No Room for the Little People in Trump World

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Little Rock   The little people are taking a beating in Trump’s Washington and the rest of America. Behind the curtain while the wildness and rants are on display on stage, the march to unravel rights and protections for regular, low-and-moderate income Americans as citizens and consumers is relentless. Vice-President Pence cast the tie-breaking vote this …

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Welcome to the No-Insurance Emergency Rooms as Long as They Last

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New Orleans  The Congressional Budget Office has released its score on the cost and impact of the Senate Republicans version of healthcare coverage. The bottom lines have gotten wide publicity. 22 million will lose insurance by 2026, 15 million almost immediately. 15 million lower income people will lose Medicaid coverage. It wasn’t big news that …

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Congressional Budget Office Scores House Health Bill with an “F”

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Oakland    The Congressional Budget Office finished its nonpartisan, objective evaluation of the costs and impacts of their recently passed bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, and channeling Gertrude Stein found that there was “no there, there,” at least if any of us were looking for health insurance, especially when we have health problems. Begin …

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