A new survey from YouGov and The Economist suggests that people who voted for President Donald Trump are living in a very different United States than those who voted for Hillary Clinton.
In a series of questions about the discrimination they perceive different groups to be experiencing, the respondents were far more concerned with the plight of men and Christians than with just about any other group.
The poll surveyed 1,500 U.S. adults this past Sunday through Tuesday, 28 pe...
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McConnell warns Republicans will try to repeal Obamacare again if midterms go well for GOP
With midterm elections fast approaching, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has let it be known that Republicans aren’t done trying to repeal Obamacare.
Calling the GOP’s previous attempt to end the Affordable Care Act “the one disappointment of this Congress from a Republican point of view,” McConnell told Reuters on Wednesday that his party could make another run at President Barack Obama’s signature health care law if Republicans expand th...
Lawmakers’ scores plummet on LGBTQ congressional scorecard
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released its Congressional Scorecard for the 115th Congress — and it’s revealed some shocking drop-offs.
With Republicans in control of both Congress and the White House, lawmakers showed far less concern for the LGBTQ community, voting against their interests and ignoring legislation that would protect them.
Unlike in previous sessions, lawmakers over the past two years didn’t vote on a single bill that would have directl...
Beto O’Rourke asserts ‘man-made climate change is a fact’ in heated Texas Senate debate
Texans finally got a taste of where the state’s Senate hopefuls stand on climate issues on Tuesday night, as Democrat Beto O’Rourke and Republican Ted Cruz presented their wildly different green views during their second-ever debate.
Sparring in San Antonio, the event marked a shift from the pair’s first debate in Dallas last month. With only three weeks left to go before Texans head to the polls, O’Rourke has sharpened his talking points against Cruz as poll...
Ted Cruz once shut down the government over Obamacare. Now, he vows to defend a key part of the law.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — who’s repeatedly voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a replacement and for the widely unpopular GOP health bill — told voters he wants to protect people with pre-existing conditions.
Cruz repeatedly misled Texans about his record and on Medicare for All during a debate with his Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O’Rourke Tuesday night. With polls suggesting protections for people with pre-existing conditions are very popu...
McConnell says the debt is ‘very disturbing.’ Here’s what that means for the social safety net.
The same lawmakers who exploded the federal deficit by gifting millionaires and billionaires a favorable corporate tax bill are now telling the public that the way to fix the deficit is to shred the social safety net.
On Tuesday, after the Treasury Department released figures showing the federal deficit for Fiscal Year 2018 rose 17 percent to reach $779 billion, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was interviewed by Bloomberg. He was asked about the growing debt and deficit....
Trump’s new pick to lead Medicaid ran Maine’s public health department into the ground
The Trump administration is putting the health insurance of millions of Americans in the hands of a former Maine official best known for undermining the public health infrastructure in her state to put low-income families at risk.
Mary Mayhew, Maine’s former health commissioner, was tapped on Monday to run the national Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) programs. Mayhew will now control the $350 billion budget of the two health insurance programs ser...
Here’s a list of every vulnerable House Republican who voted to gut pre-existing conditions coverage
Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are positioning themselves as members of the party that will protect people with pre-existing conditions. But this campaign strategy simply doesn’t match up with their voting record on health care.
“Republicans only will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions,” said President Donald Trump during a campaign rally for Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the truth is Barr voted to weaken p...
Unvaccinated Florida child becomes first death of U.S. flu season
The Florida Department of Health announced Monday that a child who hadn’t received a flu vaccination was the first confirmed fatality of flu season in the United States.
The unidentified child was said to be healthy before testing positive for influenza, according to the state’s Bureau of Epidemiology.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that a shot reduces the likelihood of flu-related illness by 40 to 60 percent. The CDC recommends the ...
Scott Walker vows to protect people with pre-existing conditions. There’s just one problem.
For two straight days, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has pushed the narrative that as long as he’s governor, “people with pre-existing conditions will always be covered.”
Covering pre-existing conditions is personal to me. Plus, it’s the right thing to do: pic.twitter.com/WmbnFNoX2Z
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) October 15, 2018
I will always cover pre-existing conditions, period. My wife is Ty...