It has been one year since Donald Trump and the Republicans passed their Big Billionaires First Act, which took money from vital services like food and health assistance and redistributed it to give unneeded tax cuts to the rich. Arizona Senator Mark Kelly issued a press release to condemn this measure and call attention to … Read more
Better late than never. In a stinging rebuke of Donald ‘I have concepts of a health care plan’ Trump and Mike ‘Holy Roller Hypocrite’ Johnson, the House of Representatives, with 17 Republican defections, passed a three-year extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Obamacare subsidies. It is very unfortunate that thanks to Mr. Johnson’s stonewalling by … Read more
Seldom to do I pen a post just to quote and recommend the work of another – unless it’s just too good to miss and exactly what I was about to say myself (but probably with more unnecessary words!). Today, political scientist and practitioner Rachel Bitecofer did just that: When the government reopened, cable pundits … Read more
“The Affordable Care Act is the only reason my family and I have health care… Several years ago, During one of my pregnancies, I had a medical emergency that put me in the hospital for weeks. Without ACA coverage, that one emergency could have bankrupted us. Private insurance would have been thousands of dollars a … Read more
With Speaker Mike Johnson showing his weak leadership skills in not having his caucus in Washington D.C. to negotiate with Democrats on a bipartisan solution to fund the government and help people keep their health insurance at affordable prices, Arizona House Congressional District Three Representative Yassamin Ansari held a virtual town hall this evening and … Read more