Health care reform

White House trolls Republicans over Obamacare hashtag

GOP's #ObamaCareinThreeWords campaign takes a turn for the hilarious following ominous @whitehouse response

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:10 PM UTC 54
Politics Obamacare, Barack Obama

House Republicans will again try to repeal Obamacare

This amounts to 30-plus times the House has tried to scrap the law

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, May 8, 2013 6:58 PM UTC 20
Politics House Republicans, John Boehner

Many Americans aren’t sure if Obamacare is the law

A new poll shows that 42 percent have their doubts about whether the Affordable Care Act is in effect

Jillian Rayfield Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 4:48 PM UTC
Politics Obamacare, Affordable Care Act

Arkansas GOPer suggests shooting lawmakers over Medicaid expansion

"If we can’t shoot them, we have to at least be firm in our threat to take immediate action against them"

Jillian Rayfield Monday, Apr 22, 2013 1:09 PM UTC 16
Politics Arkansas, Republicans, Medicaid

Study: Pols think voters are more conservative than they actually are

New research suggests legislative candidates have systematically misperceived their constituents' views

Seth Masket, Pacific Standard Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 5:53 PM UTC
Politics Pacific Standard, Gay Marriage

Rick Scott caves on healthcare opposition

The Florida governor agrees to expand Medicaid coverage to 1.3 million people after fighting it tooth and nail

Alex Seitz-Wald Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 10:30 PM UTC 21
Politics Rick Scott, Affordable Care Act

Bad pharma: Drug research riddled with half truths, omissions, lies

Industry-funded trials are too common, can't be trusted -- and bring pills to market that likely don't work

Ben Goldacre Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 21
News Books, Health Care

Michele Bachmann again tries to repeal Obamacare

For the 34th time, legislation has been introduced into Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act

Jillian Rayfield Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 10:42 PM UTC 39
Politics Michele Bachmann, Barack Obama

Wisconsin GOPers back bill to arrest officials who implement Obamacare

Republican lawmakers say they still don't buy that the law is Constitutional

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 9:58 PM UTC 39
News Republicans, Health care reform

America doesn’t need health care rationing

Experts know that the answer to health costs is regulating what doctors, hospitals and pharma companies can charge

Michael Lind Tuesday, Oct 2, 2012 2:07 PM UTC 30
Politics Business, Health Care

Dumb tweet of the day: AARP “puppets”

Or, the vast media/old people conspiracy

Jillian Rayfield Friday, Sep 21, 2012 9:36 PM UTC 19
News AARP, Medicare

State GOP officials quietly implementing Obamacare

While trying to avoid the wrath of the conservative base

Jillian Rayfield Tuesday, Sep 18, 2012 10:29 PM UTC
News Health Care, Health care reform

Texas AG enjoys suing the federal government

Republican Greg Abbott has spent $2.58 million fighting lawsuits against the Obama Administration

Jillian Rayfield Monday, Sep 10, 2012 5:01 PM UTC
News Texas, Greg Abbott, Barack Obama

Paul Ryan requested Obamacare funding

As a congressman, Ryan asked for a grant provided by Obamacare funding

Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012 8:20 PM UTC 17
News Paul Ryan, Health care reform

Bible-based healthcare?

Catholic bishops' anti-healthcare reform lawsuits invite reminders of why religion shouldn't dictate health policy

Valerie Tarico, Alternet Sunday, Jul 29, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 44
Politics AlterNet, Health Care

Four dangerous myths about government spending

How not to solve an American crisis

Mattea Kramer, TomDispatch Tuesday, Jul 17, 2012 7:28 PM UTC 107
News U.S. Economy, spending, Taxes

Tea Party “treason”

What powers should the president have against those who advocate open, violent revolt against the U.S. government?

Glenn Greenwald Friday, Jun 29, 2012 8:53 PM UTC 306
Politics Conservatism

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