
June 25th, 2015 - 9:14 am § in Politics
Republicans respond to Supreme Court upholding Obamacare subsidies
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Why Obamacare IS working
Whatever our future may be, big government healthcare or big corporate healthcare seem to be the only viable choices. United Health Group, the largest health insurer in the U.S. announced lat April that it is pulling out of most states’ Obamacare exchanges. The company said it has lost [...]