House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants. Johnson said today on CBS’ Face the Nation that Democrats “want to spend $1.5 trillion, and they want to …
Read More »Trump's Tax Bill Would Decimate the Affordable Care Act
President Donald Trump and Republicans’ “big, beautiful” tax bill already promises to leave millions of Americans without access to Medicaid and food assistance programs. The GOP is using Congress’ massive budget reconciliation bill to slash taxes on the wealthy and enact a host of right-wing policy dreams, and among them …
Read More »CNN Argues Americans Are to Blame for How the Health Care System Works
The murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest health insurer, has generated a lot of discourse over the past week and renewed conversation about the state of the U.S. health care system — something that was almost entirely missing from the 2024 campaign. Social media users have actively celebrated …
Read More »Republicans Once Again Have Their Sights Set on the Affordable Care Act
With less than a week to go before the election, Donald Trump still hasn’t produced a concrete healthcare plan after teasing that he had “concepts” of one last month. Instead, one of his most prominent allies is wading into radioactive territory for Republicans: vowing to eliminate the Affordable Care Act. …
Read More »1,500 Physicians Call on Trump to Actually Produce Health Care Plan
During his sole debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump declared that he had “concepts of a plan” to improve the Affordable Care Act. Days before voters are set to cast their ballots on Election Day, no plan has manifested, and doctors are demanding answers. A coalition of more …
Read More »DeSantis Makes Vague Promise of a New, Cheaper Plan to 'Supersede Obamacare'
Ron DeSantis, who in the Congress voted three times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is now promising a less costly, “better plan” of his own to “supersede” it while bashing Donald Trump for failing to fulfill his vow to “repeal and replace” the popular health care legislation. He also …
Read More »Trump Demands Government Punish MSNBC for Not Being Nice to Him
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social late Tuesday night to demand that the government punish MSNBC for their critical coverage of him. Trump wrote that “MSNBC (MSDNC) uses FREE government approved airwaves, and yet it is nothing but a 24 hour hit job on Donald J. Trump and …
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