Category Archives: AHCA

Are you 64 and making $56,800 a year? Welcome to a $20,500 Trumpcare insurance premium

Posted on June 27, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Daily Kos By Joan McCarter Monday Jun 26, 2017 · 5:37 PM EDT Popular vote loser Donald Trump freely admits he called the House version of Trumpcare “mean, mean, mean” and also claimed that he wanted a Senate bill … Continue reading →

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Rural hospital association representative: ‘This bill will close hospitals. … People will die’

Posted on June 27, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on Daily Kos By Joan McCarter Monday Jun 26, 2017 · 12:03 PM EDT Trump and McConnell agree to make Americans die faster. Every healthcare association, provider group, and patient advocacy group in the country is on red alert … Continue reading →

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CONGRESS: KEEP AMERICANS COVERED

Posted on June 27, 2017 by David Posnett

From The American Association of Medical Colleges When Congress began considering health care reform, including reforms to Medicaid, the AAMC outlined three key principles we hoped to see included in a reform bill, which we continue to stand behind: It should maintain … Continue reading →

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Block a disastrous health care vote in the U.S Senate

Posted on June 24, 2017 by David Posnett

From:  Mike Anthony The Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate is about to unveil a bill that, with a few tweaks and camouflage, is pretty much just like the House-passed bill eviscerating Obamacare. The Senate bill is so bad that … Continue reading →

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Winners And Losers: 40 Is Old In Senate GOP Health Plan’s Subsidy Structure

Posted on June 23, 2017 by David Posnett

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 →

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Promises Made To Protect Preexisting Conditions Prove Hollow

Posted on June 23, 2017 by David Posnett

KAISER HEALTH NEWS — REPEAL & REPLACE WATCH By Jay Hancock and Rachel Bluth June 23, 2017 Congressional Democrats joined activists on May 4 for a rally to urge not to replace the Affordable Care Act. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Senate … Continue reading →

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New polling numbers are out for ‘Trumpcare’, and they’re a disaster for Republicans  

Posted on June 22, 2017 by David Posnett

But when is this going to affect voters’ behavior? POSTED ON DAILY KOS By Hunter Wednesday Jun 21, 2017 · 2:15 PM EDT Which is exactly why they’re trying to ram a Senate bill through without letting the public know … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: White House Task Force Echoes Pharma Proposals

Posted on June 20, 2017 by David Posnett

KAISER HEALTH FOUNDATION By Emily Kopp June 16, 2017 President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) President Donald Trump repeatedly talks tough about reining in the pharmaceutical … Continue reading →

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What I’m Doing to Keep Birth Control Free in the Face of Trump’s and the GOP’s Health Care Rollback

Posted on June 20, 2017 by David Posnett

Op-Ed in Teen Vogue By Eric Schneiderman The summer after I graduated high school, I worked in an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C. This was a year before Roe v. Wade, and abortion was still outlawed in states throughout the … Continue reading →

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Treating patients with opioid disorders is not just about treating addiction. Here’s why

Posted on June 19, 2017 by David Posnett

Posted on STAT By MEGAN THIELKING JUNE 19, 2017 DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Patients with opioid use disorder are much more likely than the general population to have a host of other health conditions, including hepatitis C, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety. … Continue reading →

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