We need to keep the pressure on to stop these bills that stand to hurt the most vulnerable among us! From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): House, Senate Prepare to Begin Final Tax Negotiations Next Week This week the Senate passed … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): If you thought that House Republican leaders’ tax plan couldn’t get any worse, it just did. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is reporting that if passed, the tax plan could trigger $400 billion in … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-07/health-issues/nows-the-time-to-make-health-insurance-decisions/a60173-1 November 7, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Open enrollment ends Dec. 7 for Medicare and Dec. 15 for marketplace insurance. (Rhoda Baer/PA AARPWikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians young … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Washington, DC, November 3, 2017—Americans believe in a society of equal opportunity—where the circumstances of your birth do not determine your future. But the tax plan unveiled by the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday would be … 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
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/06/15195/#.WL3SVW8rIdU By David Elliot March 6, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/02/24/leaked-draft-aca-replacement-reveals-massive-cuts-subsidies-medicaid Published on Friday, February 24, 2017 by Common Dreams Just as polls reveal Obamacare and Medicaid expansion are more popular than ever, GOP moves closer to slashing subsidies and raising taxpayer costs—adding fuel to brewing protests nationwide … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/february/impact-repeal-number-insured-pennsylvanians Feb 06, 2017 02:12 pm | John Neurohr The below blog post is take from the PBPC report, “Devastation, Death, and Deficits: The Impact of ACA Repeal on Pennsylvania.” The first, and most important, aim of the … Continued