Regardless of party affiliation or which party’s candidates voters cast their ballots for on November 6, the big winners in the midterm elections are
Category: ACA/Obamacare
The latest assault on ACA [Obamacare]: DOJ won’t defend it in court
In a dramatic break from a long-standing norm of defending federal laws, Attorney General Jeff Session has announced that the Department of Justice will
Next: Republican Meanness in an Infrastructure Bill
The House has passed a tax bill that is disproportionately kind to the wealthy; the Senate is about to do the same and then
Can you still get health insurance for 2018 via ACA/Obamacare? Yes, you can
Donald Trump’s recent statements and tweets have created confusion and chaos in the health insurance market, just as open enrollment for ACA/Obamacare is about
Signing up for ACA Obamacare? Republican sabotage makes it harder to enroll
This year’s open enrollment period for ACA/Obamacare is from November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017. That is a mere six weeks, compared to
Infographic: How Graham-Cassidy stacks up, in one chart
How does the Graham-Cassidy “repeal and replace” bill compare to current law [aka Obamacare, ACA]? Roll Call has done the hard work of creating
Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise
We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on
John McCain, please spare us
Recently, Senator John McCain of Arizona was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer. John McCain served his country first as a
23 million people with no health insurance: Here’s what that looks like
Republicans in the US Senate are going ahead with “debate” [July 25, 2017] on repealing [and possibly replacing] the Affordable Care Act—a decision that
Here’s one time when Democrats should take the lead from Trump
A common practice in politics is to define your opponents before they define themselves. Usually this results in gross misrepresentation of where the opposition