By Samuel Warde on March 14, 2017
Congressional Budget Office, National Healthcare, Obamacare, Reality Check Trump Supporters, republican healthcare plan, Trumpcare
Activism, Healthcare
News legend Dan Rather delivers a much needed reality check to Trump supporters – hellbent on denying the reality of his presidency. This Monday the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their assessment of the new Republican healthcare plan, otherwise known as Trumpcare, and it wasn’t good. According to their analysis, in 2018 “14 million more […]
By Kimberley Johnson on January 13, 2017
Affordable Care act, CNN, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, President Obama, Republicans
Barack Obama, Healthcare
Former life-long Republican and entrepreneur Jeff Jeans attended a CNN town Hall and had the opportunity to share his story with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). Jeans said he, like Ryan, was originally against Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act). He’d been such a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act that he even told his wife he’d […]
By Kimberley Johnson on January 9, 2017
Affordable Care act, Healthcare, Honoring President Obama, New York City, Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, Republicans, Resistance Movement, Supporting Planned Parenthood, Washington D.C.
Activism, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood
Women will run from NYC to Washington D.C. To raise money for Planned Parenthood. The Republican obsession to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to defund Planned Parenthood is being met with resistance from people all over the country – and one woman in New York came up with a positive way to raise funds for the health organization. […]
By Samuel Warde on September 1, 2016
Debunking Right Wing Myths, Fact-Checking Right Wing Lies, Health Equity and Access Reform Today, HEART Act, National Healthcare, Obamacare, Republican Hypocrites, The Affordable Care Act, The Individual Mandate
Conservatives, Debunking Right Wing Lies, Elections, Healthcare
It’s another election year and Republicans are campaigning on the repeal of Obamacare. One of the main Republican complaints about the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is the individual mandate. But did you know that the individual mandate was created by the Republican Party back in 1993 as a response to President Clinton’s attempt to […]
By Kimberley Johnson on May 17, 2016
Health Insurance Coverage Nationwide, Healthcare, Insurance Expansion under Obamacare, Medicaid, National Health Interview Survey, number of uninsured decreasing, Obamacare, Republicans, The Affordable Act increased insurance coverage for Americans
Healthcare, Republicans
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual health interview survey on Tuesday and Republicans aren’t going to like it – because more Americans are covered under Obamacare. The survey revealed health insurance coverage in the U.S. has gone up in the last decade, particularly after the Affordable Care Act’s (Obamacare) insurance expansion took effect. […]