Representatives Bob Gibbs and David Joyce Brace to Threaten Health Coverage for Ohioans with Trumpcare Vote
The Trump Administration and Republicans in the House of Representatives are rushing a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act…
Representatives Upton and Amash Brace to Threaten Health Coverage for Michiganders with Trumpcare Vote
The Trump Administration and Republicans in the House of Representatives are rushing a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act…
ICYMI – Top Sunday Show Reality Checks on Trumpcare
This weekend, across all five major networks, reporters and Republicans debunked the Trump administration's lies and exposed the dangers Trumpcare…
Confirmation That Trump's ACA Sabotage is Hurting North Carolina Families
"Donald Trump is so committed to forcing Trumpcare upon the country that he's intentionally sabotaging insurance marketplaces at the expense of…
While writing Trumpcare bill in secret, McConnell evades patient advocacy groups but attends fundraisers
"Republicans are hypocritically writing a Trumpcare bill behind closed doors that leaks indicate would take health insurance from millions, make healthcare costs…
If McConnell Really Wants to Improve Insurance Markets, He and Trump Should Stop Sabotaging Them
Months ago, the leadership of America's health insurance industry pleaded with Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress to help stabilize…
American Bridge Calls for Investigation Into Whether Trump Administration Used Taxpayer Funds to Falsify Trumpcare "Analysis"
American Bridge President Jessica Mackler released the following statement after the Trump Administration produced a study of Trumpcare effects that…
NEW STUDY: ACA repeal would cost U.S. over 1 million jobs
"Today is a moment of truth: do Republicans vote to save healthcare for 32 million Americans and prevent over 1…
MEMO: The Individual Mandate Record Tommy Thompson Hopes You Forget
Today, the Supreme Court chose to uphold the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But when Tea Party-pandering GOP Senate candidate Tommy Thompson releases his statement expressing his profound disappointment with the Court’s decision, Wisconsin voters should remember that just a few short years ago it was Thompson, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services, who was touting the necessity of an individual mandate in health care reform.
Background:
Thompson’s Former State Health Secretary Said Thompson “Recognized That Government Worked” For Health Programs. “Tommy Thompson is the state’s most famous example of this tough love approach, once hailed as ‘compassionate conservatism,’ and up for discussion today is one of Thompson’s proudest achievements, greatly expanded under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle: Wisconsin’s BadgerCare, Family Care and SeniorCare insurance plans… It is also a shift from Thompson’s approach only a decade ago. The guy who trumpeted, ‘It’s good to be a Republican!’ was proud of his Medicaid programs, too. He started BadgerCare with just a few thousand teenagers in 1999 as a way to support families kicked off welfare due to his controversial ‘workfare’ reforms. Another motivation, according to his former health secretary, Joe Leean, was to one-up Hillary Clinton, whose efforts at health reform while her husband was president were a humiliating disaster. Leean, now retired in Waupaca, recalls those days fondly and calls the BadgerCare program ‘the highlight’ of his public service career. Thompson was a governor with more heart than people gave him credit for, Leean says. (Several Democrats confided that things are so bad under Walker that they find themselves praising Thompson and wishing he were still around.) ‘When he was first elected, he was proclaimed as this awful conservative, a Dr. No kind of guy,’ Leean recalls. ‘But when I went in there and said we needed to do this health program, he needed no prodding at all. He became a compassionate conservative right from the start. He recognized that government worked.’” [Capital Times, 4/20/11]The Trump Administration Reinstating and Expanding the Global Gag Rule
Donald Trump signed an executive action reinstating and expanding the Mexico City policy, also referred to as the “Global Gag…