Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/april/health-care-again Apr 21, 2017 11:30 am | Marc Stier Health Care Again News reports indicate that, as many of us had feared, the Republicans in Congress and President Trump have not given up on their effort on health … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): With your amazing support, we stopped damaging action by Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and make negative changes to Medicaid in late March, but late breaking information indicates that the … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Congressional leadership is not backing away from their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Next week members return to Washington and have pledged to continue efforts to repeal the ACA and gut … Continued
From the Philadelphia Unemployment Project (http://www.philaup.org/): The Trump Administration is trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) again and replace it with their plan that would cut 24 million people off of health insurance. They are now proposing a … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/04/trumpcare-rears-its-ugly-head-again-and-its-even-worse Published on Tuesday, April 04, 2017 by Common Dreams Attempting to revive healthcare repeal, White House officials propose even harsher legislation to appease far-right Freedom Caucus By Nika Knight, staff writer President Donald Trump and House Speaker … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/03/23/grassroots-resistance-credited-republicans-forced-postpone-ahca-vote Published on Thursday, March 23, 2017 by Common Dreams House vote moved to Friday, but with Republicans across the political spectrum unhappy with details of the AHCA, and mounting public opposition, the bill’s passage seems tenuous By … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/supports-for-individuals-with-disabilities-are-at-risk March 15, 2017 By Nune Phillips The American Health Care Act (AHCA), sweeping legislation that would undo historic health care gains, is being rushed through Congress by House Republicans. If passed, it would have devastating consequences for vulnerable … Continued
From Insure PA (http://www.insurepa.org/): It’s been a dramatic 24 hours. As of yesterday, we heard that Congressional leadership had delayed the House vote on the bill that would dismantle Medicaid & strip 24 million Americans of their health coverage. Now, we are hearing … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/march/repeal-affordable-care-act-31-billion-tax-cut-handful-wealthiest-taxpayers Mar 20, 2017 03:34 pm | Mark Price In Pennsylvania, the top 1% of families have captured just over half of all the growth in market incomes between 1979 and 2013 (Figure A above). As we have … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): House committees have approved an extreme bill that will deny health coverage to millions of people, and make additional millions pay thousands of dollars more for their insurance – more than many will … Continued