Tag Archives: Health Law
Action Alert: Demand “Regular Order” on Healthcare Bill
While DC and the world were distracted by James Comey this week, Republicans in the Senate pushed ahead with their closed-door drafting of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. On Friday, Senator Claire McCaskill reacted during a heated exchange with Senator Hatch in the Senate Finance Committee. We’re asking you to join Senator McCaskill […]
Continue readingCBO Scores Trumpcare: 23 million will lose insurance
WASHINGTON – DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released their analysis of Trumpcare, the Republican health care bill: “Trump and House Republicans threw themselves a party for passing this bill, and now we know exactly what they were celebrating: 23 million Americans potentially losing their care—including 14 million […]
Continue readingKeep Up the Fight on Healthcare
Here is where we are, as stated by Indivisible: Today is a setback, but we always knew the House would be tough for us. We were never supposed to win the House. It’s a majoritarian institution—the party in power sets the rules and decides what gets a vote. Everybody assumed that Trump’s lackeys would jam […]
Continue readingTrumpCare: Representative of Clash in Views of Government
We are lucky to have Congressman Tom O’Halleran who voted against this nightmare of a bill. But, he will have a re-election fight in 2018 and our job is to defend him. Moreover, the elements of Trumpcare are representative of the Republican party. Every race in 2018, from Senator Flake to LD-6, is a contest […]
Continue readingGOP Health Bill Jeopardizes Out-of-Pocket Caps in Employer Plans – WSJ
Many people who obtain health insurance through their employers could be at risk of losing protections that limit out-of-pocket costs due to a provision proposed in the House Republican health-care bill. Source: GOP Health Bill Jeopardizes Out-of-Pocket Caps in Employer Plans – WSJ
Continue readingNo Vote on Healthcare Bill Without CBO Scoring
Yet another new amendment to TrumpCare would allow $8 billion more to cover people with pre-existing conditions. No one knows if that’s enough. The bill still allows states to cut essential benefits that are now required under all insurance policies, thus hurting patients who need those benefits by either eliminating them or increasing their costs. […]
Continue readingEnlist Your Friends to Save Affordable Care Act
“I would hope it gets changed over there,” Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) told Bloomberg News, echoing other “moderate” members who explicitly said they were willing to pass Trumpcare 3.0 in hopes that the Senate would strip out the harsher provisions. Provisions like pushing sick people into high-risk pools where the cost of their insurance […]
Continue readingCall, Write, Post: No to Trumpcare 3.0
TrumpCare 3.0 is likely to come to a vote early this week. The House Rules Committee will meet Monday and Republicans have spent the weekend rustling up votes. This morning, Trump went on Face The Nation and tweeted misleading info about coverage for pre-existing conditions under TrumpCare 3.0. Yes, it would have “a pool for the pre-existing […]
Continue readingHere 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 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 […]
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