by MCDC | Mar 26, 2023 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Issues, News, Virginia
Congressional Republicans have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families – especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal...
by MCDC | Mar 10, 2017 | 2017 General Election, 2018 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, News
In the 27 hours the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent debating Republicans’ Obamacare revision plan, a handful of moments stand out. This is one of them. So, as a middle-aged childless man you resent having to pay for maternity care or kids’ dental care....
by MCDC | Nov 15, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, News, Social Security
A week ago at this time, pundits were speculating that Paul Ryan had so alienated the right wing with his tepid support for soon-to-be-presidential-loser Donald Trump that he might not retain his job as Speaker of the House when a new Congress is sworn in early next...
by MCDC | Oct 28, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, News
Obamacare premiums are going up and so are the subsidies. But how much are the subsidies going up? The chart below shows this for the 15 states with the highest premium increases: Kevin Drum explains: As you can see, subsidies are increasing more than premiums in...
by MCDC | Sep 8, 2016 | Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, Issues, News
Washington, DC – In a letter sent to Aetna’s CEO today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) raised questions about the company’s decision to...
by MCDC | Jul 17, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Affordable Care Act/Obamacare, Health Care, News, Opinion
If details enable #Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s opponents to discredit his ideas, then Ryan defends himself by refusing to offer details. As Tara Culp-Ressler notes, Ryan’s latest set of health care proposals “doesn’t include information about exactly...
