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Hospitals Warn Trump of “Unprecedented Public Health Crisis” if Obamacare is Repealed

Ezra Grant — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:36:37 +0000

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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Well That’s Different – Republicans Vote to Repeal Obamacare

Ezra Grant — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:10:55 +0000

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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Mitch McConnell Promising an Obamacare Repeal Vote in The Senate

Ezra Grant — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:06:41 +0000

Republican Senate Majority Leader-elect, Mitch McConnell, campaigned on repealing Obamacare, promising to uproot Obamacare “root and branch” he often said, and the voters in Kentucky, who benefit most from Obamacare decided to put McConnell in charge. So in an effort to keep his promise to take away his constituents healthcare, McConnell is already gearing up […]

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Rob Portman Admits – If Republicans Win The Senate, They Will Try to Repeal Obamacare

Ezra Grant — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 23:57:25 +0000

Rob Portman is a Republican Senator for the state of Ohio. And on Thursday, the Republican senator told reporters that if they get control of the Senate in the November election, a vote to Repeal Obamacare will follow. With the House of Representatives already controlled by Republicans, the prospects of a repeal bill passing both […]

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Ted Cruz Nonsense – Says Democrats Want to Repeal The First Amendment

Ezra Grant — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:26:25 +0000

Of course Ted Cruz has no proof to back up what he said. It sounded good in his brain when he thought it up, and his base would love to hear something like this. After all it is an election year and anything to get the crazies to the polls is all good with these […]

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Fox News Cannot Get This Republican To Say What Their Obamacare Replacement Plan Is

Ezra Grant — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:42:17 +0000

If Fox News – the people who are the authors of some of the Republican talking points against Obamacare – cannot get a Republican to disclose their secret Obamacare replacement, then who can? Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) struggled to articulate a credible GOP alternative to the Affordable Care Act during an appearance on Fox News […]

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New Poll – Overwhelming Majority Tired With Talks of Repealing Obamacare

Ezra Grant — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:29:53 +0000

Mother Jones Reports – In December, sentiment for keeping the law was slim: keeping and improving Obamacare beat out repeal by only 43 to 42 percent. Today, Obamacare commands substantial support, 58 to 35 percent. The public may still harbor some doubts, but they’re increasingly tired of the debate and accept that the answer to […]

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Republicans to Republicans – Where’s Our Obamacare Replacement Bill?

Ezra Grant — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:52:01 +0000

Photo: P2012 It seems that Republicans are finally waking up and realizing that their leaders have no plans for health care, except to take away the care that millions of Americans now enjoy. The Hill is reporting that top House conservatives are pressuring Republican leaders to bring an ObamaCare replacement bill to a vote by […]

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Fox News To Ted Cruz – Majority of Americans Want Obamacare – Video

Ezra Grant — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 14:39:16 +0000

Although Americans from all stripes are showing more support for the President’s health care law, Republicans like Ted Cruz are still insisting that the people want “every word” of the law repealed. On the morning after a massive surge by Americans to get healthcare, Cruz was heard on Fox News saying, “I think at this […]

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Republicans Threaten Government Shutdown to stop Obamacare

Ezra Grant — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:12:35 +0000

The Supreme Court called it constitutional, republicans have failed to repeal it on 39 different occasions. But this time, Republicans are prepared to shut down the government to stop people from getting health care. ObamaCare is at the center of a rapidly escalating fight that threatens to shut the government down this fall. Senate Republicans, […]

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Another Republican Attempt to Deny You Health Care Coverage

Ezra Grant — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:59:00 +0000

Republicans are so intent on making sure Americans lose their health care and that heath insurance companies make as much profit as possible, that they are willing to anything to accomplish their goal. Besides wasting taxpayers money with fruitlessly attempting to repeal the law over 37 times and counting, Republicans have now come up with […]

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Here’s Something New: Republicans Will Try To Repeal ObamaCare #NoJoke

Ezra Grant — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:38:34 +0000

This one cannot be filed under the Breaking News category: House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor is promising his House Republicans that they would soon get a chance to vote to repeal ObamaCare. “While we have not locked in the timing, I expect that the House will vote on full repeal of ObamaCare in the near […]

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Talks Of ObamaCare Repeal Hurting Republican Rebranding Efforts

Ezra Grant — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:57:08 +0000

Republicans are in the midst of a vast re-branding effort. They have looked at the results of the 2008 and 2012 elections and have decided that the American people are correct – their policies are as popular as trickle down economics, and Americans are not buying those policies anymore. The obvious next move for Republicans […]

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All Three Branches Of Government Approved ObamaCare – Republicans Promise Repeal

Ezra Grant — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:16:10 +0000

So ObamaCare was passed by the United States Senate, it was approved by the House of Representatives, it was signed into law by the President of The United States, and the case was adjudicated by The United States Supreme Court. All three branches of government approved of the law. ObamaCare is now being implemented throughout […]

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New Study – If Republicans Repeal ObamaCare Seniors Would Pay More

Ezra Grant — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:28:44 +0000

The report was done by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Among other findings, the report says; A number of Republican proposals to repeal the 2010 health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), include the elimination of the law’s Medicare provisions. This Data Note reviews the impact of repealing those provisions for Medicare beneficiaries and […]

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CBO – ObamaCare Reduces The Deficit, Repealing It Increases The Deficit By $109 Billion

Ezra Grant — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 02:58:35 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation’s huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress’ nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama’s contention in a major election-year dispute with Republicans. About 3 million fewer uninsured people will gain health coverage because of last month’s Supreme Court ruling granting states more […]

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Republicans Fall Short, Way Short Of Their Health Care Promises

Ezra Grant — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:04:35 +0000

Remember when President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act also known these days as “ObamaCare” into law? Republicans all over this nation went wild, promising to the American people that they would “repeal and replace” the law. Well, we’ve seen multiple attempts – 33 so far, but whose counting – to “repeal” the law, but […]

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Thanks ObamaCare – Over 6 Million Young Adults Insured, And Counting…

Ezra Grant — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 13:10:35 +0000

Even though much of the Affordable Care Act does not go into effect until 2014, conservatives insist the bill is making things worse for Americans. But a new study shows that one implemented provision of the ACA is already providing millions of young Americans with health insurance. According to a study by the Commonwealth Fund, 6.6 million young […]

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Health Care Spending at Slowest Pace in More Than 50 Years

Ezra Grant — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:39:21 +0000

The New York Times is reporting that the growth of health spending has slowed substantially in the last few years, surprising experts and offering some fuel for optimism about the federal government’s long-term fiscal performance. Much of the slowdown is because of the recession, and thus not unexpected, health experts say. But some of it […]

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Nancy Pelosi Predicts Health Care will Survive Supreme Court

Ezra Grant — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:45:03 +0000

In a vote of 6 to 3, the Supreme Court will uphold President Obama’s healthcare reform law, the top House Democrat predicted this week. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she’d respect whatever the high court decides, but forecasts the verdict would fall for the Democrats. “I’m predicting 6 to 3 in favor,” Pelosi […]

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President Obama Confident Supreme Court will Uphold the Affordable Care Act

Ezra Grant — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:25:26 +0000

While the Judges on the Supreme Court lose sleep over the upcoming health-care decision – they’re not really losing sleep. We already have a pretty good idea what this historically activist court will do – President Obama chimed in today for the first time with his opinion on what he believe the Court will do. “Ultimately, […]

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Here are Five Ways the Health Care law Helps Young Adults

Ezra Grant — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:39:20 +0000

Republicans have been on a successful campaign to repeal the Affordable Health Care Law, the signature piece of legislation passed by the Obama administration. They have managed to bring their case all the way to the Supreme Court and now a decision on the future of the law is expected sometime in June. But one […]

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Things I Know – The Health Care Law will be Upheld By the Supreme Court

Robert I. Grundfest — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:55:41 +0000

I know that the Affordable Care Act will be upheld by the Supreme Court. How do I know this? Because before it was a good Democratic idea it was a good Republican idea. I’m sure the GOP vetted the law as an alternative to the Clinton health care plan. I’m sure that Mitt Romney and […]

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Americans are Believing the Right-Winged Propaganda about the Health Care Law

Ezra Grant — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:34:13 +0000

The right winged propaganda machine is succeeding. A new ABC News / Washington Post poll reveals that a majority of Americans have bought into the lie and now believe that the health care law signed by president Obama should be repealed. When asked about the individual mandate in the law, two thirds of those who […]

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Insurance, Young People And A Healthier American Future

Ezra Grant — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:47:19 +0000

A new report issued last week by the CDC contained some very good news – young Americans are taking advantage of a provision in the health care reform, signed into law by President Obama. Before President Obama’s historic health care reform law was passed, young people were generally dropped from their parents plan when they turned […]

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Health Care Reform Goes Before The Supreme Court

Ezra Grant — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:22:00 +0000

The announcement is made: beginning next March, the Republicans effort to officially take away your health care, and put your health decisions back into the hands of insurance companies, goes before the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul —a case that […]

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Next Stop For Health Care Law – The U.S Supreme Court

Ezra Grant — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:36:27 +0000

In a move some are describing as pure confidence, the Obama Administration has allowed the September 25th deadline to pass without filing their appeal to the 11th Circuit Court, in the ongoing battle by Republicans to repeal the President’s Health Care Law. Republicans have claimed that the individual mandate in the law is “unconstitutional.” Former […]

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Man Dies From Toothache. Thanks G.O.P.!

Ezra Grant — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:29:00 +0000

We often brag that we are the most powerful nation on earth. But are we also the most selfish and uncaring when it comes to our own citizens? Why is it apparently acceptable by some if our next door neighbor dies for something as trivial as a lack of healthcare or more specifically as in […]

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President Obama Supports Defense Of Marriage Act.

Ezra Grant — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:27:53 +0000

President Obama will support a recent bill to repeal DOMA – Defense Of Marriage Act. In so doing, the President is signalling his acceptance of marriage as between two people, not necessarily a man and a woman. In answering a question today from Metro Weekly, the White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had this to […]

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Only In America – Rob A Bank To Get Health Care

Ezra Grant — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:06:22 +0000

Every warm-blooded American – Democrats, Republicans and Independents – should hang our heads in shame when we have fellow Americans, fellow human beings, who are pushed to such limits that they feel that their last resort for getting healthcare is to go to jail. That is the story of James Richard Verone, a 59-year-old man who […]

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