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What Impact Will Health Care Reform Have on You?
The health care reform bill has a lot of pieces. Some of them may affect you, others not. Some kick in this year, others phase in over a period of years. What effect the bill will have on any given...
View ArticleGetting to the Final Final Vote
The Senate is currently working its way up to a vote on fixes to the health care reform bill. That, of course, involves working its way through a host of ridiculous amendments proposed by Republicans...
View ArticleOne More Vote
One more vote, one more signature, and that’s it. We can stop talking about health care reform bills and start talking about health care reform laws. The Senate on Thursday passed the reconciliation...
View ArticleThe First Loophole
And they’re off! You didn’t have to be a cynic to think insurance companies would try to find loopholes in the health care fix. But I must confess, even I am a little surprised at their first stab at...
View ArticleNo Longer a Pre-Existing Condition
When Nancy Pelosi said that, with the passage of health care reform, being a woman would no longer be a pre-existing condition, what did she mean? The New York Times explains: Until now, it has been...
View ArticleMedicare Part E?
Another part of health care reform: The Class Act, a legacy of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (whose widow and son were on hand for the signing), sets up the first national government-run long-term care...
View ArticleGood News on Student Loan and Health Insurance Reform
President Obama signed legislation that will dramatically change the federal student loan program. The new law will eliminate fees paid to private banks to act as intermediaries in providing loans to...
View ArticleA Graduation Present
Good news for college seniors and their parents: This year’s crop of college graduates may have trouble finding a job, given the state of the economy. But some of them will have a much easier time...
View ArticleAlready Getting Better
We’ve already covered much of this, but a New York Times editorial sums it up: Americans are already starting to see the benefits of health care reform. The new law requires health insurance companies...
View ArticleInsurance Options for YOU
If you want to know how the health care reform law affects you, Healthcare.gov is one of the best places to go. And now they’ve made it possible to look up coverage options for your situation and your...
View ArticleDoing More vs. Doing Nothing
A lot of news stories make it out that a lot of people want to repeal the Affordable Care Act and get government out of health care. By contrast: A new AP poll finds that Americans who think the law...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Helps Real People in Real Ways
by Barbara Doherty – Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog Republican presidential campaign pyrotechnics can’t hide the record of a party that has turned its back on ordinary Americans. It’s worth...
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Two Years After Passage, Affordable Care Act Having a Positive Impact
It was two years ago today that President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, after months of heated political conflict and decades of attempts to build a health care...
View ArticleAffordable Care Act Is Really Working
The Affordable Care Act has been a true boon to the health and well-being of everyday Americans, and the benefits of it just keep growing. Just in case anyone you know has been wondering why we need...
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Ted Cruz Baits American People on ObamaCare, and Fails Miserably
In a well-timed but poorly executed effort to attack the Affordable Care Act, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to his Facebook to sarcastically ask people whether or not they were better off since the...
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