The hard-hearted hatred of Obamacare isn’t limited to members of the Freedom Caucus. Congress has become mean. Small.
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Trump’s Big Ball of Awful
President Donald Trump’s first week in office was just as bad as we suspected it could be, and probably worse.
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Slaughter, Schumer brace for war
Anytime Democrats or Republicans get whupped in a big national election, the pundits and chattering classes inevitably pose some existential questions: What went wrong? Does the party have a future? What is it? The 2016 presidential campaign was so ugly that reporters and TV talking heads are autopsying both parties. But there’s a different, practical […]
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Supreme Court upholds health insurance subsidies
In a 6-3 decision released this morning, the Supreme Court upheld federal subsidies for insurance plans purchased through its exchanges. Vox has a good summary of the case, King v. Burwell, and some analysis of the decision’s impacts. In short, the case had the potential to eliminate a key provision of Obamacare, which was aimed […]
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Monroe County’s Obamacare benefit
Heading into 2014 budget preparations, Monroe County officials anticipated a 1 percent increase in Medicaid costs. Instead, the county should see a decrease. During last night’s County Legislature Human Services Committee meeting, officials acknowledged that the decrease is due to the federal Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The benefit to the county’s 2014 […]
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Democrats on the run
Like them or not, we’re all pretty clear on what the Tea Party and the far right wing of the Republican Party stand for: opposing President Obama on everything and obstructing government. What do Democrats stand for? Well, that depends. Democrats are fond of nuanced positions. And they’ll run like scared cats at the first […]
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Democrats on the run; you could set your watch to it
Say what you want, but we’re all pretty clear on what the Tea Party and the far right wing of the Republican Party stands for: opposing President Obama on everything and obstructing government. What do Democrats stand for? Well, that depends. Democrats are fond of nuanced positions. And truth be told, they’ll run like scared […]
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Feedback 11/6
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Romneycare’s launch wasn’t successful either
After listening to conservatives’ hysteria over the Affordable Care Act for the last two weeks, it was fascinating to hear Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick talk about his state’s health care program, or Romneycare. The program, a micro version of the Affordable Care Act, served as the ACA’s blueprint. Though the program is wildly successful today, […]
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Obamacare moving forward in the Rochester/Finger Lakes area
In 2008, multiple polls were telling us that most Americans ranked the rising cost of health care and the possible loss of health coverage as two of their biggest concerns. And they wanted Washington lawmakers to do something. After two elections and a US Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, you really have […]
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Games Republicans play
“This isn’t some damn game.” That was John Boehner, digging in his heels last week as he insisted that Democrats negotiate over the Affordable Care Act. Not a game? I don’t know what else Boehner thinks the Republicans are up to. It certainly isn’t the business of running the country. And it’s not democracy (which, […]
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And we’re shut down…
In the wee hours this morning, it happened; the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown. It’s a statement that just doesn’t look right. We’re all painfully familiar with why we’re in this position. In simple terms, Congress couldn’t come to agreement on legislation that would fund the government. Being Congress and all, the situation really […]
