healthcare Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/healthcare/ Thu, 28 May 2020 19:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png healthcare Archives – https://ezkool.com/tag/healthcare/ 32 32 12773863 The Trump Cycle: Blather, Reince, Repeal https://ezkool.com/2017/07/90trump-cycle-blather-reince-repeal/ Sun, 30 Jul 2017 15:06:59 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66402 American Heroes Week is firmly in the rear-view mirror. But as we celebrate our heroes – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, John McCain and every Senate Democrat – it’s important to remember that every American can be a hero every day simply by living a positive, moral, thinking, compassionate, empathetic, reflective life and acting on those […]

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]]> 66402 Kill (the Trumpcare) Bill, Part I: And the Magic Number Is…? https://ezkool.com/2017/07/5kill-trumpcare-bill-part-magic-number/ Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:53:31 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66390 I’m curious. Just how many people have to lose their health insurance before the Republicans in Congress shout, “Eureka! We have done it?” Obviously 22 million people is too many. But what happens if the Congressional Budget Office comes back this week and says that the new, not-really-improved Trumpcare bill will only result in 19 million […]

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]]> 66390 You Think This Is About Health Care? Sucka. https://ezkool.com/2017/05/think-health-care-sucka32/ https://ezkool.com/2017/05/think-health-care-sucka32/#respond Sun, 07 May 2017 15:31:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66223 This is not about health care, and as a matter of fact, the Republican self-immolation this past week has never been about health care. Or health insurance. Or health. Or care. It’s the taxes, stupid. That’s what the Republicans care about. That’s what they think will make them healthy and insure their political future. Taxes. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/05/think-health-care-sucka32/feed/ 0 66223 Barack Obama Tweets Support to Jimmy Kimmel After Heart-touching Story – Video https://ezkool.com/2017/05/barack-obama-tweets-support-jimmy-kimmel-heart-touching-story-video/ https://ezkool.com/2017/05/barack-obama-tweets-support-jimmy-kimmel-heart-touching-story-video/#respond Wed, 03 May 2017 02:17:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66200 Jimmy Kimmel shared a very personal and touching story about his newborn and the first few hours he spent on earth after birth. His son, Billy, was born with a heart disease and Jimmy went through the emotional details of a life saving operation that saved his newborn’s life. During the tearful explanation, Mr. Kimmel referenced […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/05/barack-obama-tweets-support-jimmy-kimmel-heart-touching-story-video/feed/ 0 66200 Republican Congressman Brags – Healthcare Is “A Business” https://ezkool.com/2017/05/republican-congressman-brags-healthcare-business/ https://ezkool.com/2017/05/republican-congressman-brags-healthcare-business/#respond Tue, 02 May 2017 03:55:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=66180 In an effort to explain why the Republican’s so-called healthcare plan is good for the American people, Republican Representative Mike Kelly of the Ways and Means Committee, said that healthcare is “a business” and must be conducted as such. During the interview, the congressman also said “the greater the risk the greater the premium,” when […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2017/05/republican-congressman-brags-healthcare-business/feed/ 0 66180 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 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 Republicans’ Radical Plan to End Medicaid https://ezkool.com/2017/03/republicans-radical-plan-end-medicaid/ Wed, 01 Mar 2017 05:00:15 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65931 The shiny object that has our attention is the latest nonsense spewing from Trump’s mouth at any given time. And while the media is focus on Trump and the Republican’s talk about repealing Obamacare, a move that will take healthcare away from 32 million Americans, and while the media is captivated by Trump’s dictator-style treatment of them, the bigger story is the […]

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]]> 65931 White House Cannot Guarantee that Everyone Will Keep Their Healthcare https://ezkool.com/2017/02/white-house-cannot-guarantee-everyone-will-keep-healthcare/ Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:30:48 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65917 They say Obamacare is bad, but it appears this “bad” law is covering more people than the proposed bill coming from the Trump administration. The White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee, cannot or will not guarantee healthcare coverage to every American covered by Obamacare. Sanders repeatedly dodged the question on ABC’s “This Week,” saying Trump […]

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]]> 65917 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 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 In Red Red Texas, Almost 1 Million People Already Signed up for Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2015/02/in-red-red-texas-almost-1-million-people-already-signed-up-for-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2015/02/in-red-red-texas-almost-1-million-people-already-signed-up-for-obamacare/#respond Thu, 05 Feb 2015 01:49:11 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57848 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Republicans love to hate the man, but they love his Obamacare! Federal officials announced Wednesday that 969,461 people in Texas have signed so far up for insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, 277,015 consumers selected or were automatically enrolled in a 2015 plan, according to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/02/in-red-red-texas-almost-1-million-people-already-signed-up-for-obamacare/feed/ 0 57848 Donald Trump Endorses Single Payer Healthcare – Video https://ezkool.com/2015/01/donald-trump-endorses-single-payer-healthcare-video/ https://ezkool.com/2015/01/donald-trump-endorses-single-payer-healthcare-video/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:50:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=57291 Donald Trump went on David Letterman last night and spewed some lies about Obamacare. So much lies were told, that David Letterman actually had to interject at one point, saying “I don’t believe that is true.” At another point when Trump continued complaining about Obamacare, he accused the system of containing “fraud and abuse,” to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2015/01/donald-trump-endorses-single-payer-healthcare-video/feed/ 2 57291 Report – Number of Americans Without Healthcare at Record lows – #ThanksObamacare https://ezkool.com/2014/12/report-americans-without-healthcare-at-record-lows-thanksobamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2014/12/report-americans-without-healthcare-at-record-lows-thanksobamacare/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:38:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=56804 It’s a very simple concept – provide people with the opportunity to buy their own life saving health insurance and the average, sensible American would jump at that opportunity. Then there are  those who would deny themselves life saving healthcare if they think doing so would hurt the president.  We will call those people Republicans. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/12/report-americans-without-healthcare-at-record-lows-thanksobamacare/feed/ 0 56804 Mitch McConnell Promising an Obamacare Repeal Vote in The Senate https://ezkool.com/2014/12/mitch-mcconnell-promises-an-obamacare-repeal-vote-in-the-senate/ https://ezkool.com/2014/12/mitch-mcconnell-promises-an-obamacare-repeal-vote-in-the-senate/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:06:41 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=56549 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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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/12/mitch-mcconnell-promises-an-obamacare-repeal-vote-in-the-senate/feed/ 0 56549 Mitch McConnell Lied Again – You Cannot Have Kynect Without Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2014/10/mitch-mcconnell-lied-again-you-cannot-have-kynect-without-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2014/10/mitch-mcconnell-lied-again-you-cannot-have-kynect-without-obamacare/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:34:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=55640 By now I’m sure you’ve heard the bogus and outrageous claim by Republican Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell. In his one and only debate with Alison Lundergan Grimes earlier this week, McConnell was asked about his plans for Obamacare if reelected to the Senate to represent the people of Kentucky. It should be noted that […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/10/mitch-mcconnell-lied-again-you-cannot-have-kynect-without-obamacare/feed/ 0 55640 Thanks to Obamacare, Millions Will Receive Refund Checks From Insurance Companies https://ezkool.com/2014/07/thanks-to-obamacare-millions-will-receive-refund-checks-from-insurance-companies/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/thanks-to-obamacare-millions-will-receive-refund-checks-from-insurance-companies/#respond Mon, 28 Jul 2014 03:24:40 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53530 Photo: CNN This is making Republicans very very angry. Not only is Obamacare helping millions of Americans live healthier lives, thus reducing insurance costs, thus reducing the deficit, thus making the economy stronger, Obamacare is also giving refund checks to millions of people. Millions of Americans can expect to get a refund from their insurance […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/thanks-to-obamacare-millions-will-receive-refund-checks-from-insurance-companies/feed/ 0 53530 New Report – 20 Million Americans Covered Under Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2014/07/new-report-20-million-americans-covered-under-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2014/07/new-report-20-million-americans-covered-under-obamacare/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:49:22 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53298 This bit of news will totally mess up your crazy Republican uncle’s day. So be my guest and share this news with him. A report published last week in the esteemed New England Journal of Medicine provided an overview of Obamacare’s first year, its successes and the challenges ahead. It also offered a yet another […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/07/new-report-20-million-americans-covered-under-obamacare/feed/ 0 53298 New Poll – Mitch McConnell Increases His Lead in Kentucky https://ezkool.com/2014/06/new-poll-mitch-mcconnell-increases-his-lead-in-kentucky/ https://ezkool.com/2014/06/new-poll-mitch-mcconnell-increases-his-lead-in-kentucky/#respond Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:19:46 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=51882 These are the findings of a new Rasmussen poll. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell now holds a seven-point lead over Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race following last week’s state party primaries. McConnell earns 48% support to Grimes’ 41% in the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Kentucky Voters. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/06/new-poll-mitch-mcconnell-increases-his-lead-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 51882 The Wide Left Turn https://ezkool.com/2014/04/wide-left-turn/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/wide-left-turn/#respond Thu, 01 May 2014 00:47:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=51010 First it was marriage equality. Now it’s the minimum wage. And prison reform. And some lefty laboratories in cities across the country. It’s not a sharp turn to the left as many had anticipated with Obama’s election in 2008. It’s a wide turn, and the country’s already done the first hand-over-hand on the cultural-political wheel. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/wide-left-turn/feed/ 0 51010 Yes, They Actually Came Togather and Prayed For God to Kill Obamacare – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/04/yes-they-actually-came-togather-and-prayed-for-god-to-kill-obamacare-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/yes-they-actually-came-togather-and-prayed-for-god-to-kill-obamacare-video/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:16:17 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=50433 This happened in 2010. I cannot remember seeing or hearing about it, but these right-wing hate mongers calling themselves “Christians,” were so against their fellow Americans getting the opportunity to buy private health care, that they gathered in Washington and prayed to God for Divine intervention in killing Obamacare. And it wasn’t just the regular […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/yes-they-actually-came-togather-and-prayed-for-god-to-kill-obamacare-video/feed/ 0 50433 Good News – Free Clinics Closing Because People Can Now Afford Healthcare https://ezkool.com/2014/04/good-news-free-clinics-closing-because-people-can-now-afford-healthcare/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/good-news-free-clinics-closing-because-people-can-now-afford-healthcare/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2014 21:24:11 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=50248 This is good news. People are now able to afford and purchase their very own private health care,  thanks to Obamacare, and because of this, free clinics are finally shutting down. Said Stacey Bowser RN, Director of one of these clinics. “Because people are qualifying for insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act, also known […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/good-news-free-clinics-closing-because-people-can-now-afford-healthcare/feed/ 0 50248 Florida Woman Dropped Dead Because State Republicans Refused Obamacare https://ezkool.com/2014/04/florida-woman-dropped-dead-because-state-republicans-refused-obamacare/ https://ezkool.com/2014/04/florida-woman-dropped-dead-because-state-republicans-refused-obamacare/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:10:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=50190 While Obamacare is saving millions of lives today, there are still some states – headed by Republican governors – that insist on killing their citizens… literally. One of those states is Florida and the case of Charlene Dill is a sad but perfect example. Dill, a 32-year-old mother of three, collapsed and died on a stranger’s floor […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/04/florida-woman-dropped-dead-because-state-republicans-refused-obamacare/feed/ 0 50190 Obama Administration Extends Healthcare Enrollment for a Select Few https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obama-administration-extends-healthcare-enrollment-for-a-select-few/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obama-administration-extends-healthcare-enrollment-for-a-select-few/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:19:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49625 With less than a week left for people to sign up for health insurance, the Obama administration said Tuesday that it would allow more time for those who had tried to apply but were blocked by technical problems with the federal exchange. Several states running their own exchanges, including Maryland, Minnesota and Nevada, have taken […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obama-administration-extends-healthcare-enrollment-for-a-select-few/feed/ 0 49625 ObamaCare Report – Republicans Have Been Lying To You All Along – Report https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obamacare-report-republicans-have-been-lying-to-you-all-along-report/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obamacare-report-republicans-have-been-lying-to-you-all-along-report/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:53:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49331 Some of you wouldn’t believe this, but Republicans have been lying to you all along… about everything… especially Obamacare, also called The Affordable Care Act. Let’s begin with the meme threatening that healthcare reform will lead to a serious decline in full-time employment as employers reduce workforce hours to below 30 per week in the effort […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/obamacare-report-republicans-have-been-lying-to-you-all-along-report/feed/ 0 49331 Another Milestone – Obamacare Hits The 5 Million Mark for Enrollees https://ezkool.com/2014/03/another-milestone-obamacare-hits-the-5-million-mark-for-enrollees/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/another-milestone-obamacare-hits-the-5-million-mark-for-enrollees/#respond Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:39:41 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49302 The Obama administration announced Monday that more than 5 million people have signed up for new insurance plans under the health-care law, suggesting new momentum for the program as the deadline to get covered this year approaches. About 800,000 people selected health plans on the state and federal insurance marketplaces in the beginning of March, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/another-milestone-obamacare-hits-the-5-million-mark-for-enrollees/feed/ 0 49302 An Interview Like No Other – President Obama and Comedian Zach Galifianakis – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/03/an-interview-like-no-other-president-obama-and-comedian-zach-galifianakis-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/an-interview-like-no-other-president-obama-and-comedian-zach-galifianakis-video/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:55:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=49056 President Obama made a special appearance at Funny or Die’s studios and was interviewed by non other than comedian Zach Galifianakis. You just know this was not going to turn out well or, maybe it did. The no holds bar interview touched on all the hot topics of the day; where’s the birth certificate, being […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/an-interview-like-no-other-president-obama-and-comedian-zach-galifianakis-video/feed/ 0 49056 Breaking News – Senate Republicans Blocked Veterans Health Care https://ezkool.com/2014/03/breaking-news-senate-republicans-blocked-veterans-health-care/ https://ezkool.com/2014/03/breaking-news-senate-republicans-blocked-veterans-health-care/#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2014 01:30:56 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=53491 Of course this is not Breaking News, we’ve seen stuff like this happening all the time with these Republicans! Republicans have gunned for our veterans and anyone who does not have a LLC following their name. This week however, they blocked a veterans health bill because they claimed the needed a way to pay for […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/03/breaking-news-senate-republicans-blocked-veterans-health-care/feed/ 0 53491 They Cheered, As Ted Cruz Promised to Take Away Their Healthcare – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/02/ted-cruz-promised-to-take-away-their-healthcare-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/02/ted-cruz-promised-to-take-away-their-healthcare-video/#respond Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:44:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48745 As more and more Americans fall in love with finally being able to buy their own private healthcare through the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare, Republicans, led by the Texas Senator from Canada are determined to repeal the entire bill, kicking millions of people off their healthcare and putting Insurance companies back in the driver’s […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2014/02/ted-cruz-promised-to-take-away-their-healthcare-video/feed/ 0 48745 President Obama Has a Message For YOU – Video https://ezkool.com/2014/02/president-obama-has-a-message-for-you-video/ https://ezkool.com/2014/02/president-obama-has-a-message-for-you-video/#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2014 05:46:53 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=48493 Millions of Americans have already signed up for affordable health insurance through HealthCare.gov. But millions more are eligible for new or improved coverage. And if you’re one of them, make sure you get covered before March 31st. President Obama recorded a message just for you — watch it now, then go to HealthCare.gov. Make sure you stick […]

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