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Category Archives: ACA
GOP Health Bill’s Changes Go Far Beyond Preexisting Conditions
KAISER HEALTH NEWS — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By Julie Rovner September 22, 2017 Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks as Sen. Dean Heller (R-N.V.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) listen during a news conference on health care September 13, 2017. … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, GOP, Graham-Cassidy, Health Care, Medicaid, Pre-existing Conditions, Trump, trumpcare
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Zeldin Must Stand Up And Protect Long Island’s Health Care
Letter To Editor: Zeldin Must Stand Up And Protect Long Island’s Health Care Published in “Smithtown Matters”, Friday, September 22, 2017 at 6:08PM Dear Editor, Next week, Senate Republicans will debate a cruel plan to take away health care from millions … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Health Care, trumpcare, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged Graham-Cassidy, healthcare, lee zeldin, long island, Peter King
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An Act of Mass Suicide
If the U.S. Adopts the G.O.P.’s Health-Care Bill, It Would Be an Act of Mass Suicide By Atul Gawande September 22, 2017 There is not a single metric of health or health care that the Graham-Cassidy plan—co-sponsored by Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged atul, gawande, Graham-Cassidy, New yorker
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Graham-Cassidy — The Last-Ditch Effort By Republicans To Replace ACA: What You Need To Know
Republican efforts in Congress to “repeal and replace” the federal Affordable Care Act are back from the dead. Again. By Julie Rovner September 19, 2017 Sen. Lindsey Graham (right), stands with Sen. Bill Cassidy (left), Sen. Dean Heller and Sen. Ron … Continue reading
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Graham Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill May Pass
Senator says Obamacare repeal bill close to enough votes to pass, but there’s reason to be skeptical The Graham-Cassidy bill would strip away $80 billion in federal funding support for health coverage. Prior bills that were likewise expected to lead … Continue reading
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Why do we have Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance?
By Aaron E. Carroll. In the NY Times: THE NEW HEALTH CARE SEPT. 5, 2017 At a community enrollment drive in the 1950s for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Oklahoma, Ralph Rhoades, left, a manager who later became president … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Health Care, New York Times, trumpcare, Uncategorized
Tagged blue cross, blue shield, healthy americans act, ron wyden, roosevelt, truman
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Why ACA market upheaval still looms large
Don’t take your eye off the ball! With all the distractions from the WH its easy to forget: healthcare is still in serious jeopardy. Here is why. …and where exactly does Lee Zeldin stand? Still with 45? DP Whether lawmakers are … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Congress, GOP, Health Care, trumpcare, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged CHIP, cost sharing, CSR Payments, health insurance, implode, Repeal
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Letter from Former CBO Directors on the Importance of CBO’s Role in the Legislative Process
July 21, 2017 Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Honorable Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Honorable … Continue reading
This is How Trump Can Destroy Obamacare
From Countable On Tuesday, the seven-year quest by Republicans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, appeared to come to an end, and President Trump responded to the setback by vowing to “let Obamacare … Continue reading
McConnell’s Unbelievably Reckless Plan B: Repeal ACA With Nothing to Replace It
Published on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 by Indivisible Guide by Indivisible Project 11 Comments A repeal-only bill, explains Indivisible, is “the most extreme attempt yet at dismantling people’s healthcare.” (Photo: Amirah Sequeira/TwitPic) Republicans considered going this same route in … Continue reading
New Senate health bill shows no love for New York
http://buffalonews.com/2017/07/15/new-senate-health-bill-shows-no-love-new-york/ By Jerry Zremski | Published July 15, 2017 | Updated July 15, 2017 WASHINGTON – To hear New York health care experts tell it, the Republican senators’ new plan to replace Obamacare is the legislative equivalent of a grave … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Health Care, Pre-existing Conditions, Seniors, trumpcare, Uncategorized, Women, Zeldin
Tagged collins faso, Cuomo, healthcare bill, new york state, senate
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Americans Don’t Want Senate’s Health Care Plan, But It’s Unclear What They Do Want
This is from my friend John Hooker: OK guys — this is a must-read. It contains what you need to know about American public opinion on health care. Don’t forget, health care affects everyone and encompasses almost every aspect of … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, GOP, Health Care, trumpcare, Uncategorized
Tagged aca, healthcare, obamacare, trumpcare
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It’s Time For Politics To Take A Back Seat To Those They Serve. Let’s Have a Bi-Partisan HealthCare Solution: This Could Be A Start
A liberal think tank just released its own proposal to fix Obamacare Posted on Vox.com Jeff Stein Jun 29, 2017, 11:30am EDT Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and dozens of other Senate Democrats hold photos of patients on the Capitol … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Better Care Reconciliation Act, Health Care, Medicaid
Tagged obamacare
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Obamacare Inspires Unlikely Political Action In California’s Red Region
KAISER HEALTH NEWS/CALIFORNIA HEALTHLINE — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By April Dembosky, KQED July 6, 2017 Greta Elliott talks to her staff at the Canby Family Practice Clinic in Modoc County. (April Dembosky/KQED) Modoc County, in the northeastern corner of … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Better Care Reconciliation Act, Health Care, Trump, trumpcare
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Zeldin’s Approval of Senate Healthcare Bill Reveals His Lack of Concern for Veterans
Tester and Senate Veterans Affairs’ Committee Members Highlight Impact of Senate Health Care Plan on Veterans Approximately 7 Million Veterans’ Health Care at Risk Tuesday, June 27, 2017 (U.S. Senate) – Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Jon … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, Better Care Reconciliation Act, Health Care, Trump, trumpcare, veterans, Zeldin
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New County-Level Map Compares Premiums and Tax Credits Under Senate Health Bill and ACA
KAISER HEALTH NEWS Jun 23, 2017 A new interactive map from the Kaiser Family Foundation compares county-level estimates of premiums that consumers would pay under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2020 with what they’d pay under the Senate’s discussion … Continue reading
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Winners And Losers: 40 Is Old In Senate GOP Health Plan’s Subsidy Structure
KAISER HEALTH NEWS — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By Julie Appleby June 22, 2017 People getting subsidies to help buy health insurance would see at least three sharp changes — tied to both age and income — that could dramatically … Continue reading
No One in Zeldin’s Office Could Care Less
By Steven Lupo I called Senators Schumer and Gillibrand’s office yesterday. I spoke to Jason at Schumer’s office and Saj (her nickname) at Gillibrand’s office. I stated I heard that 13 Republican men were hiding behind closed doors, trying to … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, AHCA, Health Care, mental health, trumpcare, Uncategorized, Zeldin
Tagged calling senator, gillibrand, shumer, Zeldin
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Zeldin on Opiods
Posted in Smithtown Matters, June 14 To The Editor: I read Mr. Zeldin’s op-ed concerning the opioid epidemic in wonderment. It is hard to disagree with his view that the opiod epidemic is a crisis America needs to confront. But, … Continue reading
Posted in ACA, Addiction, AHCA, American Health Care Act, Health Care, Medicaid, mental health, Opiod, Trump, trumpcare, Zeldin
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Senate GOP vows to keep plugging away at health care — behind closed doors
Salon June 9, 2017 Mitch McConnell doesn’t want to repeal Obamacare — but he has to at least pretend that he does MATTHEW SHEFFIELD (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Now that President Donald Trump appears to have embraced the … Continue reading
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