From the Campaign for America’s Future (http://www.ourfuture.org/): NPR reports: “If President Trump decides to cut off payments to insurance companies called for under the Affordable Care Act, it’s going to cost him. Or, more accurately, it’s going to cost taxpayers … Continued
Posted at http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/keystone-state-legislator-ramps-up-single-payer-health-care-struggle/ July 31, 2017 12:24 PM CDT BY BEN SEARS David Drexler / Flickr (CC) PHILADELPHIA – State Rep. Pamela DeLissio, D-Montgomery/Phila., does not mince words: “A system driven by insurance companies will never meet the needs of citizens. It … Continued
Senate Republicans want to make devastating cuts to all sorts of important government programs that feed children, stop the worst abuses of Wall Street, protect our seniors, and provide healthcare coverage. Here are just some of the cuts they’re trying … Continued
Drug corporations are at it again. They’re lobbying Congress for more monopoly power over medications to treat rare diseases. A year’s treatment can cost people more than a house. In 1983, Congress passed a law aimed at spurring innovation for … Continued
International Business Times By David Sirota @davidsirota and Alex Kotch @alexkotch on 07/31/17 at 8:43 PM Allowing Americans to purchase lower-priced medicines from other countries would save the federal government alone more than $6 billion, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. The report … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-01/health-issues/advocates-say-trump-could-end-health-care-subsidies/a58777-1 August 1, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window President Trump could unilaterally end subsidies for insurance purchased through the marketplace. (Sean Spicer/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Ending federal health-insurance subsidies … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): We need you to take action now to protect Medicaid in Pennsylvania. HB59 is a bill that will do substantial harm through cuts & red tape to Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program if passed. It also opens the door to cuts … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): YOU DID IT! After months of fighting with everything we have, together, we were able to stop the Senate from repealing the Affordable Care Act. This has been the goal of “Obamacare” opponents … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Today, as we mark Medicaid’s 52nd birthday, we also celebrate the defeat of deeply disturbing proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and tear health coverage away from tens of millions of Americans. CLASP is delighted … Continued
Update thanks to National Association of Social Workers: Senate Republicans yesterday moved one step closer to their goal of repealing the Affordable Care Act. The motion to proceed to debate on health care reform passed narrowly, 51-50, with the help … Continued