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Tag Archives: medicare
Republicans This Is What You Are Voting For
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged GOP Culture wars, medicare, social security
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Book Review: The Hidden History of American Healthcare
In The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich, author Thom Hartmann returns to familiar themes of greed, racism and oligarchic corruption. He applies them to a system of healthcare that profits the … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged book review, health care reform, healthcare, Hidden History, medicare, Medicare for all, oligarchy, thom hartmann
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The New Medicare For All Bill
The Thom Hartmann Program Medicare for All has been modernized to include dental and vision but the new Bill is a little different from the famous John Conyers bill introduced nearly twenty years ago. Congressman Mark Pocan explains how the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged medicare, Medicare for all, Rep. Mark Pocan
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Medicare For All Vs. Medicare Advantage
Thom Hartmann talks with Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, about Medicare Advantage programs. He discusses why we need to move to Medicare for all and beef up coverage to include vision, dental and hearing instead of using … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged health care, medicare, Medicare for all
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Health Care Should Be A Human Right
by Ralph Scharnau The human right to health care means that everyone gets the highest standard of care for physical and mental health. Individuals should receive this care regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual identification, geographical location, urban/suburban/rural domicile, political … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged affordable care act, Children's Health Insurance, medicaid, medicare, United States National Health Care Act
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Are Iowa Republicans Blum And King Koch Brothers Employees?
They might as well be. They are apparently working for the Kochs’ agenda, not for Iowans. Here is a message from the Iowa Democratic Party: Rod Blum Receives Award from Koch Brothers-Backed Group Pushing to Dismantle Medicare and Social Security … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare, Social Security
Tagged ending Medicare, medicare, Rep. Rod Blum, Republicans attack Social Security
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Stop Paul Ryan From Ending Medicare
Message from Congressman Dave Loebsack (D) This year marks the 50th anniversary of Medicare, a program that has long been a safety net for our seniors who rely on it for their basic healthcare needs. However, House Republicans, led by … Continue reading
Posted in David Loebsack, Medicare
Tagged Congressman Dave Loebsack, medicare, Paul Ryan budget
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Democrats: Don’t Play Not To Lose!
OK all you amateur athletes, weekend warriors and those who participate with the remote and a comfy chair. You may be familiar with what I describe here. Have you ever been in a game or seen a game where one … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa
Tagged ACA, CFPB, Dodd-Frank, medicare, social security
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Framing the Medicaid Debate
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
Posted in Iowa Legislature, medicaid expansion
Tagged affordable care act, hawk-i, Iowa Medicaid, IowaCare, Jennifer Vermeer, Medicaid expansion, medicare, obamacare
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The Real Entitlement
Every time I hear the word “entitlement” in connection with Social Security or Medicare I want to grab the fool who is using Frank Luntz’s word by the collar and ask him (or her) just how stupid they are. Do they … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare, Steve King
Tagged drug overpayments, entitlements, medicare, Medicare Part D, social security
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