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Category Archives: medicaid expansion
Social Security And Medicare On The Block If Trump Wins In 2020
With the behemoth news story of the impeachment sucking up almost all the TV and radio air, there is very little other news getting out or getting a proper amount of air time. Hopefully, the story out of Davos, Switzerland … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security, Trump
Tagged medicaid, medicaid block grant, social security and wall street
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An Unadvertised Bomb Inside Repealing The ACA
Look out Kids, Mom and Dad may break you Filial responsibility. Ever hear of it? This is an old concept in law that goes back to the English poor laws in the 1600s. Stated simply, it means that children are … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Obamacare, Public Health, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy
Tagged filial responsibility, repeal and replace
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Fighting The Healthcare Battle Again
Bernie speech on healthcare: (15 minutes) A little trip down memory lane: The major issue in early 2008 was not the economy until Republicans broke the economy in the middle of the year. The state of access to healthcare in … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Charles Grassley, Health Care & Medicare, Joni Ernst, medicaid expansion, Medicare
Tagged return to bad healthcare system, tax cuts for the rich
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Electoral College Meets Monday
We need some Profiles In Courage. We need them Monday. Anyone remember John F. Kennedy’s 1958 book “Profiles In Courage” concerning historical senators who laid their reputations and power on the line in order to do the right thing? We … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Social Security, Trump
Tagged courage, electoral college
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Devastating!
Well I feel like someone has simply come up and kicked me in the stomach. Like so many right now my feelings are a mix of depression, fear and flat out confusion. For the life of me I can not … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Obamacare, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, Social Security
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Iowa Democratic State Senators Holding Hearings On Medicaid System.
Below are four reminders on upcoming Medicaid happenings. We hope you find this information helpful. You can follow our Medicaid efforts at http://www.senate.iowa.gov/democrats/Medicaid. –Iowa Senate Democrats Staff P.S. If you know somebody who’d like to receive these updates on Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Iowa Legislature, medicaid expansion
Tagged Iowa Senate Democrats, iowa senate hearings, privatized medicaid
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PREPARE FOR MEDICAID CHANGES THAT BEGIN APRIL 1
info from Senator Brase on Medicaid privatization Despite our repeated efforts to stop or delay it, Governor Branstad’s ill-conceived plan to turn over management of Iowa Medicaid to three out-of-state companies becomes a reality for 560,000 Iowans on April 1. … Continue reading
Posted in medicaid expansion
Tagged Chris Brase, medicaid privatization, Senator Brase
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The Courtney Report
The following are excerpts from Sen. Courtney’s newsletter. The full newsletter can be seen here. BIPARTISAN OVERSIGHT WILL PROTECT VULNERABLE IOWANS Despite its disappointing and troubling start, the Branstad-Reynolds Medicaid privatization plan is moving forward. Our job now is to … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, medicaid expansion
Tagged digital data, Iowa medicaid privatization
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Branstad’s Medicaid Debacle Moves Forward
Iowa Democrats are attempting damage control, but Branstad’s corporatization of Medicaid is yet another sad tale of what happens when Republicans get too much power. State Senator Amanda Ragan of Mason City gave her opening remarks today regarding SF 2213, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Iowa legislature 2016, medicaid expansion
Tagged Branstad administration, Iowa Medicaid, Iowa Senate Democrats
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Advocates For Iowa Medicaid To Hold Rally At State Capitol
DES MOINES – Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver and a diverse group of health care providers, medical professionals, disability advocates, Medicaid beneficiaries and their families will be staging a rally at the Iowa State Capitol on Wednesday, February 24th, to … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, Chet Culver, Iowa legislature 2016, medicaid expansion
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