Tag: Medicaid
Bernie slams McConnell’s efforts to end defense and non-defense spending parity
“When history looks back on this period, I do not want people to see a U.S. Congress which worked overtime to protect billionaires and large corporations but turned its back on providing health care to vulnerable children.”
Stupidity and blindness have destroyed whatever democracy the US ever had
Republicans AND Democrats are the problem.
The huge tax heist
The moneyed interests who run the GOP depend on the Trump bomb to divert attention from their huge heist.
Medicaid survived the health care battle – now let’s give it...
We should ditch employer-provided insurance. Administrative costs for Medicaid are nearly half of the cost of private sector plans. Yes, half.
Good news on Social Security and Medicare? Reports show just that
This is a good point to keep in mind as the Republicans try to dismantle Obamacare.
5 things we need from any new health care law
Including protecting people with preexisting conditions, funding Planned Parenthood, and other ways to ensure care.
Trump budget slashes safety net programs, boosts military and defense
“It probably is the most conservative budget that we’ve had under Republican or Democrat administrations in decades.”
Don’t let Trump drama distract you while Congress dismantles Medicaid
I’m obsessed with what this Congress is doing to the funding for health care, especially Medicaid, which insures 62.3 million Americans.
Louisiana offers clear example why states should expand Medicaid – not...
Legislators in Washington and in state capitols would be wise to see these results as a bellwether for the nation.
Judge blocks Texas from cutting Planned Parenthood
The threatened funding cuts would affect over 12,000 Medicaid patients across Texas.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.