Last week, Congress passed a bill that will raise costs, cut coverage and gut protections for people with preexisting conditions. Due to a flood of calls and emails from constituents, four Pennsylvania Republican Congressmen (Costello, Dent, Fitzpatrick & Meehan) voted … Continued
Posted at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-house-health-care-repeal-is-already-dead-in-the-senate_us_590b8a6de4b0e7021e95e9fd?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 05/04/2017 04:52 pm ET Senate GOP leaders will try to write their own bill, but aren’t even sure they can. By Michael McAuliff WASHINGTON ― Within minutes of the House passing a bill to repeal the Affordable … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-05-05/health-issues/would-house-health-care-bill-strip-insurance-from-millions/a57575-1 May 5, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The American Health Care Act passed the U.S. House by a vote of 217 to 213. (USCapitol/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The American … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Posted at http://www.clasp.org/news-room/news-releases/house-votes-to-take-away-health-coverage-from-millions Washington, DC, May 4, 2017—Today, the U.S. House Republicans passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a 217-213 vote, taking a major step toward undoing the historic health care gains of the Affordable … Continued
NOTE: We do not have how every Pennsylvania Representative voted, but will post that as it becomes available. Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/04/chn-health-care-repeal-vote-day-shame-u-s-house-representatives/#.WQt4PvkrIdU By David Elliot May 4, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/may/aca-repeal-puts-pennsylvanians-who-work-large-corporations-risk May 04, 2017 10:01 am | Marc Stier The disastrous implications of the GOP health care bill are becoming ever more apparent, especially for those who get their insurance from large national corporations. Under the bill, even … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/27/first-time-ever-majority-house-dems-support-medicare-all-bill Published on Thursday, April 27, 2017 by Common Dreams A record-breaking 104 House Democrats are co-sponsoring a Medicare-for-All bill By Nika Knight, staff writer A sign at a February Medicare-for-All rally in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo: Elvert Barnes/flickr/cc) As … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): It’s crunch time. We still expect the GOP to call a floor vote on the ACA repeal bill, including the MacArthur Amendment, before Thursday when the House Members are scheduled to go on … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-04-27/health-issues/latest-gop-health-care-bill-would-raise-premiums-for-many-analysts-say/a57456-1 April 27, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Under the new bill, a 40-year-old who had breast cancer would pay $32,740 a year more for insurance, analysts say. (Rhoda Baer/Wikimedia … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/april/new-version-gop-health-care-bill-even-worse-we-thought Apr 26, 2017 09:57 am | Marc Stier Having failed to enact a plan that would lead 24 million Americans and 1.1 million in PA to lose health insurance, the House Republicans have returned with a new amendment, … Continued