by Joshua Ferrer | Jul 17, 2015 | Health
Alaska’s Republican-turned-Independent Governor Bill Walker unilaterally moved today to accept federal funds for a Medicaid expansion. Alaska will become the 31st state, plus the District of Columbia, to accept money made available from the Affordable Care Act to...
by Robert Reich | Jul 6, 2015 | Blog, Health
The Supreme Court’s recent blessing of Obamacare has precipitated a rush among the nation’s biggest health insurers to consolidate into two or three behemoths. The result will be good for their shareholders and executives, but bad for the rest of us – who will pay...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 30, 2015 | Blog, Health
The Supreme Court last week ensured that millions of Americans retained their health insurance. Those who kept their coverage sighed with relief. Democrats cheered. Republicans reacted with vitriol and recrimination. Even the GOP dissenters on the Supreme Court...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Now that the Supreme Court has one again upheld the Affordable Care Act, it’s time for Republican governors to stop denying coverage to millions and expand their Medicaid programs. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision upholding federal subsidies in the Affordable Care Act...
by Diane Archer | May 18, 2015 | Health, Trade
New disturbing information has surfaced that the House Republicans' trade adjustment assistance bill, which supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, contains a Medicare poison pill. The bill includes $700 million in Medicare cuts at the end of a...
by Diane Archer | Apr 15, 2015 | Health
In late March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill with bipartisan support that would again raise Medicare premiums for people with Medicare with higher incomes. The Senate has also passed the legislation, and President Obama has said he will sign it....
