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  • 2 Republican Senators Propose Giving States Option to Keep Obamacare

    On Monday, two Senate Republicans said that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in the Obamacare medical-insurance program if they choose to. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans made campaign promises to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and since the new session of Congress started and Trump became president, they have…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Trump’s 1st Executive Order Sounds Death Knell for Obamacare

    Donald Trump’s very first executive order as president promised “to seek the prompt repeal” of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Within hours of assuming the office of the presidency Friday—between his swearing-in and before leaving for his inaugural balls—Trump signed the executive order, which did not give specifics on…

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    Angela Helm

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  • Repealing Major Parts of Affordable Care Act Would Cause 18,000,000 to Lose Coverage in 1st Year

    According to a report released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday, repealing portions of the Affordable Care Act would cause 18 million people to lose their coverage in the first year, and that number would increase to 32 million by the year 2026. The budget office created the report by analyzing the probable…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Stay Strong’ While Fighting to Protect Obamacare

    Congressional Republicans Wednesday began to make good on their promise to dismantle Obamacare, even though they have said they have no full plan to replace the much needed health care program. Vice President-elect Mike Pence met behind closed doors with House and Senate Republicans, and while he offered no details about what a new health…

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    Monique Judge

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  • RIP, Obamacare, We Hardly Knew Ye

    Obamacare has officially moved into hospice. I think the best thing we can all do now is try to make President Barack Obama’s life work, and arguably the most controversial and effective piece of legislation during his two-term presidency, as comfortable as possible, because the end is near. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • 4 Reasons Not #VotingWhileBlack Is Dangerous

    Parental discretion is advised, but imagine this a few months from now: the pained looks of fake composure and shock as the first black president, along with his illustrious first lady, stomach an inaugural ceremony for a guy who erected his white nationalist political empire on the false claim that said black president was born…

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    Charles D. Ellison

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  • Bill Clinton Bashes Obamacare During Rally, Then Tries to Moonwalk Away From His Statements

    Rule No. 1 when stumping for the next president who happens to be your wife: Don’t criticize the current president’s signature policy, especially when he and his wife are extremely popular and are also stumping for your wife. That’s exactly what Bill Clinton did during a Democratic rally in Flint, Mich., on Monday. In an…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • Remember Health Care? No One Else Does

    I am feeling really nostalgic for the good old days of 2009. Remember when Ashton Kutcher and Snooki were the biggest names on Twitter? Before Kanye was Yeezy and LeBron was a pre-“decision” Cavalier? In those good old days of yore, the United States was engulfed in a serious conversation about the future of health…

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    Jason Johnson

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