Never mind the millions of people projected to lose insurance supports they had under Obamacare. Forget the Medicaid cuts of $880 billion through the next 10 years. Ignore the billions of dollars from Medicaid that would no longer go to school systems that provide services to developmentally-delayed special education students. There are some people who […]
Trumpcare
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Lack of courage
According to a Harvard Law School study, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Matrix Journal, 61.5 percent of personal bankruptcies and 48 percent of home mortgage foreclosures were directly or indirectly due to medical bills. Public company records indicate insurance company profit increases averaged 58 percent during the pre-ACA years when they dropped coverage of […]
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Let us not be fooled
The Republican’s health care proposal, “Trumpcare,” cuts deep into the heart of energizing values and principles that I hold dear, principles formed in my youth through church and grandparents, Boy Scouts of America, and Problems of Democracy class. Church gave me Jesus’ directive to “love our neighbors as ourselves.” Trumpcare, by that definition, is a […]
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GOP needs better arguments for Trumpcare
Of all the arguments to make for repealing and replacing Obamacare, the very worst is that people don’t need health insurance. Yet this is a Trump administration talking point. White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters last week, “When we get asked the question, ‘How many people are going to get covered?’ that’s not […]
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Politicians don't understand the reality of poverty
Suddenly, there was just blood everywhere. It erupted from my father’s mouth as we sat watching television. I was still struggling to process this horror when my mother, too shaken to drive, asked me — 17 years old and still on my learner’s permit — to get us to the emergency room. Somehow, we made […]