Healthcare Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/health-2/ Thu, 28 May 2020 19:22:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Healthcare Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/health-2/ 32 32 12773863 The Madness Will Last Beyond March https://ezkool.com/2017/03/madness-will-last-beyond-march/ https://ezkool.com/2017/03/madness-will-last-beyond-march/#respond Sun, 26 Mar 2017 15:26:15 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66056 This is what happens when you’ve hitched your political wagon to a semi-trailer that has “Government Sucks” written on the side in patriotic colors. And when the driver of that semi has no political skill, cogent philosophy or enough sense to know that he’s being led by the nose by unrelenting, uncompromising, unapologetic conservative ideologues […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/03/madness-will-last-beyond-march/feed/ 0 66056 Trump ‘The Great Negotiator’ Stops Negotiating on TrumpCare https://ezkool.com/2017/03/trump-great-negotiator-stops-negotiating-trumpcare/ https://ezkool.com/2017/03/trump-great-negotiator-stops-negotiating-trumpcare/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2017 01:57:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66045 Donald Trump, the self praised “great negotiator” walked away from negotiations today demanding a vote on his TrumpDontCare healthcare bill. Abandoning negotiations, President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded a make-or-break vote on health care legislation in the House, threatening to leave “Obamacare” in place and move on to other issues if Friday’s vote fails. The […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/03/trump-great-negotiator-stops-negotiating-trumpcare/feed/ 0 66045 Paul Ryan Cannot Say How Many People Will Lose Healthcare – Video https://ezkool.com/2017/03/paul-ryan-cannot-say-many-people-will-lose-healthcare-video/ https://ezkool.com/2017/03/paul-ryan-cannot-say-many-people-will-lose-healthcare-video/#respond Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:36:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65999 Republicans are repealing Obamacare and millions of Americans will be left without healthcare once again. I guess this is their idea of “Making America Great Again!” House Speaker and vocal proponent of the repeal and replace process, Paul Ryan, was asked to comment on home many people would lose their healthcare under the proposed GOP plan. Ryan […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/03/paul-ryan-cannot-say-many-people-will-lose-healthcare-video/feed/ 0 65999 To Hell With the Health of the State https://ezkool.com/2017/03/hell-health-state45/ https://ezkool.com/2017/03/hell-health-state45/#respond Sun, 12 Mar 2017 15:33:52 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65994 I really do try to see the intellectual arguments behind the politicians that utter them and I really do try to keep my judgements closely aligned to the agree/disagree axis, as opposed to the anger/unreasonably mean axis that seems to be in vogue these day. But on both health care and the environment, I just […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/03/hell-health-state45/feed/ 0 65994 Obamacare Signups Ahead of Last Year’s Numbers https://ezkool.com/2016/12/obamacare-signups-ahead-last-years-numbers/ https://ezkool.com/2016/12/obamacare-signups-ahead-last-years-numbers/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:35:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65631 Republicans control The House, The Senate, and come January 20th, 2017 after Donald Trump is sworn in as the next president, Republicans would also control The White House. And given their hate for Obamacare, it seems just a matter of time until Donald Trump and his Republican friends in Congress repeal Obamacare, taking away healthcare […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/12/obamacare-signups-ahead-last-years-numbers/feed/ 0 65631 Hospitals Warn Trump of “Unprecedented Public Health Crisis” if Obamacare is Repealed https://ezkool.com/2016/12/hospitals-warn-trump-unprecedented-public-health-crisis-obamacare-repealed/ https://ezkool.com/2016/12/hospitals-warn-trump-unprecedented-public-health-crisis-obamacare-repealed/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:36:37 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65557 Somehow, I don’t think Donald Trump or Republicans care about the financial impact of their planned Obamacare repeal. To them, the politics of repeal play better. It gives them something to brag about when they go back home to their constituents. But there are consequences to repealing the law, and hospitals have issued a warning. The […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/12/hospitals-warn-trump-unprecedented-public-health-crisis-obamacare-repealed/feed/ 0 65557 McConnell on Repealing Obamacare – “It’s pretty high on our agenda” https://ezkool.com/2016/11/mmcconnell-repealing-obamacare-pretty-high-agenda/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 22:13:05 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65315 Republicans have tried and failed to return Healthcare to what it once was – an unsustainable strain on the U.S economy and a profit-making endeavor by insurance companies that refuse to insure people with pre-existing conditions and drop others when they get sick and need their insurance most. But President Obama stood in their way. […]

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]]> 65315 The Reality Show Election Just Got Very Real https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/#respond Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:53:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63012 It is true that political discourse has taken a wildly unpredictable and extremely troubling turn in this country, but just when it seems that the shouting match will get louder, along comes a politician who is calm, focused, steely, intelligent, moral and principled. Who is this person? The current occupant of the Oval Office. A […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/feed/ 0 63012 A Political Snow Job https://ezkool.com/2016/01/snow-job15/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:51:07 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62315 If nothing else, the big blizzard that hit the East Coast is sparing us from some of the oh-so-trite coverage of the presidential election, which actually only gets underway eight days hence. Governor Christie did make it back to New Jersey for the storm, even though he had originally said that the Lieutenant Governor, Kim […]

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]]> 62315 Obamacare Enrollment Numbers – 11.3 Million Since November https://ezkool.com/2016/01/obamacare-enrollment-numbers-11-3-million-since-november/ Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:54:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62030 While Republicans continue to waste taxpayers money with yet another futile repeal effort, the health care reform known as Obamacare has topped 11.3 million national sign ups this enrollment season. About 8.6 million people signed up for plans on HealthCare.gov since Nov. 1, and another 2.7 million signed up on the state-based exchanges, officials said. […]

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]]> 62030 Carly Fiorina says “Obamacare was repealed” #LiesToldToUs – Video https://ezkool.com/2016/01/carly-fiorina-says-obamacare-was-repealed/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 19:10:40 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61945 Republican presidential candidate, Carly Fiorina – remember her? She’s one of the borderline floor scrubbers in the Republican polls – is trying to punch upwards, waaaay upwards, trying to hit Ted Cruz – one of the top Republican leaders in the polls. I don’t know why Cruz and Trump are at the top of the […]

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]]> 61945 Marco Rubio’s Outrageous Claim says He Killed Obamacare – Ad https://ezkool.com/2015/12/marco-rubios-outrageous-claim-says-he-killed-obamacare-ad/ Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:53:03 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61740 Republicans hate Obamacare, although many of them are enjoying the benefits of the President’s Healthcare reform law. That said, Republicans would gladly vote for any presidential candidate who promises to end Obamacare and rid them of this life-saving healthcare. That said, the Marco Rubio’s campaign is going a step further to get the support of […]

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]]> 61740 Let’s Get This Straight: Donald Trump Will Not Be President https://ezkool.com/2015/12/trump-will-not-be-president/ Fri, 11 Dec 2015 02:27:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61482 He won’t even be the Republican nominee in 2016. Yes, I know, the New York Times just published a poll that has Trump high atop the GOP field and gaining strength as the one candidate who will keep us safe. He’s everywhere on cable and network news and is a constant topic of conversation on […]

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]]> 61482 Well That’s Different – Republicans Vote to Repeal Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2015/12/well-thats-different-republicans-vote-to-repeal-obamacare/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:10:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=61353 As if this wasn’t tried before, Senate Republicans on Thursday wasted even more tax-payers’ time and money with yet another meaningless vote on a pointless legislation to defund Obamacare. Not to be outdone, Democrats seized the debate to try to force votes on gun control legislation that could put some Republicans in a politically tough position as […]

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]]> 61353 Forget Iran: The GOP Goes Nuclear https://ezkool.com/2015/09/forget-iran-the-gop-goes-nuclear/ https://ezkool.com/2015/09/forget-iran-the-gop-goes-nuclear/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2015 16:09:17 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59960 Francis comes in, John Boehner bows out. There is a certain symmetry to some world events and this is one of those moments. Here we have a Pope who is speaking forcefully and eloquently about how the issues of the day and all the right wing can do is reject his message as an ill-conceived […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/09/forget-iran-the-gop-goes-nuclear/feed/ 1 59960 Father Robs Bank to Pay for Daughter’s Chemotherapy https://ezkool.com/2015/08/father-robs-bank-to-pay-for-daughters-chemotherapy/ https://ezkool.com/2015/08/father-robs-bank-to-pay-for-daughters-chemotherapy/#respond Fri, 28 Aug 2015 02:41:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59669 A Michigan man who robbed a local credit union reportedly did so in a desperate attempt to help pay for his daughter’s chemotherapy, according to authorities, ABC News reports. Brian Randolph, 23, is accused of entering the Vibe Credit Union in South Lyon earlier this month, and passing a note demanding money. The note said […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/08/father-robs-bank-to-pay-for-daughters-chemotherapy/feed/ 0 59669 The Pendulum Swings Back to the Right https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-pendulum-swings-back-to-the-right/ https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-pendulum-swings-back-to-the-right/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2015 00:59:26 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59379 Remember the last couple of weeks of June, when the country seemed a bit more liberal after the Supreme Court had wondrously ruled in favor of marriage equality, the Affordable Care Act and housing? And then the Confederate flags came down? Slap. It didn’t happen overnight, but the country seems to have rebounded from that […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-pendulum-swings-back-to-the-right/feed/ 0 59379 The Most Important Election of Them All https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-most-important-election-of-them-all/ https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-most-important-election-of-them-all/#respond Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:28:05 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59234 Well, yes and no. Aren’t all presidential elections the most important election in history? It certainly feels that way, especially if you listen to the media buzz that emanates every four years. The future of the country is at stake. The direction of our foreign and domestic policies will be set by the voters in […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/07/the-most-important-election-of-them-all/feed/ 0 59234 The Conservative Court Turns Left https://ezkool.com/2015/06/the-conservative-court-turns-left/ https://ezkool.com/2015/06/the-conservative-court-turns-left/#respond Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:40:53 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59195 The same court that brought us corporations as people, unlimited political money, abortion restrictions, a step backwards in voting rights, and unequal pay has now thrown some serious bones to the left in the form of a stronger Affordable Care Act and a right to gay marriage. I’m sure that wherever they are, David Souter […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/06/the-conservative-court-turns-left/feed/ 0 59195 President Obama’s Remarks on Supreme Court Obamacare Decision – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/06/president-obamas-remarks-on-supreme-court-obamacare-decision-video/ https://ezkool.com/2015/06/president-obamas-remarks-on-supreme-court-obamacare-decision-video/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 01:30:03 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59173 He didn’t use these words, but his message was the same – Obamacare is here to stay!

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/06/president-obamas-remarks-on-supreme-court-obamacare-decision-video/feed/ 0 59173 Republican Deception on Obamacare Replacement EXPOSED https://ezkool.com/2015/06/republican-deception-on-obamacare-replacement-exposed/ https://ezkool.com/2015/06/republican-deception-on-obamacare-replacement-exposed/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:01:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=59025 Republicans are in full control. They now control the House of Representatives and the Senate, and have promised their base to expect fast, sweeping changes to Obamacare when the new legislative session began in January. Much was said and many anticipated seeing a glimpse of the Republican healthcare plan, but so far, nothing. And from the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/06/republican-deception-on-obamacare-replacement-exposed/feed/ 0 59025 Afraid of Rubio? They All Scare Me. https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/ https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/#respond Mon, 25 May 2015 23:53:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58994 Ooohhh! Scary!!! Yes, The New York Times reported last week that many Democrats are most afraid of a presidential match-up between Hillary and…Marco Rubio. Scary!!! And why? Because…he has a story! Scary!!! And he’s good looking. And he’s a good speaker. And he’s Hispanic and his father came here from Cuba and he won big […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/05/afraid-of-rubio-they-all-scare-me/feed/ 0 58994 39 Years Later, Escaped Prisoner Turns Himself in for Healthcare https://ezkool.com/2015/04/38-years-later-escaped-prisoner-turns-himself-in-for-healthcare/ https://ezkool.com/2015/04/38-years-later-escaped-prisoner-turns-himself-in-for-healthcare/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2015 12:23:16 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58700 Having to choose between health and freedom, he chose health. Like, what’s the point of being free, if you’re dead! Get healthcare folks, it’s kinda important. Ronnie Dickinson of Frankfort, Kentucky, turned himself in to authorities with an incredible story, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday: His name isn’t Ronnie Dickinson, he’s been a fugitive for nearly […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/04/38-years-later-escaped-prisoner-turns-himself-in-for-healthcare/feed/ 0 58700 Republican Congresswoman Tries to Explain Why Her Facebook Followers Love Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2015/04/republican-congresswoman-tries-to-explain-why-her-facebook-followers-love-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2015/04/republican-congresswoman-tries-to-explain-why-her-facebook-followers-love-obamacare/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2015 19:43:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58498 You knew this was going to happen. Ever since the Republican Congresswoman took to Facebook and asked her followers to post their horror stories about Obamacare and getting mostly positive comments in return, Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers went silent, trying to find a way to paint these positive Obamacare stories as anything but positive. Well, this is […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/04/republican-congresswoman-tries-to-explain-why-her-facebook-followers-love-obamacare/feed/ 0 58498 Republican Asked For Obamacare Horror Stories, Got Obamacare Praises Instead https://ezkool.com/2015/03/house-republican-asked-for-obamacare-horror-stories-got-obamacare-praises-instead/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/house-republican-asked-for-obamacare-horror-stories-got-obamacare-praises-instead/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:14:51 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58456 Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House GOP conference, apparently thought a good way to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Obamacare would be to ask her Facebook followers to provide her with their horror stories about the law. Things did not work out that way as praises for Obamacare poured in. She wrote; This week […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/house-republican-asked-for-obamacare-horror-stories-got-obamacare-praises-instead/feed/ 0 58456 Ted Cruz Confirms – He is Signing up For Obamacare – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/03/cruz-and-family-to-sign-up-for-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/cruz-and-family-to-sign-up-for-obamacare/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:32:17 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58428 Amazing. He is one of the loudest critics of the new healthcare law, the law that now provides healthcare to millions of Americans, but Cruz now confirms that he will in fact, sign up for Obamacare. It’s the all for me, none for you mentality! “We will presumably go on the exchange and sign up […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/cruz-and-family-to-sign-up-for-obamacare/feed/ 0 58428 Over 16 Million Americans Now Covered By Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2015/03/over-16-million-americans-now-covered-by-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/over-16-million-americans-now-covered-by-obamacare/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2015 21:05:48 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58315 16.4 Million to be exact! This, despite the constant barrage of attacks from the Republicans in Congress and the Republicans sitting in the Supreme Court. And for your information, the healthcare act is still under attack as the Supreme Court ponders whether they will gut the act and drop millions of Americans from receiving coverage! Yay […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/over-16-million-americans-now-covered-by-obamacare/feed/ 0 58315 Elected, Perchance to Govern? https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/ https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:22:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58161 Mitch McConnell, moderate. I thought I’d never see that characterization, but after last week’s embarrassing, incompetent, dangerous gambit the House Republicans played, he’s looking like the only GOP adult in the room. John Boehner seems to have lost his caucus and is now dependent on the far right to dictate what gets done in the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/03/elected-perchance-to-govern/feed/ 0 58161 Obamacare in Florida – Almost 2 Million Floridians Enrolled by February 15th https://ezkool.com/2015/02/obamacare-in-florida-almost-2-million-floridians-enrolled-by-february-15th/ https://ezkool.com/2015/02/obamacare-in-florida-almost-2-million-floridians-enrolled-by-february-15th/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:12:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58078 Florida. Another state with a Republican governor who, if he had his way, would repeal Obamacare and leave his constituents without healthcare in a jiffy! Yes, that same Florida registered almost 2 million Americans to receive health insurance benefits from The Affordable Care Act. Erollment in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans topped 1.6 million […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/02/obamacare-in-florida-almost-2-million-floridians-enrolled-by-february-15th/feed/ 0 58078 Convicted Republican Felon Calls Obama “Vulgar” and “Boy From the Ghetto” – PIC https://ezkool.com/2015/02/convicted-republican-felon-calls-obama-vulgar-and-boy-from-the-ghetto-pic/ https://ezkool.com/2015/02/convicted-republican-felon-calls-obama-vulgar-and-boy-from-the-ghetto-pic/#respond Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:46:14 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=58073 Again, this is a convicted felon talking. His name is Dinesh D’Souza and yes, he is a convicted felon and pleaded guilty for illegal campaign contributions. D’Souza posted this on his twitter feed apparently complaining that the President is a “vulgar man” and a “boy from the ghetto,” because the president took a selfie for Buzzfeed […]

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