by Julie Chinitz | May 9, 2017 | Blog
All across the country, citizens at town hall meetings are asking hard questions to the 217 Republicans like New York's John Faso and Elise Stefanik who voted in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut Medicaid. People's Action's Julie Chinitz offers advice...
by Julie Chinitz | Feb 22, 2017 | Blog
In his last five years, my grandfather used Medicaid to cover his nursing-home care. He spent those years in a wheelchair and needed professional help for his most basic needs. Thanks to Medicaid, he got that help. Now House Speaker Paul Ryan and his fellow...
by Julie Chinitz | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog, Health
Bruised in heated town halls in Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and elsewhere, the right wing in Congress now realizes it could pay a steep political price for throwing tens of millions of people off their health care, destabilizing our health care system, and putting...
by Julie Chinitz | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
On January 13, the congressman representing my friend Paola voted to take away her health care. That day, Rep. Dan Newhouse, representing Washington state’s Yakima Valley, joined 226 other Republicans to begin repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Paola is diabetic. Rep....
by Julie Chinitz | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
While Donald Trump is busy appointing corporate lobbyists and white supremacists to key positions on his staff, Congress remains in session. Lawmakers are now working on a budget that could make or break the balance sheet for families. Yet again, the GOP Congress...
