Author: Sydney Robinson

Latest AHCA: If you Miss A Healthcare Payment, You Will Lose Coverage for Six Months

Latest AHCA: If you Miss A Healthcare Payment, You Will Lose Coverage for Six Months

Posted by | Jun 26, 2017 | , |

In addition to a sea of other disastrous and deadly regulations and bills the GOP are considering in relation to healthcare, the Senate is set to add a measure to the latest AHCA draft which would put consumers on a 6-month ban healthcare as punishment for having allowed their coverage to lapse. It’s a punitive measure that is sure to leave hundreds of thousands – or even millions – without healthcare, just when they need it the most. If the provision is added, consumers will be penalized for not signing up at the onset of the AHCA, or for...

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Family of Slain Philando Castile to Receive Near-$3M Settlement from City

Family of Slain Philando Castile to Receive Near-$3M Settlement from City

Posted by | Jun 26, 2017 | |

Though no criminal charges are being pursued in the murder by police of Philando Castile, the family will receive a form of justice for their son’s death thanks to a settlement reached with the city on Monday. In exchange for not pursuing a federal wrongful death lawsuit, Castile’s mother Valerie Castile will be paid a sum of nearly $3 million by the city. The announcement was made just a week after a jury elected to clear the officer who discharged his gun at point blank range on Castile while in the car with his girlfriend and young daughter. Castile...

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Elizabeth Warren: Latest Trumpcare Draft is “Blood Money”

Elizabeth Warren: Latest Trumpcare Draft is “Blood Money”

Posted by | Jun 22, 2017 | |

Responding to the late release of the latest draft of the American Health Care Act, Senator Elizabeth Warren referred to the deals the GOP has cut with the rich corporations in this country as “blood money.” Warren’s comments came on Thursday afternoon in the form of a video released onto her social media sites. In it, Warren eviscerates the latest AHCA draft, saying that upon reading it, she understands why it was previously kept in secret.   I’ve read the Republican “health care” bill. This is blood money. They’re paying for tax cuts with American lives. pic.twitter.com/298DLguNiM — Elizabeth...

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Disabled Americans Staging “Die-In” Outside of McConnell’s Office Dragged Out By Police

Disabled Americans Staging “Die-In” Outside of McConnell’s Office Dragged Out By Police

Posted by | Jun 22, 2017 | , , |

On Thursday, just as the Senate finally released their latest version of the AHCA, a group of disabled Americans staged a “die-in” outside of the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The group’s aim was to demand transparency and fairness as Republicans continue to produce major legislation that will affect 60 percent of the economy and will guarantee the fate of Americans with pre-existing conditions nationwide. The protest was organized by the National ADAPT organization, a national grassroots disability rights organization “fighting to end the institutional bias.”   Let this sink in: People with disabilities are BEGGING their...

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Trump Now Says He Has No Recordings of Conversations With Comey

Trump Now Says He Has No Recordings of Conversations With Comey

Posted by | Jun 22, 2017 | |

After alluding to having secret recordings of his conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey, President Trump debunked his own claims on Thursday when he said he had no such recordings. Trump first raised the possibility of any such tapes on May 12 in response to a series of anonymously sourced stories which claimed, among other things, that Comey was made to feel severely uncomfortable in Trump’s presence during each of their meetings since January. In response to the stories, no doubt attributed to Comey himself, Trump said that his new adversary might want to watch what he says...

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