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Read President Obama’s Inspiring Message On Obamacare’s 14th Birthday

Read President Obama’s Inspiring Message On Obamacare’s 14th Birthday

President Obama released an inspiring message to commemorate the 14th anniversary of his signature legislative accomplishment The Affordable Care Act.

5 days ago

Democrats Win As Republicans Have Completely Given Up On Repealing Obamacare

Obamacare is no longer mentioned on the campaign trail, as Republicans have given up their decade-plus campaign to repeal Obamacare.

1 year ago

Opinion: The Dangerous Distortion of “Fairness” in the Student Loan Forgiveness Debate

Biden’s plan is an effort to create fairness and equity when it comes to access to higher education.

2 years ago

Opinion: Obama’s White House Visit Underlines Story Democrats Need To Tell About Themselves And GOP

Democrats need to focus intensely on loudly telling the story of what life in America will really be like if…

2 years ago

Opinion: Can Americans Survive Without “Radical Socialism”?

Again, we have to ask, where and in what shape would Americans and the U.S. economy be without the “radical…

3 years ago

Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act after rejecting the latest challenge from Republicans and former President…

3 years ago

We’re Getting Health Care Totally Wrong

cost caps is the right solution on healthcareSince Congress passed the Affordable Care Act a decade ago, we’ve gotten totally…

3 years ago

1 Million Americans Signed Up for ACA Coverage After Biden Reopened the Exchange

President Joe Biden announced that 1 million Americans have signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after…

3 years ago

Opinion: The Possibilities for Biden’s Vision to Overcome Trump’s Division

President-elect Joe Biden campaigned aspirationally on a vision of uniting a country many see as severely, if not hopelessly, divided.…

3 years ago

Let Us Count the Ways Trump, GOP Have Created a Death Culture in America

We often define culture as a “way of life.” Implicit in this definition is the notion that culture should support…

4 years ago

Trans Lives Matter, Too: November 2020 Will be a Reckoning on Civil Rights for All

Amidst the recent mass nationwide uprisings, dominated by the sentiments of the Black Lives Matter movement, an effective reincarnation of…

4 years ago

Opinion: Coronavirus Proves Necessity of Democrats’ Plan to Support American Lives Heading into 2020 Election

In his 1980 campaign against incumbent President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan famously asked, “Are you better off now than you…

4 years ago

While Trump Seeks Elimination of ACA, Pelosi Re-focuses Americans, Media Heading into 2020

As coverage of the coronavirus streams 24-7 on the airways, updating cases and casualties as well as policy shifts and…

4 years ago

10 Years After Passing Affordable Care Act, Obama Says It’s ‘Progress Worth Protecting’ Against Republican Attempts To End It

In conjunction with a political organization called "Protect Our Care," which seeks to provide "outreach, rapid response, research and messaging…

4 years ago

Opinion: Fuller Picture Shows Trump’s Policies are Devastating to Americans’ Economic Well-Being

  In response to news that the economy created 266,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dipped to 50-year…

4 years ago

A Peek Behind the Numbers Shows Trump’s Economy Inflicts Pain on Most Americans

Can we call an economy “successful,” if people living within it are being harmed, not served?

5 years ago

Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: A Political Compass in the Age of Trump

Recalling Roosevelt’s four freedoms helps us realize exactly the damage Trump is doing but also helps us keep our eyes…

5 years ago

Why the Mueller Report is the Kitchen Table Issue of all Kitchen Table Issues

And are we foolish enough to believe Putin and the Russians care about the healthy and secure futures of American…

5 years ago

Deluded Trump Says the GOP Will Pass a ‘Great’ Healthcare Law After 2020

According to The Washington Post this morning, Donald Trump will not attempt to get Congress to pass legislation on healthcare…

5 years ago

A GOP Disaster Looms in 2020 Due to Trump’s Moves on Social Programs

Donald Trump’s self-destructive decision to try to completely dismantle the Affordable Care Act, as the race for the 2020 election…

5 years ago

Trump Suffers Huge Losses in Court on Healthcare Rules

Donald Trump keeps trying to undo the nation's healthcare protections, and he keeps losing in court. The latest loss came…

5 years ago

Bill Barr Moves to Destroy ObamaCare and the Republican Party

William Barr’s latest move as Trump’s attorney general is intended to destroy the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) but also may…

5 years ago

Healthcare Premiums Are Skyrocketing Because of the GOP

Virginia and Maryland have just made public health insurance company requests for 2019 premium increases under the Affordable Care Act…

6 years ago

House Republicans Keep Obamacare Fixes Out of Spending Bill

The Obamacare fixes that were promised to Senator Susan Collins in exchange for her support of the Republican tax bill…

6 years ago

Feed the Beast, Starve the People: What’s Really Been Going on with GOP Tax Policy and Strategy

Over the last July 4 holiday, in an infamous moment inspiring public outrage, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was captured…

6 years ago

From Populism to Donorism: The GOP’s Authoritarian Rule Disregards American Majority

Remember last July when Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros and his regime? At…

6 years ago

Trump’s Sabotage Efforts A Miserable Failure As Obamacare Signups Break Record

In the early going, it appears that Trump's efforts to keep people from getting health insurance are failing – but…

6 years ago

‘Stupidity And Petulance’: Howard Dean Lambasts Clueless Trump’s Healthcare Moves

"Donald Trump no more knows anything about the insurance company than the man on the moon. So, you know, this…

6 years ago

Blatant Sabotage: Trump Is Cutting Off Obamacare Funding That Helps Americans Afford Insurance

The latest move shows that Donald Trump will do anything – even sabotage a health care law that millions of…

6 years ago

Chuck Schumer Tells Trump To Get Lost After POTUS Begs Him To Help Repeal Obamacare

Schumer told the president that Obamacare repeal is "off the table" and he should join other Republicans who are working…

6 years ago

Trump’s Cruelty Exposed As He Denied Red State Request To Stabilize Health Insurance Market

Trump's refusal to take action that would actually help people is proof of what we've already known about this president:…

6 years ago

Waste, Fraud, And Abuse Found In Opportunity Cost Of Trumpcare Bills

If the Republicans in Congress want to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, in government and government spending, they can…

7 years ago

Graham-Cassidy Proves Republicans Only Want To Destroy Obama’s Legacy, Not Improve Health Care

Repeat after me: This is not about improving health care in America or making your life better. It's an effort…

7 years ago

Tom Price Used $300K In Taxpayer Funds For Private Travel While Trying To Take Your Health Care

Instead of using taxpayer dollars to enrich himself, perhaps Tom Price – and his boss – should use the funds…

7 years ago

Trump’s Health Secretary Is Using Taxpayer Money For Expensive Flights On Private Jets

As Price squanders U.S. taxpayer funds for his expensive private flights, he and his boss are working tirelessly to take…

7 years ago

John Kasich Tells GOP To Stop Trying To Repeal Obamacare And Work With Democrats To Improve It

Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act aren't just impractical, but they are cruel.

7 years ago

Trump Tweets Blatant Lie That Graham-Cassidy Bill Protects Those With Pre-Existing Conditions

The new health care legislation, which Republicans are now working to ram through the Senate, gives states the option of…

7 years ago

Dem Senator Blasts GOP For Only Allowing 90 Seconds Of Debate On Health Care Bill

"I think we will have anywhere from – literally, by rule – 90 seconds to two minutes of debate on…

7 years ago

Joy Reid Crushes New Obamacare Repeal Bill With Damning Analysis Of Who It Would Hurt

Like a villain in a horror movie that appears one last time to wreak havoc, Republicans are again making one…

7 years ago

Top GOP Senator Rounding Up Votes For Last-Ditch Effort To Take Health Care Away From Millions

With the end of September marching closer and 2018 around the bend, Republicans are still unlikely to pass any bill…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Completely Dismantles GOP Argument Against Single Payer In 60 Seconds

"We have a Medicare system right now. It is a good system. ... Let's expand that program to every man,…

7 years ago

Potential 2020 Democratic Nominees Are Lining Up Behind New Single-Payer Health Care Bill

The move by top Democrats sets up a stark contrast between themselves and Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election.

7 years ago

New Obamacare Repeal Bill Has Been Killed Before Most People Knew It Existed

The White House wants to see the plan approved by Congress, but not even GOP leadership is interested in pushing…

7 years ago

Your Health Care Is In Danger As House Republicans Scramble To Force New Obamacare Repeal Vote

A new shot has been fired in the never ending circular firing squad that is the Republican effort to take…

7 years ago

GOP Plotting To Take Another Shot At Repealing Obamacare And Hurting Millions Of Americans

This week's epic failure to pass any repeal and replace legislation won't be the last effort by Donald Trump and…

7 years ago

Trump Threatens To Hit Americans With Higher Health Care Costs In Another Twitter Meltdown

Trump repeated the lie that the Affordable Care Act is "imploding" and issued a threat to end payments that keep…

7 years ago

House Republican Lays Waste To Trump For Failing So Miserably On Health Care

"One of the failures was the president never laid out a plan or his core principles and never sold them…

7 years ago

Desperate GOP Eyes Last-Ditch Bill That Would Leave 16 Million Uninsured And Spike Premiums 20%

The "skinny" repeal that is gaining steam may have a cute name, but it would cause a humanitarian crisis and…

7 years ago

Senate Republicans Admit They Don’t Know What’s In Their Own Healthcare Bill

Republicans are admitting that they don't know what they're voting on – and the legislation could still pass.

7 years ago

John McCain Will Return To Help Pass Trumpcare After Receiving His Own World Class Treatment

Every American wished Sen. McCain well when the sad news of his cancer diagnosis broke last week. When he returns…

7 years ago

Mentally Unstable Trump Whines And Blames Democrats For Failed GOP Health Care Plan

This is a President of the United States who is unwilling or unable to accept criticism or responsibility for his…

7 years ago

Paul Ryan Throws Trump-Like Tantrum Over The CBO’s New Score Of GOP Health Plan

The Speaker said more Americans will be without insurance because it's what they want, not because the GOP health care…

7 years ago

Desperate GOP Calls Emergency Meeting To Revive Trumpcare And Kick Millions Off Insurance

The president and his GOP allies in Congress just can't accept the fact that America isn't buying what they're selling.

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Credits Huge Victory On Health Care To Persistent Grassroots Activism

"These protests have been relentless," Maddow said. "They've had a huge victory just tonight."

7 years ago

Trump’s Approval Rating On Health Care Tumbles Into The 20s As Trumpcare Dies In The Senate

The American people rate Trump's performance on health care worse than any other issue facing the country.

7 years ago

Latest Version Of Trumpcare Officially Dead As Two More GOP Senators Declare Opposition

This is a huge loss for the president and a monumental victory for the vast majority of Americans who believe…

7 years ago

New Version Of Trumpcare On Its Deathbed As Key GOP Governor Slams The Revised Legislation

If Sandoval is against the revised legislation, it's likely that Sen. Dean Heller will also oppose it, which could spell…

7 years ago

Get Ready: Senate Republicans Are About To Unveil Another Disastrous Version Of Trumpcare

The fight to stop Republicans from repealing the Affordable Care Act is far from over – and millions of Americans…

7 years ago

GOP Senator Slams Trump’s Twitter Tantrums, Says His Presidency Has Been ‘Disappointing’

If there is an upside for Toomey, it's that Trump's constant social media outbursts are distracting from the disastrous piece…

7 years ago

Hillary Clinton Brilliantly Trolls GOP On Twitter By Telling Them To Enact Her Health Care Plan

The fact that Republicans think they could pull one past the former Secretary of State on a complicated policy issue…

7 years ago

From Rauner to Trump, GOP Practices Politics of Erasure

The problem is, again, that those constituents you and I might call people, the GOP, federally and at the state…

7 years ago

Joy Reid Smacks GOP With The Ultimate Reality Check On New ‘Repeal And Delay’ Plan

On almost every level, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act would be harder if they did it…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Explains How The GOP Health Care Failure Is A Massive Embarrassment For Trump

"It has now been more than 150 days of this new administration ... and they have yet to pass a…

7 years ago

Chris Murphy Slams Trumpcare As A ‘Rotting Fish’ That Will Become More And More Unpopular

"The longer that it's out there the more it's going to stink. People are going to figure out what they're…

7 years ago

Trump Makes One Of His Most Incoherent Statements Yet After GOP Health Bill Stalls

First, Trump said how important it is to pass the health care bill, and then he immediately said it's "okay"…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Says ‘Barbaric’ Trumpcare Will Lead To Thousands Of American Deaths

The Vermont senator said, "Many thousands of our fellow Americans every single year will die, and many more will suffer…

7 years ago

Sherrod Brown Dismantles Cowardly GOP For Ignoring Widespread Opposition To Trumpcare

Whether they're from a red state or blue state, Democrats are not afraid to speak out against this disastrous piece…

7 years ago

Nobody Is Safe Under Trumpcare As Millions Of Americans Will Lose Employer-Based Coverage

The legislation won't just hurt millions of Americans who are covered under Medicaid or through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges.

7 years ago

Trump’s Mental Death Spiral Continues As He Blames Obama For GOP Sabotage Of The ACA

The president is desperately trying to distract from his massively unpopular health care plan, but the American people likely won't…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Shows How The New GOP Health Plan Will Devastate 75 Million Americans

"Seventy-five million Americans all have the same health insurance, and the big health bill that the Republicans unveiled in the…

7 years ago

Trump Officially Commits Political Suicide With Tweet Praising Heartless GOP Health Plan

According to a recent poll, the GOP health care legislation is "the least popular major bill in decades."

7 years ago

Pro-Obamacare Protesters Storm D.C. Airport As GOP Senators Leave Town

The spontaneous demonstrations by pro-ACA activists shows how politically toxic this issue has become for Republicans as they prepare to…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Is On Its Deathbed As More GOP Senators Voice Opposition To Repeal Vote

With a slim margin for error and Republicans already backing away, Trumpcare may be on its deathbed before a single…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Storms Senate Floor To Rip Trumpcare To Shreds: GOP ‘Should Be Embarrassed’

"We have not had one hearing, not one open discussion. And I should think that every Republican should be embarrassed…

7 years ago

Here’s How Trump And The GOP Are Deviously Undercutting Obamacare In Swing States

Because of uncertainty caused by Trump and Republicans, at least one swing state will see Obamacare health care premiums spike…

7 years ago

GOP Doomed As Jon Ossoff Tears Apart Their Secret Health Plan Days Before Georgia Election

Ossoff is focusing not just on the corruption that continues to consume the White House, but the disastrous Republican policy…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Is About To Go Up In Flames Because Of One Anti-Abortion Provision

Republicans may be forced to remove a portion of their legislation that would essentially doom the bill – again.

7 years ago

Republicans Are Begging Democrats For A Deal As Trumpcare Is Failing In The Senate

Senate Republicans are warning that the odds are high that Trumpcare is going to fail in the Senate, which is…

7 years ago

Trumpcare Takes Another Blow As 76% Oppose GOP Assault On Pre-Existing Condition Coverage

While Republicans are banking on their repeal efforts to excite the base of their party, it's becoming clear that they…

7 years ago

Rachel Maddow Exposes A Pro-Trumpcare Congressman For Lying Right To His Constituent’s Face

Maddow interviewed a woman with a brain tumor who was promised by her GOP congressman that he would oppose Trumpcare.…

7 years ago

Fox News Admits That Disastrous Trumpcare Is Laying The Groundwork For A Single-Payer System

"I would predict that in less than seven years, we'll be in a single-payer system. That's the great irony of…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders Tees Off: Trumpcare Is Not A Health Care Bill, It’s A Death Sentence

It's time to stop labeling this a health care policy and instead call it what it is: a death sentence…

7 years ago

The Resistance Fights Back By Raising Half A Million Dollars In 24 Hours To Unseat Republicans

Americans are quickly mobilizing to defeat vulnerable GOP candidates who voted in favor the disastrous legislation.

7 years ago

Hillary Clinton Urges The Resistance To “Fight Back” Against “Shameful” GOP Health Care Crusade

Clinton encouraged Americans to support Democratic candidates in swing districts represented by Republicans who voted for Trumpcare.

7 years ago

Political Suicide: Every Republican Who Votes For Trumpcare Better Start Looking For Work

Members of Congress who put their name on this legislation should save themselves the time and not even launch a…

7 years ago

“This Will Mean Death”: Cory Booker Delivers Emotional Takedown Of GOP Health Care Plan

"This will cost American lives if it ever becomes law. This will mean death, pain, and suffering to people's families."

7 years ago

It’s Official: GOP Will Vote Thursday To Dismantle Health Care For Millions Of Americans

GOP Congressman Kevin McCarthy says Republicans do, in fact, have enough votes to advance the legislation.

7 years ago

Democratic Senator Kindly Reminds Trump That The U.S. Government Has Checks And Balances

Murphy said that Trump should stop whining about not getting his way and start learning how to run the government.

7 years ago

Trump Just Made Sure That Republicans Will Never Be Able To Kill Obamacare

Trump just came up with a new demand that will make it impossible for Republicans ever to pass a bill…

7 years ago

Trump’s New Obamacare Repeal Bill Crashes And Burns As 21 Republicans Are Already Against It

Donald Trump's desperate bid to get any legislative accomplishment before his first 100 days are up was dealt a crushing…

7 years ago

Bernie Sanders To Introduce Health Care Legislation That Will Put The GOP Plan To Shame

"We've got to join the rest of the world and guarantee health care to all of our people as a…

7 years ago

Trump Trying To Revive Politically Suicidal Health Care Plan As Approval Rating Craters

If there was a time for the president to revive Trumpcare, now would not be it.

7 years ago

GOP Humiliation: Trumpcare Didn’t Even Have Majority Support Among Trump Voters

Even though Republicans are scrambling to move on from their health care collapse, the epic GOP humiliation lives on.

7 years ago

There is No Disguising the Fact that GOP Health Care Means Just Letting People Die

"Can't be said enough: Republicans objecting to #TrumpRyancare are doing so because it's not yet cruel enough for the @freedomcaucus."

7 years ago

Trump To America: “Do Not Worry,” I Will Not Stop Trying To Take Health Care Away

Trump is publicly rooting for the failure of a law that has helped millions of Americans.

7 years ago

Memo To Trump: Here’s What It Looks Like For A President To ‘Win’ On Health Care

After a winless two months in the White House, perhaps Trump should give Barack Obama a call. He knows a…

7 years ago

Bill Maher To Trump Supporters: ‘Just Admit He Is A Conman’

"The Trump approach to health care was never going to be repeal and replace," Maher said. "It was always bait…

7 years ago

Angry Paul Ryan Runs From Reporters After Health Care Talks Fail Miserably

The Speaker was in no mood to deal with the press after a day of spectacular failures for his party.

7 years ago

GOP Leaders Are Now Trying To End Coverage For Pre-Existing Conditions, Young Adults

If there is one thing just about every American agrees on, it's that these two parts of the Affordable Care…

7 years ago

Dealmaker-In-Chief Trump Throws Tantrum, Demands Friday Vote After Failed Health Care Talks

Trump can't even bring Republicans together to do something they have promised to do for the past seven years.

7 years ago