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Category Archives: Medicare
Reminder: “Medicare Advantage” Is Not Medicare
John Oliver explains it here during his “Last Week With John Oliver.” The video is 30 minutes long, but does have some very important messages. The most important message is that the badly misnamed “Medicare Advantage” is neither Medicare nor … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare
Tagged John Oliver, medicare advantage, PNHP
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Will Medicare Be Cut Because of OBB(U)B? YES!
That is the One Big Beautiful (but really Ugly) Bill. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse gives a brief explanation: !Minute: Remember how MAGAs claimed that the Trump bill that they ran through congress would not in any way affect Medicare? This may … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare
Tagged backdoor cuts to Medicare, OBBBA, PAYGO
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Two Santas About To Rumble
Thom Hartmann reminds us what the “two Santa Claus Theory’ is. (9:30) Apparently the original video of Jude Wanniski speaking before a group of Republicans telling them how they need to kill the “Democratic” Santa Claus of social security, medicare, … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare, money out of politics, Republican Policy, SNAP, Social Security
Tagged OBBBA, two Santa Clauses
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She Runs Because She Knows She Is Wrong
1 minute: Many of you have already seen the short video of Iowa’s first district congress member, Marionette Miller-Meeks, running like a scared rabbit from a man with a recorder who is trying to ask her questions. If you did … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare
Tagged Alex Lawson, Ashley Hinson, big beautiful bill, big very bad bill, medicaid, Miller-Meeks, Randy Feenstra, Zach Nunn
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Anti-Vax Quack Nominated By Trump
(editor’s note: from our inbox. Long but much worthwhile information) STATEMENT: The Trump Administration Is Putting An Anti-Vax Quack Scientist and Fake Doctor In Charge of “Researching” Long-Debunked Claims That Vaccines Cause Autism FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2025 … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare
Tagged anti-vax, autism, David Geier, Mark Geier, medicaid
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Protect MEDICAID!
Alert from Common Good Iowa (from our email) Congress is finalizing its budget plans, and leaders want to slash Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the powerful and wealthy. They’ve been trying to move fast before we can stand … Continue reading
Posted in Medicare
Tagged Common Good Iowa, contact your representatives, medicaid
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Planning 2025 And Beyond
As if America didn’t have enough problems here comes a cowboy from South Africa stepping into the mess (8 minutes) As I type this we are experiencing a power outage, one of life’s little annoyances that mess with your plans. … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Canada, chaos, Greenland, medicaid, Panama, planning
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Republicans Are Planning To Gut Health Care
For 627,900 Iowans To Hand Out Tax Breaks To The Rich and Big Corporations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 10, 2024 Parker Williamson, Press Secretary press@progressiowa.org Reports released by The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and KFF show Republicans … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Obamacare, Republican Policy
Tagged throwing millions of Iowans off healthcare
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Stability
30 minutes: Vice-President Harris closing argument speech at the DC Ellipse October 29th As America’s corporate media does all it can to turn this presidential election into a “horse race” with a photo finish at the end, it (the media) … Continue reading
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