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Trump’s declaration of an “emergency” is an illegal abuse of power that strikes at the heart of our democracy.
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medical bankruptcy study: 67% cite illness & medical bills as contributors to financial ruin
I got this an an email. Horrible that this happens in the USA!!
New medical bankruptcy study: 67% of filers cite illness and medical bills as contributors to financial ruin
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Drs. Steffie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein, PNHP <info@pnhp.org> Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:26 PM
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To xxxx
Feb. 14, 2019
Dear colleague,
Last week, the American Journal of Public Health published our new study on the effects of medical bills and illness on personal bankruptcy. Along with our collaborators from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP), we surveyed a random sample of 910 Americans who filed for personal bankruptcy between 2013 and 2016, and abstracted the court records of their bankruptcy filings. Our findings indicate that 530,000 families suffer bankruptcies each year that are linked to illness or medical bills. In fact, medical problems contributed to 66.5% of all bankruptcies, a figure that is virtually unchanged since before the passage of the ACA. Overall, we found that health insurance offered little financial protection to middle-class Americans.
The study, which is one component of the CBP's ongoing bankruptcy research, provides the only national data on medical contributors to bankruptcy since the 2010 passage of the ACA.
These findings provide a strong wake-up call to those who would rather tinker with our many existing health insurance programs instead of moving towards a universal single-payer system providing comprehensive coverage. We found no evidence that the ACA, or even the ACA's Medicaid expansion, reduced the proportion of bankruptcies driven by medical problems.
What's even more striking is that bankruptcy is most common among middle-class Americans. While private insurance is sold as a safeguard against financial ruin, most enrollees have policies with so many loopholes, copayments, and deductibles that illness can put them in the poorhouse. And even the best job-based health insurance often vanishes when prolonged illness causes job loss – just when families need it most.
Private health insurance is a defective product, akin to an umbrella that melts in the rain. This study is another reminder that we need to move beyond the ACA to a single-payer, improved Medicare-for-All system.
Please share these findings with your colleagues and elected officials.
Media coverage of "Medical bankruptcy: Still common despite the Affordable Care Act":
"This is the real reason most Americans file for bankruptcy," by Lorie Konish, CNBC
"The Health 202: A new study has found medical problems contribute to 66.5 percent of all bankruptcies," by Paige Winfield Cunningham, Washington Post
"Medical debt a factor in two-thirds of bankruptcies in survey," by Kelly Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review
"This is the thing most likely to cause you financial ruin — but few prepare for it," by Catey Hill, Marketwatch
"The Affordable Care Act did almost nothing to stop medical bankruptcies," by Libby Watson, Splinter
"Despite promises of ACA, study shows two-thirds of personal bankruptcies still caused by illness and medical bills," by Julia Conley, Common Dreams
"Affordable Care Act Hasn't Reduced Bankruptcies: Study," by Michael Rainey, The Fiscal Times
Sincerely,
Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H. and David U. Himmelstein, M.D.
Co-founders, PNHP
Physicians for a National Health Program
29 E Madison St Ste 1412 | Chicago, Illinois 60602
312-782-6006 | info@pnhp.org
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Trump's speeches always sound like a 6th grader givin' a book report on a book he never read.
So true. He just loves to hear himself talk. Someone should count all the times he blamed someone else!
Trump's speeches always sound like a 6th grader givin' a book report on a book he never read.
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So cringeworthy
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human being
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He’s sniffling too.
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Gonzo Republican
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What 6th grader is that into bondage imagery?
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He says one thing in a sentence, and then totally contradicts himself in the next sentence.
Joaquin Castro: Is prepared to terminate Trumps Emergency Declaration 50 U.S.C. 1622.
We have to throw everything at this #fakeEmergency
Joaquin Castro Verified account @JoaquinCastrotx
If @realdonaldtrump declares a national emergency to fund his border wall, I’m prepared to introduce a resolution to terminate the President’s emergency declaration under 50 U.S.C. 1622. (National Emergencies Act) #FakeEmergency
3:01 PM - 14 Feb 2019
https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1096152392767336448
https://twitter.com/1IronMan2020/status/1096179507755712512
McConnell Talked Trump Off Ledge By Promising He'd Back Emergency Order
Source: TPM
February 15, 2019 7:40 am
Over the course of three phone conversations on Thursday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) cajoled an unpredictable President Trump into supporting the bipartisan border funding spending bill by promising he’d make his caucus stand behind a national emergency declaration, The Washington Post reported.
In a freakout that a Republican senior aide described as “off the rails” to the Post, Trump threatened on Thursday afternoon to blow up plans to avoid another government shutdown by not signing the spending deal. But McConnell reportedly calmed Trump’s concerns, by not only vowing his support of a national emergency declaration, but also convincing Trump that Democrats were the real losers in the spending fight.............
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mcconnell-seems-amped-emergency-promised-trump-he-would
I read there are 18 Repugs who criticized Trump and his declaring a Nat. Emergency. Lets see how fast they fall behind McConnell.
Voters strongly oppose a national emergency over the wall. 65% OPPOSE
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1096372634575613957
https://twitter.com/FiveThirtyEight/status/1096363490653163520
President Trump will declare a national emergency and seek money to build a border wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, moments before the U.S. Senate passed a compromise spending bill that didn’t include wall funding.
If Trump follows through on the emergency declaration, he’ll be doing something that large majorities of Americans oppose — and he’ll be doing it at right as his job approval ratings had begun to rebound following the partial government shutdown in December and January.
Indeed, the act of declaring a national emergency to build a wall is even more unpopular than the wall itself — and the wall isn’t popular. Polls as tracked by PollingReport.com show an average of 32 percent of Americans in favor of the declaration and 65 percent opposed. Even in an era where many of Trump’s top priorities poll only in the low-to-mid-40s, that’s an especially large split, with roughly twice as many voters opposed as in favor...............................
Schumer slams 'stunt' Green New Deal vote as moderates fret
Source: Politico
"I challenge Leader McConnell to say that our climate change crisis is real, that it’s caused by humans, and that Congress needs to act," Sen. Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. | Alex Wong/Getty Images
02/14/2019 03:01 PM EST
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats would not be intimidated by the “cynical stunt” of voting on the Green New Deal resolution, even as moderate members of his caucus distanced themselves from the sweeping climate change goals.
Schumer said the "amazing irony" of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell bringing up a resolution Republicans intend to vote against is a sign of why the American people hate Congress. He demanded the Kentucky Republican acknowledge the scientific consensus around climate change and commit the chamber to tackling the problem.
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Schumer's clap back comes on the heels of McConnell saying his chamber would vote on the ambitious Green New Deal resolution floated by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.). That move is expected to show internal divisions within the Democratic caucus about how to tackle climate change with some lawmakers recoiling at the resolution's aim of decarbonizing the U.S. economy within a decade.
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, said at an Axios event this morning that she was not ready to back the resolution in its current form.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/14/schumer-green-new-deal-1175513
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GOP aide leaves job after Twitter flap about Colin Kaepernick and black history
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:14 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2019 | Updated 5:54 p.m. CT Feb. 14, 2019
MADISON - A legislative aide left his Capitol job this week after his boss expressed anger over him using her Twitter account to criticize Colin Kaepernick during a tense floor debate about Black History Month.
As lawmakers argued about whether to recognize the National Football League quarterback on Tuesday, Rep. Barbara Dittrich's Twitter account weighed in on the issue.
"Colin Kapernick wore socks depicting police as pigs. Flags are flying at half-staff for a murdered policeman. Are you kidding me????" her account tweeted.
The tweet, which misspelled Kaepernick's name and referred to the recent shooting of Milwaukee Police Officer Matthew Rittner, was soon deleted.
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Best was paid $52,000 a year ..............
Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/14/longtime-gop-aide-retires-after-twitter-flap-colin-kaepernick/2873917002/
The article said he officially retired. Good--be gone!! The article said he has been in hot water for using another lawmakers account previously to diss a Democrat.
RELATED: For second day, Republicans reject effort to recognize Colin Kaepernick as part of Black History Month
RELATED: Wisconsin Republican disavows tweet posted under her name criticizing Colin Kaepernick
RELATED: Wisconsin GOP lawmakers oppose Black History Month resolution naming Colin Kaepernick
Trump technically obese, despite doctor's clean bill of health
Source: Politico
A four-pound weight gain over the last year makes the president obese under the official definition of the term.
02/14/2019 04:43 PM EST Updated 02/14/2019 05:20 PM EST
President Donald Trump gained four pounds over the last year, according to a new assessment from his doctor, a weight increase that makes him technically obese.
But Trump's doctor, Sean Conley, nonetheless determined that the president "remains in very good health overall" in a memorandum released by the White House on Thursday.
Conley recorded Trump's height as 6'3" and his weight as 243 pounds. Last year, the president clocked in at 239 pounds, according to an assessment by his former doctor, Ronny Jackson.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that a body mass index of 30.0 or higher falls into the obese range. Based on his current height and weight, Trump's body mass index is 30.4, putting him across the obesity threshold. Obese people are at increased risk of a slew of health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and stroke. .........
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/14/trump-technically-obese-doctors-health-1170438
I am surprised that Politico used the term obese. oh well. Tis what it is!!
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Acosta on Trump rallies: Worse than what you see on TV
Worth the time to watch. IMHO
Acosta on Trump rallies: Worse than what you see on TV
After a BBC cameraman was attacked during President Trump's campaign rally in El Paso, Texas, CNN's Jim Acosta discusses what the environment is like inside the rallies.
Source: CNN
https://twitter.com/rodeodance/status/1096200978158751746
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