In their closing arguments to voters, Democrats are attacking Republicans for trying to roll back popular Obamacare provisions. Republicans are shooting back with a focus on pre-existing conditions.
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Month: October 2018
Trump’s health care claims opposite of GOP goals
President Trump claimed that despite 8 years of trying to repeal Obamacare, the GOP will protect pre-existing conditions while the Democrats won't. Republicans are shifting their rhetoric on health care as polls show the health care law's popularity
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Scott Walker shamelessly lies about protecting pre-existing conditions during Trump rally
During a rally with President Trump on Wednesday night, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) shamelessly lied about his position on pre-existing conditions.
“I want to reinforce it to everyone — we will always cover people like my wife with preexisting medical conditions,” Walker said, referring to his wife Tonette, who has Type 1 diabetes. “Don’t believe the lies. Don’t believe the lies!”
Walker has good reason to pay lip service to prot...
Association of Medicaid Expansion With 1-Year Mortality Among Patients With ESRD
This before-after study examines changes in 1-year mortality among nonelderly patients initiating dialysis in states that did vs did not participate in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act in 2014.
Medicaid Expansion and Mortality Among Patients Initiating Dialysis for Irreversible Kidney Failure
A key provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 provided federal funding for states to expand Medicaid coverage to individuals earning up to 138% of the federal poverty line. Currently, 33 states plus Washington, DC, have elected to expand Medicaid coverage, and others may soon follow suit. Polls suggest that Medicaid expansion is one of the more popular components of the ACA. Among the approximately 20 million individuals in the United States who newly acquired health insurance foll...
Trump’s false claim on health care ignores years-long GOP effort to repeal Obamacare
Polls show voters want candidates to preserve protections for those with preexisting medical conditions. But eight years of health-care repeal efforts are taking their toll on Republicans.
Trump blatantly lies about Republicans’ position on pre-existing conditions
With the midterm elections two weeks away, President Trump is leading Republican candidates in outright lying to constituents. And one of the most popular lies, which Trump tweeted out Wednesday morning, actually tries to convince voters that Republicans hold one of Democrats’ positions on health care — and that Democrats don’t hold it.
Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican.
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Healthcare takes center stage in final sprint to midterms
Voters in traditionally red states are now skirting lawmakers in an effort to keep key parts of Obamacare. Stephanie Ruhle is joined by Politico Chief Economic Correspondent Ben White, Sirius XM Progress Radio Host Mark Thompson, and New York Times
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Trump’s tax cuts aren’t paying for themselves
When Donald Trump signed his landmark tax cut last year, he didn’t mention the deficit or the debt, despite warnings from nearly every forecaster that t...
Trump’s tax cuts aren’t paying for themselves
When Donald Trump signed his landmark tax cut last year, he didn’t mention the deficit or the debt, despite warnings from nearly every forecaster that t...