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BREAKING NEWS: GOP Leader McConnell Admits Repeal Not Needed
BREAKING NEWS: GOP Leader McConnell Admits Repeal Not Needed GOP Colleagues Echo Calls for Bipartisanship Senate Leader Mitch McConnell admitted today that the Senate will develop a bipartisan fix for health care markets under the Affordable Care Act, if they fail to repeal health care. For months, Republicans have used demagoguery about needing…
Read MoreGOP HEALTH CARE REPEAL BILL BY THE NUMBERS IN TENNESSEE
GOP HEALTH CARE REPEAL BILL BY THE NUMBERS 634,600 Tennesseans Would Lose Coverage $5.3 Billion Cut from Tennessee’s Medicaid Funding Job Losses, Premium Increases and Weakened Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions As the GOP-led Senate continues to press forward with health care repeal, a quick look at the numbers shows that the the impact on…
Read MoreTrump Voters Most at Risk Under Health Care Repeal
News Reports Make Clear: Trump Voters Most at Risk Under Health Care Repeal (NASHVILLE, TN) Reports continue to reveal an uncomfortable truth for Republican Senators: repealing health care hurts Trump voters the most. The repeal bill breaks their promises on health care. That might explain why the Washington Post wrote that polling shows…
Read MoreAfter Authoring Repeal Bill That Guts Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions, Senate Republicans Consider Making It Worse
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2017 Contact: Lenda Sherrell (865) 388-9056 After Authoring Repeal Bill That Guts Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions, Senate Republicans Consider Making It Worse (NASHVILLE, TN) The current Senate Republican health care repeal bill already puts health insurance at risk for those with pre-existing conditions. Now, to appease the far right…
Read MoreHow the Republican Senate Healthcare Repeal Bill Impacts You
Senate Republicans promised to start over and write a plan that improves people’s health care; instead, they doubled down on the failed repeal approach that puts everyone’s health care last, and tax breaks for the wealthiest first. Republicans wrote their plan in secret, have refused to hold hearings, and are rushing to force a vote…
Read MoreCongressional Budget Office: 23 Million to Lose Health Care, Increased Premiums from Republican Health Care Repeal
Congressional Budget Office: 23 Million to Lose Health Care, Increased Premiums from Republican Health Care Repeal “The health and financial security of hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans is on the line.” NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 24, 2017 –Protect Our Care Campaign Director Leslie Dach released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) report today…
Read MorePeople who know Health Care the best say the House Bill is still the worst
PEOPLE WHO KNOW HEALTH CARE THE BEST SAY THE HOUSE BILL IS STILL THE WORST Republicans were quick to celebrate yesterday at President Trump’s White House Bash over their successful 1 vote margin on a partisan repeal of health care. While they high-five themselves over ramming a bill through Congress, the people who…
Read MoreGOP Health Care Repeal Bill
House Republicans just passed a bill to repeal health care that cuts coverage, increases costs and eliminates protections, despite bipartisan opposition. The Senate needs to reject repeal and, instead, Republicans should work across the aisle to make health care better. The Republican bill: cuts coverage for 24 million people and raises premiums 20 percent, according to the nonpartisan…
Read MoreAARP, AMA, HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS CONDEMN GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN
AARP, AMA, HOSPITALS AND PATIENTS CONDEMN GOP HEALTH CARE PLAN They join Doctors, Cancer Society, Consumers Union, Catholic Health Association, March of Dimes and others (KNOXVILLE,TN) Today the AARP, American Medical Association, doctors, hospitals and patient advocacy groups have all voiced their condemnation and opposition to the current GOP proposal dubbed the American Health Care…
Read MoreDr. Phelps Statement
Dr. Tom Phelps of Tullahoma statement on GOP’s Affordable Care Act replacement “plan”: “GOP’s Secret Plan Means Less Coverage, Weaker Protections & Higher Costs For Tennesseans” Dr. Tom Phelps Relaunches Twitter Campaign, Says GOP “Plan” Caps & Rations Medicaid for Seniors, Children and People with Disabilities (March, 2, 2017)–– Last night, Bloomberg reported that GOP…
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