Obama, the States’ Rights President
Tweet Last week, we posted an op-ed by Wendell Potter about the Obama administration’s pending decision on the minimum health benefits insurance companies will be required to cover under the...
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STOP Obamacare in Pennsylvania: Where We Agree with Them
Tweet In my previous post on the STOP Obamacare in Pennsylvania, I commented on how Dr. Nicholas Pandelidis downplayed the problem of the uninsured in the US citing faulty research. However there are...
View ArticleThe Need for an Economic Impact Study in Pennsylvania
Tweet In my posts on the STOP Obamacare in Pennsylvania group, I commented on their analysis of the uninsured and how Obamacare would not control skyrocketing healthcare costs. My expertise is in...
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States not participating in Medicaid Expansion So Far
Tweet Texas now added itself to the five other states above in dark red which will not participate in the ACA medicaid expansion even though it leads the nation in the percent uninsured at 26.3% and...
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States of Confusion
Tweet Medicaid expansion is a critical part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Of the approximately 30 million people who are currently uninsured, but will be if the ACA is fully implemented, fully...
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How does Pennsylvania Measure Up on Infant Mortality?
Tweet Infant Mortality vs. Income for Certain States & Countries in 2006 The Gapminder Institute has come out with an online interactive graphic showing the United States’ individual states and...
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Governor Corbett Budget Address Today
Tweet Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett-R will make his third budget address to the state legislature on Tuesday, Feb. 5. He is expected to promote plans to privatize the state liquor store system,...
View ArticleGov. Corbett is Not Recommending to Expand Medicaid
Tweet I received this message from the Pennsylvania Health Action Network today. We were hopeful that Gov. Corbett R could be persuaded to change course on Medicaid expansion when Arizona Gov. Jan...
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Legislature Polarization and Single Payer Prospects
Tweet I came across this chart while looking at Kevin Drum’s blog at Motherjones.com. It summarizes the results of a study measuring the amount of political polarization in all 50 state legislatures...
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