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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: “It all starts on Jan. 1, 2014”

October 9, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Children, Congress, Consumer issues Leave a comment

Republicans who want to “stop” Obamacare should know better: Not only is the Affordable Care Act already a law [not just a bill up

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: “Death panels”

October 3, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care, Republicans One comment

“Death panels” are not dead. Although the “death panel” argument against the Affordable Care Act has been debunked, shot down, mortality injured and ostensibly

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: “It’s bad for women”

October 2, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

In the delirium that has preceded the launch of the Affordable Care Act, Republicans and other Obama-haters have tried to undermine the new law

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Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) myths: The “government takeover of health care”

October 1, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care Leave a comment

It’s a bit too generous to use the term “myth” when it comes to the outright lies that have been told about the Affordable

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Well-insured lieutenant governor tells uninsured peons to snub Obamacare

September 24, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Government, Missouri region, Republicans, States One comment

In a shameful display of partisan politics and hard-heartedness, Missouri’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has publicly urged uninsured citizens to forego the opportunity

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Blue voices in a red room: Notes from an Obamacare “informational” town hall

September 24, 2013 Mary Clemons Activism, Consumer issues, Health care, Missouri region, Obama, Politics, Republicans, States Leave a comment

What could be better on Constitution Day than a traditional American town meeting?  What a perfect way to celebrate the document that is a

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This week in litigious politicians: MO state rep sues federal gov’t over birth control in ACA

August 26, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Health care, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

It’s been in the media for just a few days but has already received national attention. Missouri Representative Paul Wieland and his wife are

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Legislators against Medicaid expansion wait in the wings to say, “I told you so.”

July 2, 2013 Mary Clemons Government, Health care, Missouri region, Politics, Poverty, Social Sec/Medicare, States One comment

Recently, Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, wrote about the “practical effects of the Affordable Care Act. His remarks clarified for me that

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California fights Walmart over Medicaid costs

June 5, 2013 Bobbi Clemons Business, Corporations, Economy, Government, Health care Leave a comment

The Affordable Care Act is coming. No matter how many times Republicans vote against it (39 and counting!) it’s here to stay. While that’s

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Good news from Obamacare: Insurers must offer mental health coverage

March 14, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Good government, Guns, Health care Leave a comment

Thirty-two million people stand to gain new or expanded access to mental health services as a result of a recent federal ruling that requires

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