What is The Affordable Care Act? — The Affordable Care Act (ACA), officially titled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and sometimes called ObamaCare (a nickname popularized by the GOP), is a US law that reformed both the healthcare and health insurance industries throughout America.
Read More
Joe Heck may be a doctor, but he doesn’t vote like one. He votes like a Washington Republican. He voted eight times to defund Planned Parenthood’s basic services, denying thousands of women coverage for cancer screenings and preventive care. He even voted
Read More
Reblogged from mykeystrokes.com: By now it’s a Republican Party tradition: Every year the party produces a budget that allegedly slashes deficits, but which turns out to contain a trillion-dollar “magic asterisk” — a line that promises huge spending cuts and/or revenue increases,
Read More
Since 2010, 9.4 million people with Medicare have saved over $15 billion on prescription drugs 39 million Medicare beneficiaries received preventive services with no cost sharing in 2014 The Department of Health and Human Services released today new information that shows that
Read More
— Roberta Lange, Nevada State Democratic Party Chair A few weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court issued a backwards ruling that allows for-profit corporate CEOs to make medical decisions that should be made between a woman and her doctor. That’s right –
Read More
The GOP’s belated solution to the nation’s health insurance challenges just makes working families pay more. — by Emily Schwartz Greco Remember when it looked like the Republican Party could do nothing but stamp its feet and shout about the Affordable Care
Read More
Because of the Affordable Care Act, the 78% of Nevadans who have insurance have more choices and stronger coverage than ever before. And for the 22% of Nevadans who don’t have insurance, or Nevada families and small businesses who buy their coverage
Read More
—Don Rogers, Jack Rabbit Ranch blog Well, I can see it’s going to be a bad six weeks. I just heard a paid TV advertisement for people to call their Congressman and urge him to oppose funding Obamacare, because the President is exempt. I
Read More
— BY KAREN Y. The Stew steps through the crap the Right-Wing spews about ObamaCare (The Affordable Care Act) and breaks down what this landmark legislation actually means for average Americans. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA) OF 2010 Patient Rights and Protections Insurance
Read More