I’m eligible for Medicare in the 2nd year of the next administration. Dr. Oz better not mess with my benefits as the head of Medicare and Medicaid. Trump wants to get rid of the ACA (Obamacare) with no replacement. Now he has a loyalist running it.
#Medicare #Medicaid #AffordableCareAct
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.onlineYour #guide to the #presidentialcandidates’ #views on #healthcare.
#Healthcare — #Medicare, #DrugCosts, The fate of the #AffordableCareAct — and who would handle it best — has continued to be contested turf in the final weeks of the #presidentialcampaign.
Trump has focused on #cutting #government #spending, he said, while Harris has emphasized #expanding #coverage and #affordability.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-10-03/2024-election-harris-trump-healthcare-voter-guide
VP Kamala Harris wants to expand the Affordable Care Act. "Scores of studies have shown that people with insurance stay healthier and live longer because they can afford to see doctors for preventive and acute care." - Editors, Scientific American #100ReasonsToVoteHarris2024 #YesWeKam #HarrisWalz #AffordableCare #AffordableCareAct #ObamaCare #DemCast
#Trump made sweeping promises in his 2016 campaign, too. On his first day in the WH, he signed a largely symbolic order kicking off his attempts to dismantle the #AffordableCareAct & ordered a freeze on all pending government #regulations until his admin could review them. He also nixed a plan to reduce fees on certain federal #mortgages. Soon after, he rolled out more-aggressive policies, such as his restrictions on travel from countries with substantial #Muslim populations.
@persagen@mastodon.socialJD Vance Explains Trump’s Plan to Essentially Dismantle Obamacare
Critics noted that Trump’s plan would re-allow insurance companies to deny care based on preexisting conditions
https://truthout.org/articles/vance-explains-trumps-concept-of-a-plan-is-to-essentially-dismantle-obamacare
* insurance companies could bar care based on preexisting conditions
@wdlindsy@toad.socialAs Jaime Harrison explains, Trump's Project 2025 would gut Medicare and Social Security, rip away the Affordable Care Act, demolish the Department of Education, and establish a national abortion ban.
#Trump #Project2025 #WhiteChristianNationalism #Medicare #SocialSecurity #AffordableCareAct #abortion
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https://project2025.substack.com/p/trumps-project-2025-would-gut-medicare
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social"He called for #boycotts of #news organizations and changes to #libel laws to restrict critical #reporting on #public figures, including himself...
He tried to deny #WhiteHouse #press credentials for #reporters and #news #media whose stories he disliked... Federal departments scrubbed from their websites #information and #resources about #ClimateChange, the #AffordableCareAct and #WomensHealth, among other subjects."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/21/trump-second-presidency-news-media/
The Affordable Care Act has survived many challenges in court. But a case now before a federal judge in Texas threatens to undermine one of the most popular provisions in the law -- requiring most health plans to provide coverage for preventive care with no copays.
ObamaCare enrollment breaks record for third consecutive year
https://thehill.com/homenews/4400342-obamacare-enrollment-breaks-record-for-third-consecutive-year/
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online#Federalgovernment #challenges #Florida's #trans #medicalcoverage #ban.
#US #DOJ and #HHS argue in #11thCircuit #CourtofAppeals that state's move to #block #treatment #coverage under #Medicaid and #Medicare #violates #federal #Medicaid #law and the #AffordableCareAct.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online#BidenAdministration urges #AppealsCourt to uphold ruling against #Florida's #antitrans #law blocking #Medicaid #coverage for #transgender individuals seeking #hormonetherapy, #pubertyblockers.
The brief cited the '#nondiscrimination #requirements' of the #AffordableCareAct
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social2024 Republicans want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would devastate the lives of millions of Americans who depend on it. It’s not just Trump—it’s the entire GOP. #AffordableCareAct #Healthcare #GOP #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueIfYouWantToLive
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online[Video] Former president Donald #Trump is making renewed calls to #repeal the #AffordableCareAct should he be re-elected in 2024. He’s offered no #details on an #alternative #plan. Congressman
Dr. #RaulRuiz joined #AmericanVoices to #discuss what this means for the #American #people, especially #Latinos.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
Biden campaign hits back on Trump’s vow to repeal Affordable Care Act
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/02/biden-trump-obamacare-aca/
…The application was approved 7 days before #ClarenceThomas joined the 5-4 majority on a decision that would open the door to a new era of major #spending on groups like the one his wife was forming. After putting up $500k, the lion’s share of her #nonprofit’s seed money, #HarlanCrow held an event for #GinniThomas at his palatial home in Dallas. The group later made clear its goal was disassembling President Barack #Obama’s agenda, mainly the #AffordableCareAct.
Long thread/11
But Obama's signature achievement wasn't his economic policy - it was his *#healthcare* policy. The #AffordableCareAct was a carefully triangulated compromise, one that guaranteed a massive flow of public cash to America's wildly profitable health insurance monopoly and steered clear of any socialist whiff that Americans would get their care from the government.
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How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients?
No One Knows.
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Insurers’ denial rates are a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care. But they remain mostly secret to the public.
There’s nowhere a consumer or employer can go to look up all insurers’ denial rates.
Federal and state regulators have done little to change that.
#Health #HealthCare #Insurance #Obamacare #AffordableCareAct #Hospitals #Doctors #Patients
Over the past three months, I've spent close to 50 hours on the phone with #BlueCrossBlueShield, my #doctor, and an #urgentcare clinic I saw ONE TIME trying to get them to pay for my #healthcare. (Very simple office visits, mind!) Finally TODAY I reach a #customerservice rep who is able to figure out what the hell is wrong and process my claims. If I didn't already work in healthcare and know where to start digging to get my healthcare paid for, I would have been out almost $2,000 for basic preventative healthcare.
Now picture someone who DOESN'T work in healthcare, living just above the #poverty benefits line, with sub-par #healthinsurance because their state didn't expand #Medicare coverage under the #AffordableCareAct like the monsters the #GOP has proven themselves to be time and time again. They have neither the time nor the knowledge needed to navigate this absolute #capitalisthellscape.
This #bullshit is why we need #MedicareForAll YESTERDAY.
Over the past three months, I've spent close to 50 hours on the phone with #BlueCrossBlueShield, my #doctor, and an #urgentcare clinic I saw ONE TIME trying to get them to pay for my #healthcare. (Very simple office visits, mind!) Finally TODAY I reach a #customerservice rep who is able to figure out what the hell is wrong and process my claims. If I didn't already work in healthcare and know where to start digging to get my healthcare paid for, I would have been out almost $2,000 for basic preventative healthcare. Now imagine someone who DOESN'T work in healthcare, living just above the #poverty benefits line, with sub-par #healthinsurance because their state didn't expand #Medicare coverage under the #AffordableCareAct like the monsters the #GOP has proven themselves to be time and time again. They have neither the time nor the knowledge needed to navigate this absolute #capitalisthellscape. This #bullshit is why we need #MedicareForAll YESTERDAY. #medicare4all #universalhealthcare
US politics, covid
I don't care about the Biden documents, but the #Democrats and pundits hand-wringing about Biden's 2024 run should be thinking about how unpopular he'll be when the #covid #PublicHealth emergency ends and people are kicked off #Medicaid.
Biden was vice president when the #AffordableCareAct (aka #Obamacare) passed. Now he's taking away care during a #pandemic. People are going to hate him for this, but the Beltway insiders are too out of touch to realize this
