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Need Another Reason To Vote Democratic? How About Social Security? (Video)

Do you know any Republicans who shouldn't be Republicans? That is, those who aren't wealthy, rely on the same fire departments, police departments, food and...

Trump Admin Allows States To Impose Medicaid Work Requirements (Video)

One of the reasons (and there are several) Donald Trump won the White House was his promise not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and...

WATCH: Blackburn Says GOP Will Only Take Social Security Away From...

If perhaps you were worried that Republicans, having blown a $1.5 trillion hole in the national debt, would now be looking to cut social safety...

Tax Cuts For The Rich Are Front And Center In The...

Well, they did it. Thursday, congressional Republicans passed a non-binding budget resolution that threatens to cut $473 billion from Medicare and $1 trillion from Medicaid so the...
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BREAKING: Susan Collins Leaves Trumpcare Dead In The Water (VIDEO/TWEET)

Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump's attempt to bully the NFL into submission failed spectacularly, he suffered an even more crushing defeat. The...
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Chuck Grassley Says He Has ‘Responsibility’ To Vote For Cruel Trumpcare...

In recent years, those of us who cut our political teeth during the Clinton years have come to believe that there is a certain...
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The Verdict Is In: US Healthcare System Is Basically Garbage (IMAGES)

The American healthcare system was ranked last in a recent survey of 11 developed countries. A U.S. think tank, the Commonwealth Fund, conducted the survey...

The AHCA Funding For Substance Abuse Treatment Is ‘A Joke’ (VIDEO)

One of the most significant impacts of the The American Health Care Act – the GOP’s long-promised effort to do away with Obamacare...

Trump Sours On AHCA, Calling It ‘Mean’ (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump reversed himself on his party’s healthcare bill this week, calling it "mean" and emphasizing the need for something "more generous." At a...

Guess Which State Will Probably Keep #1 Spot In Uninsured Residents...

Texas has both the highest percentage of people without health insurance in the country (nearly one in five) and the largest absolute number of...

Twisted GOP Logic: HHS Secretary Says $880 Billion In Medicaid Cuts...

Apparently members of the Trump administration are unfamiliar with the basics of logic and reason. For example: If you cut a program drastically--lets's say...
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State Think Tanks: Healthcare Repeal And Replace Not A Good Plan...

The House is set to vote on the Obamacare replacement bill later today. But a series of sobering independent studies from think tanks across the country should...

Heartless Tom Cotton Says ‘Able-Bodied’ Poor People Don’t Deserve Medicaid ‘Welfare’...

No matter how hard they try to pretend they actually give a damn about average Americans, Republicans seem to have a weakness for saying...

Idiot Kansas GOP Rep: Poor People ‘Don’t Want Healthcare’ (VIDEO)

Representative Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) is obviously way out of touch with his constituents. He talked about the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
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Heartless Texas Republicans HATE Handicapped Children (VIDEO)

As of last Thursday, Texas Republicans are making good on their promise to cut funding for services that benefit disabled children. According to NBCDFW, $350...

Trump Fools Supporters Again On Healthcare – Partners With Big Pharma...

President-elect Donald Trump has said plenty about health insurance and Obamacare during his campaign this year. In July, he called Obamacare “disastrous,” measuring the...
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Right Wing Blowhard: On Welfare? No Vote For You! (AUDIO, VIDEO)

Right wing activist Wayne Allen Root, a man who has offered to be Donald Trump’s “Karl Rove” if he is elected president, had some...
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KY Gov. Matt Bevin’s Personal Vendetta Against Planned Parenthood 

Incoming Governor Matt Bevin announced that he would file a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood's abortion clinic in Louisville, KY. According to Wave 3 News, Gov. Bevin...
People holding up a "People Not Profits" sign at a healthcare rally.

New York Times Mapped The Uninsured — The Pattern Is Undeniable

A new map released in the New York Times a few days ago show us in detail what many people already knew: Red states...