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Category: ACA/Obamacare

Obamacare-Subsidy-Calculator

Embrace Universality, Reject Means Testing

August 6, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Campaigns, Candidates, Education, Health care, Politics Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders also has a student loan forgiveness proposal; he wants to forgive all of it. That’s it. There are no formulas, no missives full of technocratic language, and no barrier to entry other than having accumulated student loan debt.

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Pre-existing conditions

Big winners in 2018 midterms? Every American with a pre-existing condition

November 10, 2018 Renee Shur 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Health, Health care Leave a comment

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

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ACA

The latest assault on ACA [Obamacare]: DOJ won’t defend it in court

June 8, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Courts, Health care, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

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

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Trump Infrastructure

Next: Republican Meanness in an Infrastructure Bill

December 19, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Budget, Government, Infrastructure, Republican Brain, Trump Leave a comment

The House has passed a tax bill that is disproportionately kind to the wealthy; the Senate is about to do the same and then

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ACA/Obamacare

Can you still get health insurance for 2018 via ACA/Obamacare? Yes, you can

October 18, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Health care, Trump Leave a comment

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

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sabotage

Signing up for ACA Obamacare? Republican sabotage makes it harder to enroll

October 8, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare Leave a comment

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

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graham-cassidy

Infographic: How Graham-Cassidy stacks up, in one chart

September 22, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

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

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Problem Solver Caucus

Dems – Beware of sleepwalking into compromise

August 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Economy, Health care, Politics, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

We can see it now, the smiling faces of more than forty Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives who are working on

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mcCain

John McCain, please spare us

July 26, 2017 Reece Ellis ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

Recently, Senator John McCain of Arizona was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer. John McCain served his country first as a

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23 million

23 million people with no health insurance: Here’s what that looks like

July 25, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Cities, Congress Leave a comment

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

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