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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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Could political expediency stop the repeal of ACA? Maybe.

November 30, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Congress Leave a comment

Republicans say they’re going to repeal the Affordable Care Act [ACA] as soon as possible. Is there anything that can stop them? Maybe there

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Hillary Clinton speaks up for mental health care equality

September 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Health, Health care, Hillary Clinton 3 comments

Hillary Clinton has just released a plan would treat mental health care with the same priority as physical health care. It’s a well-thought-out, comprehensive

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Some wins for Obama are better than others

July 1, 2015 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Civil liberties, Courts, Democracy, Employment, Gender issues, Health care, Justice, Military, Obama, Violence Leave a comment

June 2015 was a remarkable month for President Obama. In particular. the last week of the month was a real “winner” for the president.

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He didn’t buy Obamacare. Now he’s sick, and mad at…Obamacare.

May 13, 2015 Steve Sorkin ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

Luis Lang, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was making quite a comfortable living, and chose not to buy health insurance, because he had always

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More health insurers offer “Obamacare” plans, shifting the political landscape

October 6, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Business, Corporations, Health care, Politics One comment

Good news for health-insurance shoppers, bad news for Obamacare haters. For the 2015 enrollment period [which begins on November 15, 2014], healthcare shoppers will

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“I’m a Republican…and Obamacare is the best health care I’ve ever had.”

March 31, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

In February, Mark D. Beardon, a retired psychologist living in Monroe, North Carolina wrote a letter to President Obama, letting him know how the

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Why insurance companies will undermine the Affordable Care Act

February 20, 2014 Madonna Gauding ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Corporations, Government, Health care, Privatization Leave a comment

In a recent article at Truthdig, “The Public-Private Profiteers,” Barabara Garson is critical of President Obama’s reliance on public-private partnerships to solve major social

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Dear Congresswoman Wagner: Disinformation about Obamacare can’t hide the facts

February 13, 2014 Willy Kessler ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Employment, Health care, Missouri region, Politics, Republicans One comment

Rep. Ann Wagner’s (R-MO) hopping mad — or, more likely, hopping around — trying to get off the liar’s hot seat (remember the refrain “liar,

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The worst health insurance companies in America

February 5, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Health care Leave a comment

Until we have single-payer, Medicare for All healthcare in America, insurance companies will continue to screw their customers in as many ways as possible.

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