Category Archives: Talking Points
Here are the Affordable Care Act’s “Essential Benefits”
These are the essential insurance benefits required by the Affordable Care Act since 2013, according to Healthcare.gov: Every health plan must cover the following services: Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care you get without being admitted to a hospital) Emergency services Hospitalization (like surgery and overnight stays) Pregnancy, maternity, and newborn care (both before and after […]
Continue reading‘Skinny’ Plans Can’t Trim the Real Fat Under New GOP Health Bill: Experts
Republicans are proposing letting states opt out of the requirement that insurance plans cover a specific set of benefits, but experts say the items likely to be dropped account for a small fraction of the cost of premiums. Source: ‘Skinny’ Plans Can’t Trim the Real Fat Under New GOP Health Bill: Experts – WSJ This […]
Continue readingTrump Attack on Climate Moves Forward
On Friday, the District of Columbia federal appeals court granted Trump’s request to halt a lawsuit over the Obama administration’s most important climate change regulation. This is a major victory for the anti-science, anti-climate Republicans, allowing the Trump administration to revoke the rule that would have required power plants to curb their greenhouse gas emissions. […]
Continue readingIf Republicans Try (again) to Repeal ACA:
Their second try is even worse than the first, and if a bill comes up, we’ll be issuing an urgent Take Action Alert. For now, know this: An ABC-Washington Post poll released on Tuesday shows that approximately 8 in 10 Democrats, 7 in 10 Independents, and a majority of Republicans want the ACA’s federal protections […]
Continue readingTrump’s first 100 days marred by health law failures
Under the latest GOP proposal, insurers could once again charge sick people higher premiums. Source: Republicans’ new health amendment lets insurers charge sick people more, cover less – Vox But Congress would exempt itself from certain provisions making their insurance more expensive. Source: An exemption for Congress roils Republicans’ latest health care effort _Vox But, but: Republicans […]
Continue readingEducation Funding Malfeasance
Four weeks into the 2016–2017 school year, Arizona saw 53 percent of its district classrooms without a certified teacher; over 2,000 had no teacher and another 2,000 had an uncertified person at the head of the class. Source: Misogynistic Malfeasance | Blog for Arizona And, from Laurie Roberts, AZCentral: Gov. Doug Ducey said it was […]
Continue readingPayson Roundup Declares War on Allen, Thorpe, and Barton
Here’s what a small town newspaper in the heart of the Republican sector of LD 6 had to say last week about our LD 6 Republican legislators, Sen. Allen, Rep. Thorpe (aka “Missing Bob“), and Rep. Barton (emphasis ours): “… all three voted for vouchers — which will probably do even more damage to public […]
Continue readingTalking Points from the DNC ~ April 12, 2017
Spicer Background First Spicer said Hitler did not use poison gas – which he did, to kill millions of people. When Spicer tried to explain that, he said Hitler didn’t use gas against his own people – which he did, killing tens of thousands of German Jews. When Spicer tried to explain that, he coined […]
Continue readingRyan’s Health Law Would Undermine Trump’s Campaign Promise
Desperate to pass some “Repeal and Replace” of Obamacare, Republicans are prepared to destroy coverage for pre-existing conditions. The Upshot, by Margot Sanger-Katz
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