Kentucky Governor Bevin is a spoiled child

Bevin (do I have to tell you he’s a Republican?) has been trying to get rid of the Medicaid expansion put in place by his Democratic predecessor since the day he took office. He just issued an order that says if his newly-minted work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients is thrown out by a court …

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Mass shootings and Congress

It seems apparent that Congress will do nothing to control the gun violence in this country, even after two mass shootings which killed 84 people within six weeks. It’s disheartening, to say the least. We have got to get more pro-gun control Senators and Representatives into the Congress, men and women who are not beholden …

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Sucks to be you, poor women

The Trump Administration just expanded the range of employers who can claim exemptions from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that birth control be made available as part of any insurance policy. This latest rewriting of the federal policy, in an interim final rule that takes effect immediately, broadens the entities that may claim religious objections …

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What drives this?

How is it that a political party has become so hateful and perhaps insane that it is perfectly willing to threaten the lives of 10% of the entire population of the country solely because a hated Democratic President (who happened to be black) instituted a health care program for that country? Read some of the …

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To the phones again!

Next week the Senate Republicans will put forth an abomination called the Graham-Cassidy bill, which intends to repeal the Affordable Care Act and eliminate health care for millions of Americans. Oh, its sponsors would deny that hotly, but it’s nonetheless true. In reality, Graham-Cassidy is the opposite of moderate. It contains, in exaggerated and almost …

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When Congress serves industry

Table saw users, take note. There’s a way to keep your fingers from sudden amputation. It was invented 14 years ago. There was a big need for this invention. Every year more than 4,000 Americans suffer amputations — get their hands mangled using table saws. Upwards of 30,000 people wind up in emergency rooms with …

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Is Obamacare safe?

It looks like it, for now. The Senate is showing little interest in any encore votes anytime soon. Trump on Monday threatened to end subsidies to insurers and also took aim at coverage for members of ­Congress. But the White House insistence appears to have done little to convince congressional GOP leaders to keep trying. …

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Is this zombie really dead?

The Senate couldn’t pass the “skinny repeal” bill tonight. It failed on a 49 Aye – 51 Nay vote at 1:30 AM. Senator John McCain provided the 51st vote against it. There will be pages of analysis and post-mortems in tomorrow’s papers and probably a bunch of surly Trump Tweets too. I just hope the …

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McCain never has been much of a “Maverick”

Headline: John McCain to return to Senate Tuesday for health care vote McCain’s office announced Monday night that he would return Tuesday — a surprise to most in Washington who expected him to miss the crucial vote and return to Washington at a later date. McCain is expected to get GOP leadership one vote closer …

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