And Democratic attorneys general are hitting their GOP counterparts with an ad campaign.
Month: July 2019
Delaney says Sanders, Warren “hijacked the good name of Medicare”
2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney joins Margaret Brennan to discuss his campaign, immigration, and health care.
Delaney: Medicare For All proponents have ‘hijacked the good name of Medicare’
Former Rep. John Delaney (D-Md.) on Sunday blasted his fellow Democratic presidential candidates' support of Medicare for All proposals, saying the voters "will reject" them."This is [Sen.] Bernie Sanders's [I-Vt.]...
5 ways Trump is undermining Obamacare without the courts
Obamacare is facing its next big court challenge this week, but regardless of what the judges decide, President Donald Trump has already succeeded in hobbling the landmark health reform law.
Sen. Collins’s declaration as New England moderate challenged in Trump era
The Republican, who likely will seek another term next year, was a hero to liberals when she opposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act but outraged the left by her vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
‘It’s a sexist and racist attack’: Trump’s regulation to weaken home health care unions takes effect
Adarra Benjamin earns $13.48 an hour as a home health worker — a wage that includes a 48-cent-per hour raise thanks to her union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Illinois.
Benjamin, who’s 25 years old and lives in Chicago, also received $1,200 in backpay this year after Illinois agreed to the raises back in 2017. She was one of more than 49,000 employees statewide to receive this long-overdue backpay.
“After becoming a member… I...
Biden says he would bring back ObamaCare’s individual mandate
Former Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview that aired Friday on CNN that he would bring back ObamaCare's individual mandate if he is elected president."Yes, I'd bring back the individual mandate," Biden t...
States that passed ‘heartbeat’ bans spent thousands on abortion test cases after losing in court
Before Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio made headlines for passing extreme near-total abortion bans, Arkansas and North Dakota did the same years prior.
Advocacy groups immediately sued when Arkansas and North Dakota passed so-called heartbeat laws in 2013. By the end of the years-long legal battles, both states spent thousands of dollars defending these bans after losing in federal courts. Altogether, officials told ThinkProgress the states spe...
Would Medicare-for-all mean hospitals for none?
John Delaney's claim is a good case study in how a snappy talking point can stray far from reality, especially when it comes to a complex policy issue such as health care.