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Category: ACA/Obamacare

Dems: Stop being “disappointed” and defensive

November 26, 2013 Susan Cunningham ACA/Obamacare, Democrats, Missouri region, Politics, Senate, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

This is Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s response to Republican state legislators who tried to trap him into a public embarrassment regarding Medicaid expansion. …That

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Satire: Finding truth in a land of lies

November 22, 2013 Renee Shur ACA/Obamacare, Humor, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Would you like to visit a far away place called the Land of Truth? If the answer is yes, you may discover it’s not

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Dear Senator Warren, we need you to be president

November 20, 2013 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Banks, Congress, Demographics/Polls, Obama One comment

The title of Noam Scheiber’s November cover story in the New Republic is: “Hillary’s Nightmare: A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies with

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The Obamacare numbers game: Progressive Blog Digest

November 14, 2013 Nick Burbules ACA/Obamacare, Media, Obama Leave a comment

How successful or unsuccessful is Obamacare signup so far? Let us count the ways. Today’s roundup features the differing ways that this news is

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Progressive Blog Digest: “The fix is in”

November 11, 2013 Nick Burbules ACA/Obamacare, Congress, Government, Health care, Illinois/Midwest, Politics, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations. It documents the

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ACA [Obamacare]: Doing well–and doing good–in states that expanded Medicaid

October 29, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Health care, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, States Leave a comment

At the same time that private-insurance enrollment via healthcare.gov is experiencing technical difficulties, the other side of the Affordable Care Act—the side that makes

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Republicans will punt on economic recovery

October 28, 2013 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Budget, Congress, Democrats, Economy, Education, Environment, Financial reform, Good government, Infrastructure, Obama, Poverty, Republican Brain, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, Taxes One comment

The first significant economic figure that came out in the wake of the government shutdown and near collision with the debt limit was the

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Obamacare shopping made easy: Click here

October 22, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues Leave a comment

Want to know how affordable your health insurance might be under the Affordable Care Act, without actually having to sign up for a policy?

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More Affordable Care Act [Obamacare] deception, courtesy of Fox News

October 21, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Media Leave a comment

When AlterNet reporter Eric Stern saw Sean Hannity’s report on Obamacare horror stories, he decided to check it out. Hannity presented three married couples

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Obamacare: Behind-the-scenes benefits you’ve never heard of

October 17, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Health, Health care Leave a comment

A funny thing happened on the way to Obamacare: It started working, as intended–but in behind-the-scenes ways that most people haven’t heard about. Drowned

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