Why Stacey Abrams talks more about Medicaid expansion than alleging voter suppression.
Month: October 2018
Red state voters look at Medicaid expansion
This midterm year, advocates in four red states are trying to bypass their Republican state legislatures and pass the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion through ballot initiative. Garrett Haake reports.
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The Health 202: Oversight of Trump administration’s Obamacare actions at top of Democratic wish list
That is, if that party wins the House majority in the midterms.
Trump Midterm Report Card: Incomplete and Failing
As midterm elections draw near and President Donald Trump nears the halfway point of his term, he is devoting much of his time to campaign rallies for fellow Republicans — which often serve as rallies for the president himself. At these events, banners and professionally made identical signs are ubiquitous, claiming “Promises made, promises kept.” But in an administration run by a man who has made more than 5,000 demonstrably false claims, really only the first half of that slogan is...
Trump Midterm Report Card: Incomplete and Failing
As midterm elections draw near and President Donald Trump nears the halfway point of his term, he is devoting much of his time to campaign rallies for fellow Republicans — which often serve as rallies for the president himself. At these events, banners and professionally made identical signs are ubiquitous, claiming “Promises made, promises kept.” But in an administration run by a man who has made more than 5,000 demonstrably false claims, really only the first half of that slogan is...
How do rape exceptions for abortion work? They don’t.
Over the past year, Dr. Shanthi Ramesh performed abortions for seven sexual assault survivors and she recalls Medicaid insurance only paying for two.
It didn’t matter that they were all technically eligible for Medicaid — meaning, they were all poor enough to receive public health insurance — or that a doctor, in her professional opinion, believed they were raped. She says four of the seven women did not report their assaults to local law enforcement and, so, insurance ...
How do rape exceptions for abortion work? They don’t.
Over the past year, Dr. Shanthi Ramesh performed abortions for seven sexual assault survivors and she recalls Medicaid insurance only paying for two.
It didn’t matter that they were all technically eligible for Medicaid — meaning, they were all poor enough to receive public health insurance — or that a doctor, in her professional opinion, believed they were raped. She says four of the seven women did not report their assaults to local law enforcement and, so, insurance ...
‘They’re all lying’: GOP claims to support ACA
With new polling showing that Obamacare scores higher than the 2017 GOP tax plan, Republicans running for office are making sure to tell the public they don’t want to take away coverage for pre-existing conditions. There’s just one problem.
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Georgia gubernatorial candidates draw contrasts but little fire in first debate
Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp tangled over voting rights, Medicaid expansion and personal finances.
Watch Trump and Cruz get demolished in Obamacare lie
Ari Melber fact-checks Republican messaging on healthcare ahead of the midterm elections, breaking down how 91% of Americans now have health insurance and support for Obamacare is surging, prompting Republicans to change their messaging political...
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