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How To Talk About Obamacare With Your Tea Party Uncle This Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Trish Nelson

 

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GOP Resorts To Swift Boat Strategy Once Again

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Van Jones: Let’s Stop Trying To Please Republicans The GOP were smart when they made the decision to swiftboat Van Jones out of the Obama administration in 2009, because Van Jones is a tremendously powerful force for good. Individuals like … Continue reading →

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Navigating Change in Health Insurance — Part 3

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Like many, I worked hard during the post-911 Bush administration to elect a Democratic president. Investing a lot of myself in politics through the 2004, 2006 and 2008 election cycles, I’m not ready to give up on President Barack Obama … Continue reading →

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Navigating Change in Health Insurance – Part 2

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Paul Deaton

While gaining an understanding of how the health insurance exchanges may change our family budget, I decided to wait until the government worked through the initial computer problems evident at the start-up of open enrollment. Last night, the glitches seemed … Continue reading →

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How You Can Help Counter Obamacare Disinformation

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Watching the Koch Brothers’ Teapublicans reveal their true greedy, ruthless natures during the shutdown has made it even more amazing that President Obama managed to pull off passage of health care reform, and The Affordable Care Act is now the … Continue reading →

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Navigating Change In Health Insurance

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Paul Deaton

As a self-employed writer and farm hand, having health insurance means buying an individual policy in the marketplace. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance exchanges and initial open enrollment beginning Oct. 1 was a precipitating event … Continue reading →

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The Republican Obsession: The Affordable Care Act

Posted on October 8, 2013 by bfiaralphscharnau

The Obama administration’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010 and launched a massive, multiyear phase in process of policies and plans.  This is the biggest change in the nation’s health insurance system since the establishment of … Continue reading →

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Iowa Republicans Bicker Over Campaign Tweets Because They Can’t Stop Obamacare

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Not being a real news organization, BFIA has no self-imposed obligation to report (blab incessantly) about the media obsession of the week.  So, if you came to find out what we might have to say about Ted Cruz, move along, … Continue reading →

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The Facts About Obamacare: How Can So Many Be So Wrong?

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Misconceptions still abound about Obamacare aka the Affordable Care Act.  It is  not astonishing or mysterious how so many people come up with so many wrong ideas.   Fox News, conservative talk radio,  and the regular corporate media pretending to … Continue reading →

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Framing the Medicaid Debate

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Paul Deaton

Our family has been able to afford health insurance, and has had continuous coverage since my career in transportation began in 1984. It is a budget priority, regardless of our work situation. With the April 2013 16.3 percent increase from … Continue reading →

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