Millions of Americans count on HealthCare.gov for quality, affordable health care. If you or someone you know purchases healthcare through the ACA, it’s time to buy your new plans! Open enrollment is the time each year when individuals can purchase … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): Send your Member(s) of Congress a message right now at http://action.projecthome.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=1057 asking them to co-sponsor the CHIME Act to demonstrate public support to fix the Health Center Funding Cliff. The Health Center Funding Cliff affects Community … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): New wage data—analyzed by EPI’s Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe—show that wages are trending in the right direction, narrowing ever so slightly the gaping inequalities forged over the last 40 years. Annual wages of … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): November 2 was Latina Equal Pay Day—the day we recognize how far Latina workers still have to go to earn anything approaching the pay of non-Hispanic white men. EPI finds that Latina workers are … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Under the House plan the top 1% of households will receive 30% of all tax cuts in 2018, an average reduction of $46,000 on an average income of $1.8 million. By 2027, … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): A new 50-state ITEP analysis of the House tax plan reveals that not only would the richest 1 percent of Americans receive the greatest share of the tax cut, but their … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-06/health-issues/house-chip-bill-cuts-public-health-services/a60153-1 November 6, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Some states could begin sending CHIP termination notices by the end of November. (USAF/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The House … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, DC, November 3, 2017—Americans believe in a society of equal opportunity—where the circumstances of your birth do not determine your future. But the tax plan unveiled by the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday would be … Continued
Position Summary: A statewide campaign based in Harrisburg and advocating for improved funding for Pennsylvania’s public schools is seeking an experienced State Field Coordinator to start December 15th. The Field Coordinator will coordinate the community outreach of the campaign’s many … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Federal action opportunities Our lawmakers are engaged with tax reform, making now an excellent time to contact them to remind them that budgets are moral documents that declare our priorities, and, similarly, that tax … Continued