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uninsured
Mitt myths about ER care and the uninsured
September 27, 2012 – Conservatives have claimed for years that emergency care provides a suitable safety net for people who cannot or do not obtain health…
Health reform: it’s having each other’s back
August 17, 2012 – Alleged Obamacare-related increase in price of Papa John's pizza ? 11 cents. Ensuring working Americans have a health care safety net?…
Aurora tragedy shows value of health reform
July 31, 2012 – The tragic July 20 movie theater attack in Aurora, Colorado, serves a grim reminder of the importance of universal coverage for even young…
States will gain by expanding Medicaid
July 29, 2012 – In states where governors have vowed not to expand Medicaid, health insurance premiums are likely to go up as hospitals struggling to care…
Ah, to be in a red state after health reform!
June 30, 2012 – Supporters of the Affordable Care Act breathed a sigh of relief after Thursday's Supreme Court ruling. Yet many remain worried about the…
Hate Obamacare? Rip up your rebate check.
April 26, 2012 – The timing is perfect for everyone who despises Obamacare to demonstrate loudly and clearly your total disgust for the health reform law.…
A family’s health insurance ‘rabbit hole’
April 5, 2012 – Two years from now, when the main pillars of health reform become operative, young families will be able to buy decent coverage through an…
Congress ‘hangs up’ on consumer program
January 11, 2012 – These are telephone hotlines providing callers with knowledgeable human beings to help with health insurance problems. Now, sadly, Congress…
What has ACA done for you, lately? Lots.
December 2, 2011 – Most of the health reform act pertaining to the uninsured and restraining health care costs will not be implemented until 2014. But in the…
What would Jesus do … for the uninsured?
September 15, 2011 – How did we get to this point ... where an audience at a Presidential debate feels comfortable laughing about the fate of a man who…
62% of bankruptcies from medical bills?
March 11, 2010 – As politicians go round and round talking about how health reform legislation will increase or decrease the deficit, or how a win on this…