From Save My Care (https://www.savemycare.org/): Four million. That’s the number of children at risk of losing health coverage if Congress votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act. It’s unacceptable that Congress would risk the wellbeing of so many children and … Continued
From Health Care for All PA (http://www.healthcare4allpa.org/): Below is Pennsylvania State Representative Pamela DeLissio’s co-sponsorship memorandum, requesting her colleagues to sign onto the Pennsylvania Health Care Plan (aka PHCP, aka ‘Medicare for All,’ aka PA HB 1688 in 2015-2016) prior … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/january/obamacare-repeal-state-budget-time-bomb Jan 26, 2017 03:23 pm | John Neurohr This piece originally ran in Pennlive on January 26, 2017. You think Pennsylvania has budget problems now? Wait until the Affordable Care Act is gone. That’s probably a parochial, … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-01-25/childrens-issues/advocates-repealing-obamacare-will-hit-pa-children-hard/a56076-1 January 25, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Medicaid expansion helped reduce the rate of uninsured children in Pennsylvania to 4.1 percent. (James Gathany, Judy Schmidt, USCDCP) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/17/budget-office-report-gop-healthcare-repeal-would-strip-insurance-32-million-people Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 by Common Dreams Despite having no replacement in line, both chambers of Congress brought the ACA one step closer to repeal earlier this month By Nadia Prupis, staff writer House Speaker … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/01/17/thousands-nationwide-come-fight-repeal-affordable-care-act/#.WH5Ys1MrIdU By Deborah Weinstein January 17, 2017 The line of cars snaking into the parking lots at Bowie State University was the first clue that on January 15 people in Maryland were determined to stand and fight against the … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/january/what-aca-repeal-means-pennsylvania Jan 14, 2017 10:54 am | Marc Stier We have seen politics in America take strange turns in the last few years, turns that often seem to reflect an almost total disregard of the basic facts of … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/defying-the-evidence-congress-rushes-to-repeal-the-aca By Suzanne Wikle Update: Since this piece was originally published on January 6, 2017, Congress has taken additional steps in the process to repeal the ACA. In the early hours of January 12, 2017 the Senate voted (51-48) to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-01-13/climate-change-air-quality/nurses-report-links-health-to-climate-change/a55920-1 January 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Emissions that cause climate change can also increase respiratory disease. (Hans Hansson/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Global climate change is having serious health … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/06/gop-doesnt-want-public-know-how-much-obamacare-repeal-will-cost-study-shows-it-could Published on Friday, January 06, 2017 by Common Dreams Many are hoping that the same organized outrage that lead to the Republicans’ backtrack on the ethics rule change can also pressure lawmakers to rethink other unpopular—and outlandish—policies … Continued