Month: February 2018

The Trump administration wants to allow states to impose lifetime coverage limits on Medicaid

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The Trump administration is taking aim at Medicaid yet again, specifically with lifetime coverage limits, according to a McClatchy report Monday evening.

Just weeks after unveiling guidance that will allow states to impose Medicaid work requirements, Trump’s Health and Human Services agency is reportedly attempting to limit the number of months adults have access to the safety net program. The cap, if approved, would be the first of its kind in Medicaid’s history.

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West Virginia’s billionaire governor pushes for barriers to welfare and Medicaid

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Months after rejecting a Kentucky-style work requirement for Medicaid in West Virginia, Gov. Jim Justice now seems to be moving in the opposite direction — with assistance from the conservative Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) ally and an affiliate of the Koch-funded State Policy Network.

The apparent switch is nothing new for Justice, who made a leap into politics when he ran for governor of West Virginia as a Democrat ...

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Republican who voted to repeal Obamacare draws challenge from cancer survivor

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An Arkansas state legislator who survived cancer announced Monday that he’s running for Congress, hoping to take down his district’s current Republican representative, who voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Clarke Tucker, a Democrat, told ThinkProgress Monday that his own experience with bladder cancer last year helped him realize just how real the consequences of repealing the ACA would be.

“Thankfully, I had access to great health care, but it ...

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Trump couldn’t be more wrong in his tweet on Britain’s health care protests

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President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday to criticize Britain’s health care system, and in the process, attacked a goal that many other industrialized democracies share: universal coverage.

The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!

— Donal...

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Illinois gubernatorial candidate unleashes hateful ad attacking trans people

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Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R) is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) in the upcoming gubernatorial primary, attacking him from the right. Her campaign’s latest ad, however, does so by taking aim at various groups, including teachers, transgender people, and young feminists.

An actor portraying a mockery of a transgender woman thanks Rauner “for signing legislation that lets me use the girls’ bathroom,” even though the bill referenced on screen ...

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An actual Nazi is poised to be a Republican nominee for Congress

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Arthur Jones — a Holocaust denier, anti-Semite, and white supremacist — is about to become the Republican nominee for a U.S. congressional seat in Illinois.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times,  Jones is the only GOP candidate running in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District, which represents parts of Chicago and it’s outer lying suburbs.

Jones’ campaign website has images of the former head of the American Nazi Party speaking at KKK events ...

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