Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/24/chn-cbo-analysis-23-million-reasons-house-health-care-bill-must-defeated/#.WSg7WevysdU By David Elliot May 24, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Wednesday in response to the CBO’s analysis of the House health care legislation: “Twenty-three million fewer … Continued
From the PICO National Network (http://www.piconetwork.org): If it wasn’t obvious before, analysis done by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that Trumpcare would rob 23 million people of their health care and make radical changes to Medicaid. All while … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and an all-male Senate working group is spending it devising a destructive plan to end Medicaid as we know it. And they’re counting on the fact middle-income families will … 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
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
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
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