The North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans marked the 2nd Anniversary of the Affordable Care Act with a seminar and Q&A in Wake County. It was just one 26 community events nationwide spotlighting new benefits of and politicians stances on health reform.
Our friend and colleague, Isaac Gobern, lost his mother to diabetes last month. In lieu of flowers, you can help the Gobern family honor their mother and raise money to fight a disease which affects 26 million Americans.
If you’re having trouble finding, keeping, or using health insurance in North Carolina, now you have a powerful ally in your corner. The North Carolina Department of Insurance has created a new consumer assistance program, Health Insurance Smart NC. Smart NC is the latest example of how our DOI is working for consumers and citizens – not insurance companies.
Whatever the reason, 2nd District Congresswoman Renee Ellmers is still trying to scare her constituents with Sarah Palin’s thoroughly discredited lie about “death panels”.
Last Tuesday morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius took time to sit down with seniors and retirees to talk about the Affordable Care Act at the AARP-Raleigh office.
This week, at a packed hearing of the Health Committee to discuss the Blue Cross-backed legislation and an alternative, carefully negotiated proposal put for the by the Institute of Medicine, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, Wayne Goodwin offered a third way forward.
Blue Cross wants to be that fox that guards the hen house. If HB 115 passes, health reform will die in North Carolina because accountability under the law begins with the Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace.
Poll data put the lie to anti-reformer claims The newly-elected Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has been quick to claim a mandate from voters to repeal health reform. Like so many arguments advanced by anti-reformers, this claim isn’t supported by the facts. Only 19% of voters in the 2010 election identified health […]
Closing the Medicare Rx gap Jimmy Everage works at the Goodyear tire plant in Fayetteville, NC, and he is a member of Steelworkers Local 959. In this video, Jimmy shares the story of his mom, whose life savings were wiped out during his father’s losing battle with cancer and now lives on a fixed income […]
Info clearinghouse for Affordable Care Act The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an innovative website, HealthCare.gov, as implementation of the historic Affordable Care Act began July 1. The new site is a clearinghouse for information about the new law, but it’s also an important tool for consumers. With a few mouse […]
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) cares not for the unemployed. It takes a Senate of millionaires to hold us back Outrageous. Stunningly callous. Business as usual for the minority party in our dysfunctional Senate. All of these are ways to describe the Republican-led effort to filibuster – repeatedly – and successfully kill a jobs bill, aid […]
Most significant social reform since Medicare On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping changes to our health insurance system since the enactment of Medicare in 1965. Among the usual guests at the bill signing ceremony in the White House – figures like Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Senate […]
Now is the time to say ‘Yes’ “When I look at the years we’ve been fighting for health care and what it means for working families to start down the path of comprehensive reform, I know the time to step forward is now,” said AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka in a video message to working families […]
Get a report on what legislation means for your Congressional district The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has prepared for all 435 congressional districts a report that details “the impact of the legislation on families, small businesses, seniors in Medicare, health care providers, and the uninsured.” Click the name of your member of Congress […]
Savings over 20 years: $1.2 trillion The Congressional Budget Office, the non-partisan budget score keeper Democrats and Republicans alike depend on to tell them what impact bills have on the budget, released it’s report on the revised legislation to reform health care and health insurance – and it’s a huge money saver. Comprehensive reform will […]
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