“The country wants Congress to focus on jobs and the economy, not on pushing an extreme agenda against birth control,” – Dawn Laguens, EVP, Planned Parenthood Federation of America House Republicans have included a so-called “conscience clause” in the government funding bill in a plan they approved early Sunday. The House voted 231-192 on a… Continue reading GOP Targets Contraception, Again!
Tag: Health Care Reform
Tough Week For The Right
Remember the beginning of June? Lousy jobs numbers, Obama’s muddled message and the popular assumption that the president was going to lose court cases on immigration and health care? Hope and change came quickly and it’s the Republicans who are back on their heels. For now. Not only was the Supreme Court’s health care decision… Continue reading Tough Week For The Right
Thanks ObamaCare – Over 6 Million Young Adults Insured, And Counting…
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… Continue reading Thanks ObamaCare – Over 6 Million Young Adults Insured, And Counting…
President Obama Confident Supreme Court will Uphold the Affordable Care Act
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,… Continue reading President Obama Confident Supreme Court will Uphold the Affordable Care Act
Skittles and Broccoli
Every once in a while, a week comes along that brings clarity and definition to the world and enables us to find meaning in the beautiful things that make up our lives. Perhaps next week will be such a week. For the parents of Trayvon Martin, this was a week that saw the world finally… Continue reading Skittles and Broccoli
Initial Report on Health Care Reform – It’s Not Looking Good
Based on the some of the questions asked today by the more Conservative majority in the Supreme Court, political analysts are suggesting a possible bad outcome for the Health Care Reform passed over a year ago by the Obama administration. The New York Times Reports: With the fate of President Obama’s health care law hanging… Continue reading Initial Report on Health Care Reform – It’s Not Looking Good
Things I Know – The Health Care Law will be Upheld By the Supreme Court
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… Continue reading Things I Know – The Health Care Law will be Upheld By the Supreme Court
Seniors Already Benefiting From Obama’s Health Care Reform
The nay sayers will say otherwise, but the facts are here and they’re here for all to see. The benefits of President Obama’s Health care Reform have already began to kick in, and seniors are benefiting tremendously. Here are a few of those benefits: Nearly 3.6 million people with Medicare saved $2.1 billion on their… Continue reading Seniors Already Benefiting From Obama’s Health Care Reform
Insurance, Young People And A Healthier American Future
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… Continue reading Insurance, Young People And A Healthier American Future
ObamaCare Hater Apologies To President Obama After Cancer Diagnosis
She said she was “pretty mad” at the president for “ObamaCare.” So mad she was, that she changed her registration from Democrat to Independent and “blacked out the top of the “h” on my Obama bumper sticker, so that it read, “Got nope” instead of “got hope.”” But something happened to Mrs. Spike Dolomite Ward, that… Continue reading ObamaCare Hater Apologies To President Obama After Cancer Diagnosis
Next Stop For Health Care Law – The U.S Supreme Court
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… Continue reading Next Stop For Health Care Law – The U.S Supreme Court
Republican’s Next Target – American Association of Retired Persons
Since gaining power in the House of Representatives, Republicans have attacked just about every major group of middle class Americans it could classify. So there should be no surprise that the American Association of Retired Persons also known as the AARP is next in line for the GOP’s crosshairs. Republicans are now asking the IRS… Continue reading Republican’s Next Target – American Association of Retired Persons