Providing some of the clearest evidence yet about President Donald Trump’s ability to undermine Obamacare even without the GOP votes in Congress required to officially repeal it, the national uninsurance rate is now on the rise.
According to Gallup, which has been tracking the uninsurance rate since 2008, the percentage of Americans without health care has been gradually ticking up since Trump was elected.
The uninsured rate had been on a steady downward trajectory since the Affordable Care Act was implemented, hitting historic lows over the past several years. But Gallup’s most recent report, released Friday, found the uninsured rate has risen 1.4 percentage points since the end of 2016. That works out to be almost 3.5 million more Americans going without insurance this year.
As the Associated Press reports, “the increase in the number of uninsured is more striking because it comes at a time of economic growth and low unemployment.”
Well of course the number of uninsured is on the rise, that is what happens when you sabotage Obamacare.
And now Trump owns this. Can't really blame Obama if you have actively been working to undermine the program that he created to increase access to health care.
Now can you?
I wonder if those low income Trump supporters are tired of winning yet?
Trump is the biggest asshole in our country!
ReplyDeleteThey'll know what they can't sign up for.
ReplyDeletetrump: chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick
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OT? "‘GRAVE CONCERN’“(The) threat posed by North Korea has grown to the unprecedented, critical and imminent level."they “threaten regional and global security.”" How many will DIE NOW?!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/23/north-korea-threat-critical-imminent-japan-tells-u-s-south-korea.html
I wish the Japanese would be a little more subtle. Trump is liable to jump the gun and attack North Korea with no real provocation. Nasty talk from the Leader should not count as provocation.
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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/356658-trump-promises-no-change-to-your-401k
ReplyDelete"There will be NO change to your 401(k). This has always been a great and popular middle class tax break that works, and it stays!"
dRUMPf's balance Sheets don't balance.
DeleteWhen 401(k) plans began, employers were obligated to contribute to them. Now they're not. It's a good way to save but people should have other savings as well.
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Trump Email Scandal Explodes As Democrats Close In On Subpoenaing Jared Kushner’s Emails
ReplyDeleteRep Trey Gowdy has gone so far out of his way to enable Donald Trump’s family to avoid email laws that Democrats are moving closer to pushing for a vote on subpoenaing Jared Kushner’s emails.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/23/hypocritical-republicans-continue-enable-kushner-al-hide-emails.html
Lindsey Graham: Trump Admin Has ‘Blind Spot on Russia I Still Can’t Figure Out’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lindsey-graham-trump-admin-has-blind-spot-on-russia-i-still-cant-figure-out/
Ms. Lindsey has a blind spot for telling the truth.
Who in the hell created that stupid logo with Trump's profile and helmet hair blowing in the wind? What an unbelievable ego for someone who can't do anything right. Tillerson was right - Trump is a fucking moron.
ReplyDeleteAs his scandals close in on him, Donald Trump takes first step toward murdering his political opponents
ReplyDeletehttp://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/murder-trump-opponents/5664/
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/endgame-donald-trump/5655/
I'm sure that Hillary Clinton is well protected. She is no idiot as to the way Trump operates.
DeleteI can envision Trump putting contracts out on opponents due to being involved w/the mob in New York City for many years (per reports on his history throughout the past years).
I would not be surprised to learn that many members of the mob do not like or trust Trump!
Harry Belafonte Issues A Frightening Warning About America’s Future
ReplyDelete“Hitler is not too far from our door.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-belafonte-warning_us_59ed49dfe4b0a484d0640117?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
@90> “Dr. King was not about nothing. Eleanor Roosevelt was not about nothing. I think in the final analysis that we shall overcome because what we did is … we left a harvest that generations to come [will] reap. That they have not yet plowed. That they have not yet harvested.”"
DeleteThis is America under Trump
ReplyDelete...The letter says it's "amusing" that the nanny's employer is "trying to rebel against the greatest leader this country has ever seen" by hiring her.
"Honestly, you need to fire her because otherwise it looks like she is your modern-day mammy. Please take heed to the advice being shared in this letter, find a new nanny.
'Repulsive' Racist Tirade About Black Nanny Sparks Outrage In West Town
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20171023/west-town/repulsive-racist-tirade-about-black-nanny-sparks-west-town-play-date
I agree w/Belafonte. Trump is the second coming of Hitler and Americans need to get their butts in gear and impeach the - - - -!
ReplyDeleteRepublicans in Congress are just as bad and evil as is Trump. Pay attention for whom you cast your vote in the next elections Americans! 2018 and 2020!
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/revealed-the-christian-right-plans-to-use-progressive-politics-to-divide-and-conquer-the-lgbt-movement/
ReplyDelete" rights proposed they make anti-trans policies appear “progressive” and even “feminist.”
"According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, this strategy is “meant to weaken transgender rights advocates by attempting to separate them from their allies, feminists and LGBT rights advocates.”"
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mormon-church-lgbtq-youth-suicides-utah_us_59e81d1ae4b0d0e4fe6d3bac?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
DeleteI just read that the budget just passed by the House includes about $500 billion in cuts to Medicare and similar cuts to Medicaid. 21st century Republicans think that we should all get ready to die soon, I guess. I can't wait to see my doctor later this week to ask her what she thinks of all of this. The last time I saw her, four months ago, she was opposed to any kind of "socialized" medicine. I wonder how she'll feel when most of her elderly patients (and most patients in this practice are senior citizens like me) lose many of their Medicare benefits and when their supplemental insurance rates become exorbitant. We live in dangerous times to be sure.
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CHIP still isn’t renewed or funded and the funding for community clinics expired on September 30.
Deleteyou voted for him, you support him, you wanted him and you got him. now DON'T GET SICK. he does not give a fuck about you.
ReplyDeleteAnon at 2:10 pm. More of us voted against him than voted for him.
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beaglemom-i didn't mean us. i meant THEM-THE YAHOOS WHO WANTED HIM. i know they don't use this site. i'm just really pissed off at THEM.
Delete$IN-clair: "rumblings that the FCC will soon consider further deregulation of its duopoly rule and ownership cap—changes that could unleash yet more consolidation on the airwaves. Which, according to Ripley, is precisely what Sinclair wants. “We think the industry needs to consolidate to two or three large broadcasters, and really just one to two strong local players in each market,” he told shareholders in August. If the FCC rolls back the regulations, he said, it could create “significant savings” for companies like Sinclair—while allowing them to spread their message to more Americans than ever before."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/ready-for-trump-tv-inside-sinclair-broadcastings-plot-to-take-over-your-local-news/