2017: The year when incompetence saved America

December 20, 2017 Donald Trump, News, republican-party, trumpcare

Close your eyes for a few seconds and remember the despair you felt one year ago, while a Trump presidency was still a looming but unavoidable nightmare.

Donald Trump, a man with no empathy and even less grasp of policy nuances, was the president-elect. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), a man who literally fantasized about cutting health benefits for poor people during his college keg parties, had spent the Obama years rallying his fellow Republican lawmakers around a singularly cruel agend...

Without the Insurance Mandate, Health Care’s Future May Be in Doubt

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

The tax bill headed for passage eliminates the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that most people have insurance. No one is sure what that will do to health care.

Today is the last day to sign up for Obamacare in the US. Here’s how

December 15, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, GOP, healthcare, News, Obama, obamacare, republican-party, Republicans

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Strong Demand for Health Insurance as Deadline Looms

December 13, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, News, Obama, Barack, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), republican-party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Nearly 4.7 million people have signed up for health insurance despite cutbacks in federal efforts to promote enrollment under the Affordable Care Act.

To prevent climate catastrophe, Democrats need to learn a ruthless lesson from Senate GOP

December 7, 2017 climate, News, politics, republican-party

Congressional Republicans, especially GOP senators led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have all but destroyed the possibility of bipartisan deal-making on major issues.

The widely criticized and wildly unpopular GOP tax bill is the inevitable byproduct of that destruction — but the end of a livable climate for America and the world is also inevitable unless Republicans become less ruthless or Democrats become more ruthless.

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The individual mandate is what keeps health insurance affordable under Obamacare

November 15, 2017 "America First", ACA, Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, GOP, health, health insurance, News, obamacare, repeal and replace, republican-party

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With Obamacare Fight Lost, Conservatives Turn to Veterans’ Care

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, Law and Legislation, News, republican-party, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

A conservative veterans group, founded and funded by the Koch brothers, is fighting to allow private health care to compete with Veterans Affairs hospitals.