Tag: Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act Saving Billions for Seniors
Publicizing the success of the Affordable Care Act needs to be a priority of the Obama campaign. Most Americans don’t like the Affordable Care Act, but it’s the specifics that most Americans do like.
Calling Their Bluff
President Obama has expressed support for a bill sponsored by Ron Wyden and Scott Brown that will move up the date at which states can put in their own health care reform ideas.
ACA Repeal Stunt Amendment Fails in Senate Tonight
The GOP brought up their amendment to repeal the ACA on a bill meant to reauthorize the FAA. It failed pretty spectacularly — largely because the GOP amendment didn’t propose a way to *pay* the $1+ trillion cost of repeal.
Forbes Magazine Says the Health Care Act is Actually Working
As Ezra Klein notes this morning, the health care bill is being redebated this morning, not being repealed. Whatever the House does to try to repeal the Act today or tomorrow will definitely die in the Senate, so remember that as you listen to the sound and fury. Sound and fury that is already useless and a waste of tax dollars. And one that doesn’t do anything to create a job, heal the economy or even to reduce the deficit.
Get Your GOP Talking Points Now and Beat the Rush
Via Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars, we get a sneak preview of what at least one influential conservative wants to be a main Republican talking point this fall. While blabbering incoherently talking to Sean Hannity Tuesday night on Hannity’s FOX News show, Newt Gingrich regurgitated the factually untrue and already debunked right-wing myth about […]
Affordable Care Act Survives Its First Challenge
In case you missed it yesterday, the ACA survived the first of what will undoubtedly be many attempts to nip at the edges of its authority. The issue at hand this time was the provision that insurers would be prohibited from denying to coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. The goal and spirit of the law […]
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