A Democratic group will spend the fall attacking President Trump and Republican lawmakers for trying to undermine the success of the Affordable Care Act
Month: September 2017
What’s to come on health care reform effort in Congress
Republicans have only until the end of September to pass an Obamacare repeal with a simple majority
Sanders single-payer bill poses dilemma for 2020 Dem hopefuls
Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vt.)'s Medicare for all plan has become a key test for Democrats with 2020 presidential ambitions.Sanders, who energized liberals with his improbable run at the White House last year, is po...
Labor unions are trying to take back politics in the Midwest
On Labor Day — designated a federal holiday in 1894 to honor America’s labor movement — at least eight Democratic candidates will hold rallies in five Midwest cities to tell workers just how far the country has veered from its pro-labor roots.
In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) has helped turn the state red by decimating public-sector unions. In Iowa, Republicans rolled back an increase in the minimum wage in March. Just last week, Illinois’ Republican governor vetoed a...
My Health patient data will be safe despite Medicare breach, GPs say
RACGP has told a Senate inquiry layers of security will help prevent breaches such as the theft of Medicare numbers that were sold on the darknet
The breach of Medicare data that resulted in patient card numbers being sold on the darknet should not have any significant implications for the government rollout of My Health Record, says the peak body for general practitioners
My Health Record will involve patient’s health information being uploaded to an online database.
Continue reading...
Men of sleet: The snowflakes behind Trump’s macho-man act
The fuel in President Donald Trump’s rise to power has many ingredients, but they are all funneled through the same engine: TV and internet chatter.
The racism, xenophobia, and lizard-brain tribalism Trump tapped into over the past two-plus years of campaigning and slipshod attempts at governing find a natural intersection online — where anonymous message board flamewars have reshaped human conversational norms — and on cable TV debate shows. In either venue, what ...
Trump slashes funds for ACA advertising, undermines Obamacare at every turn
The Trump administration is dramatically cutting funding dedicated to advertising and promoting enrollment in Obamacare. The cuts are further evidence that the Trump administration will undermine its least favorite health care law at all costs, despite having no legislation to replace it if it fails.
The administration announced Thursday afternoon that it would be cutting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) advertising budget by 90 percent, from $100 million to $10 million. Additi...
Trump administration takes ACA sabotage…
The Trump administration isn't even being subtle anymore in its efforts to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.
Read more
