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Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
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Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
California
California Job Losses From Obamacare Repeal? Fear Not!
Obamacare was a cash cow for providers, which now argue it was a program for jobs and economic growth. They now say that repealing Obamacare will kill California jobs. That grabs any politician’s attention, but it is not true. According to a study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, which ...
California
Government Policies Perpetuate Poverty In California
Anyone can see the road that they walk on Is paved in gold And it’s always summer They’ll never get cold They’ll never get hungry They’ll never get old and gray ~ Fastball, “The Way,” 1998 Before California was officially christened the Golden State by the Legislature in 1968, it ...
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GOP’s Health Care Subsidies Are No Cause For Controversy
The Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) days are numbered. Last week, both the Senate and House approved a budget resolution over the objections of the chamber’s Democrats ordering several congressional committees to draw up legislation repealing much of the law. “Put this irresponsible and rushed repeal plan aside,” ...
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Charting A Path To Repeal And Replace
Today’s confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is an important victory in the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare. A former orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, Price has been one of Obamacare’s most thoughtful and effective critics. And his “Empowering Patients First ...
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Neil Gorsuch Could Help Religious Schools Get Public Funding
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is known for his commitment to religious freedom and preventing government from discriminating against religious organizations and individuals. If confirmed, the new justice could help sway a case that could be a landmark in American education, paving the way for public funds to ...
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The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
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Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
Repeal And Replace Is More Popular Than Polls Suggest
In a recent letter to their fellow senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue that public support for Obamacare is “at an all-time high,” and that “the overwhelming majority of Americans want to improve the ACA, not destroy it.” They seem to be basing ...
Senators Sell Sorry Rx For What Ails Obamacare
Republicans won three elections — including one this past November — promising to repeal President Obama’s signature health law. Yet some GOP senators are proposing to replace Obama-care with … Obamacare. There’s no other way to describe the “replacement” plan offered by U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins ...
California Job Losses From Obamacare Repeal? Fear Not!
Obamacare was a cash cow for providers, which now argue it was a program for jobs and economic growth. They now say that repealing Obamacare will kill California jobs. That grabs any politician’s attention, but it is not true. According to a study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center, which ...
Government Policies Perpetuate Poverty In California
Anyone can see the road that they walk on Is paved in gold And it’s always summer They’ll never get cold They’ll never get hungry They’ll never get old and gray ~ Fastball, “The Way,” 1998 Before California was officially christened the Golden State by the Legislature in 1968, it ...
GOP’s Health Care Subsidies Are No Cause For Controversy
The Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) days are numbered. Last week, both the Senate and House approved a budget resolution over the objections of the chamber’s Democrats ordering several congressional committees to draw up legislation repealing much of the law. “Put this irresponsible and rushed repeal plan aside,” ...
Charting A Path To Repeal And Replace
Today’s confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is an important victory in the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare. A former orthopedic surgeon from Georgia, Price has been one of Obamacare’s most thoughtful and effective critics. And his “Empowering Patients First ...
Neil Gorsuch Could Help Religious Schools Get Public Funding
Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is known for his commitment to religious freedom and preventing government from discriminating against religious organizations and individuals. If confirmed, the new justice could help sway a case that could be a landmark in American education, paving the way for public funds to ...
The ‘Repeal and Replace’ debate is all about choice
To understand Democrats’ and Republicans’ conflicting visions of healthcare reform, look no further than Obamacare’s “Essential Health Benefits” rule. This provision is a clear example of the kind of top-down federal control that has led to so many of Obamacare’s worst consequences. According to the health law, all plans sold ...
Fears Of GOP Plan To ‘Repeal And Replace’ Obamacare Are Unfounded
If President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress succeed in repealing and replacing Obamacare, 20 million Americans will lose their health insurance — or so the conventional wisdom goes. Of course, predictions about Trump have tended to be wrong. This one is no different. In fact, repealing Obamacare and replacing ...
