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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Trump’s Budget Wants USA to be Kansas, Meanwhile Reality Calls

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Oakland   The devil is in the details, not on Saturday Night Live, and his footprints are becoming clearer as the top notes become louder on the Trump Administration’s true plans for the country as revealed by their more detailed budget proposal. Tremendous cuts are being proposed for entitlements, some $800 billion over ten years in …

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White House and Rightwing Creating a Red State Healthcare Kill Zone

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Pittsburgh   When someone is elected president, they used to actually believe the words their speechwriters would scribble on the line that they were the president of all of the people in America. It is becoming clearer under the Trump Administration that even though he and the White House might parrot those words, they clearly no …

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