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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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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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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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Media must step it up on Medicare-for-All

July 4, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Health care, Obama, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

There are two key reasons why mainstream media must be talking about Medicare-for-All. First, it is sound policy, something that all Americans should hope

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VIDEO: THE HUMAN COST OF Replacing Obamacare

March 18, 2017 Renee Shur ACA/Obamacare, Health, Health care Leave a comment

   “One Paragraph of Obamacare Saved this Boy’s Life,” tells the story of Timmy, a thriving, happy six-year-old who lives in Maryland with his

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A must-see video: What ACA repeal will mean for women’s health

December 3, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Women Leave a comment

Ok, ladies. Listen up. Maybe you voted in the 2016 election. Maybe you didn’t bother. Maybe you voted Hillary. Or maybe you wrote in

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Obamacare is probably toast: Trump voters will get hurt

November 30, 2016 Steve Sorkin 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare Leave a comment

I know people who have blasted Obamacare from the beginning, and refused to even acknowledge that there is anything good about it. When I

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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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From Obamacare to Medicare for All: Easier said than done

March 8, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Good government, Health care One comment

A Medicare for All health system [aka “single-payer”] would be a great step forward for the US. But how difficult will it be to

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Screw the poor: Not expanding Medicaid cost red states $2 billion in 2015

October 25, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Squandering $2 billion dollars in essentially free money is not what anyone would call “fiscal conservatism.” But that’s exactly what the phony fiscal conservatives

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