Relatives for US Senator John McCain, 81, the Republican stalwart from Arizona, announced on Friday that he would no longer be receiving treatment for terminal brain cancer. Late Saturday, he succumbed to his illness.
Family and friends had gathered to be near him in his final hours as tributes poured in from both Republicans and Democrats for McCain, who in 2008 was his party’s presidential nominee.
John McCain was an American hero, a man of decenc...
Month: August 2018
Meet the gringo who wants to abolish ICE, establish Medicare For All, and represent Little Havana
MIAMI, FLORIDA —In a strip mall two blocks from Calle Ocho in Little Havana, a gringo is preparing to flip a seat held by a Republican for nearly 30 years.
David Richardson has represented parts of the district since 2012, when he made history by becoming the first elected openly gay member to serve in the state legislature.
In Florida’s Aug. 28th primary, he is running for a seat in the US House currently held by Republican lawmaker Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who is retiring...
Nebraska voters to decide Medicaid expansion on November ballot
Nebraska voters will decide in November whether they want to expand Medicaid to nearly 90,000 individuals.The state's top election official on Friday announced that a campaign to get the issue on the ballot had met...
It’s official: Medicaid expansion will be on the ballot in Nebraska this November
In November, Nebraska residents will get to decide whether or not more people should qualify for public health insurance. Should voters decide to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), roughly 90,000 low-income residents will gain health coverage.
The months-long grassroots campaign to get Medicaid expansion on the November ballot succeeded after activists and volunteers with the Insure the Good Life coalition collected more than 133,000 signatures from the state’...
Republicans who opposed pre-existing condition protections backtrack as midterms near
Ten Republican senators introduced new legislation on Thursday that aims to protect people with pre-existing conditions should an anti-Obamacare lawsuit succeeded in court. But a closer look reveals that the bill doesn’t completely safeguard people’s coverage as current health laws does. Instead, it’s likely an attempt to fend off criticism ahead of the midterm elections.
The new legislation was introduced just two weeks before court hearings begin on the case of ...
Support for Obamacare easily tops support…
There's fresh evidence that the Affordable Care Act is more popular than the Republican Party, the Republican president, and Republican tax breaks.
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Maine supreme court rejects GOP governor’s attempt to slow Medicaid expansion
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) must move forward with Medicaid expansion after the state's highest court denied his request to delay implementation.The ...
Watchdog: Trump administration needs to step up management of Obamacare signups
A report from the Government Accountability Office found problems with consumer counseling and advertising