Showing posts with label ACA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACA. Show all posts
Saturday, August 10, 2019

July/August links

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Don't forget healthcare.   Oops, the GOP did. They are cheering a lawsuit that may end Obamacare even though they haven't considered...
Sunday, August 6, 2017

Quick summary: Repeal FAIL

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This is an important issue, but I don't have a bunch of time to spend on it. The Senate failed to repeal and replace Obamacare. McConne...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Short: The cynicism of the GOP

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This issue is too important not to have its own post. The Washington Post pointedly tells how very cynical the GOP is in its push to do som...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Another roundup of links

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What to do about North Korea. This is very tricky, until you realize that the answer from history is obvious. Sometime last year I spent man...
Saturday, July 1, 2017

Replacing Obamacare is harder than they thought

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No surprise about the complexity of the task. The House just barely passed an Obamacare repeal-and-replacement. Now the Senate is trying to ...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Short: Is a shutdown looming?

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The US federal government runs out of borrowing authority on April 29. The GOP, now that they have the House, Senate, and presidency should ...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Short: Drop dead date for ACA?

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In all the reporting on the failed attempt to repeal and replace ACA, I didn't hear that an important vote will need to happen by the en...
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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Links about 'Repeal and Replace'

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For seven years the GOP bragged that they could make a better health insurance program than Obamacare. For seven years, they waved their han...
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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Hillary panders on the Cadillac tax

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This is disappointing but not surprising. Hillary Clinton is calling for the repeal of the Cadillac tax provision of ACA. And like many rep...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Short: Interesting observation on campaign issues

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Here's a somewhat biased article on campaign issues from the Daily Beast. It notes that a majority of Americans support Obamacare or wa...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Another chance to whack Obamacare

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The Supreme Court now has another chance to kill deeply maim Obamacare. This time it's a technical question about whether subsidies ca...
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Friday, February 27, 2015

Short: Who, me? I'm not for Obamacare.

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Look at this double-speak from a GOP senator who's freaked out that people will lose their health insurance subsidies: "We'r...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

The high stakes of culture: Mississippi

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I continue to see the effects of culture almost everywhere. I listen for cultural differences, and the effect of culture on values and the ...
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Friday, September 5, 2014

How big an issue is Obamacare?

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Is Obamacare (more properly called ACA) a major issue in this election? Is it a major issue for most folks? It's hard to tell. The com...
Monday, March 17, 2014

Sorting real from fake in the ACA claims

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So we were deluged with warnings from conservatives about the economic devastation Obamacare would wreak. It was a lot of hype because they ...
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Denying Contraceptive Coverage is Slut-Shaming

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First, I'm sorry that this topic is getting so many posts, but there is a good reason. This is one of the few issues where it's poss...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

One thing I learned: Cultural differences, cancer, and ACA

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I'm a strong supporter of ACA. However, I didn't realize until this fall how much my middle-class background contributes to that vie...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

One thing I learned: a case against ACA

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I'm not as open to different ideas as I would like to be. It seems to me that most people who are firmly against ACA fell into one of mo...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

The woes of healthcare.gov

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Now that Congress isn't shutting down the government, the biggest news story is how badly the healthcare exchanges (online health care s...
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Monday, September 23, 2013

Is Obamacare ALREADY a train wreck?

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Everyone has heard this. Obamacare is a train wreck. Well, I don't take anyone's word for it. As I frequently tell other internet co...
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