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Roughly 5 million people in #Texas are uninsured. So who are they? #healthcare
That's what we wanted to find out in our latest multi-year study. Here's a breakdown of what we found so far.
That's what we wanted to find out in our latest multi-year study. Here's a breakdown of what we found so far.
Most of the roughly five million uninsured Texans already qualify for a government #health program or for federal subsidies that would help pay for coverage — but they have not signed up.
MORE: texas2036.org/uninsured
MORE: texas2036.org/uninsured
So, is 5 million a lot? Well, #Texas has the nation's highest #healthcare uninsured rate at 18% in 2021. Our national average is 8.6%
MORE: texas2036.org/uninsured
MORE: texas2036.org/uninsured
12 years ago today, the #AffordableCareAct was signed into law.
It allowed more than 30 million Americans to gain health coverage — thanks to the efforts of Democrats and the 10 Republican governors who expanded Medicaid in their states.
It allowed more than 30 million Americans to gain health coverage — thanks to the efforts of Democrats and the 10 Republican governors who expanded Medicaid in their states.
Unfortunately, Georgia's current governor is depriving 500,000 people access to Medicaid under the ACA.
Failure to expand Medicaid raises costs across the board and leaves 60,000+ Georgia jobs on the table.
Georgians pay for the program, but 38 other states see all the benefit.
Georgians pay for the program, but 38 other states see all the benefit.
Twelve years ago, when President Obama signed the #AffordableCareAct into law, our nation took an historic step toward fulfilling a fundamental promise: that health care is a right, not a privilege.
Today, our nation celebrates this landmark law’s essential role in safeguarding Americans’ health and preserving families’ hard-earned savings through quality, affordable insurance.
The Affordable Care Act stands alongside Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security as a pillar of health and financial security – especially for the 130 million Americans living with pre-existing conditions, who now enjoy life-saving protections.
Today's the day the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case challenging Obamacare.
Here's a 15 minute primer👇
Here's a 15 minute primer👇
The case will be a test for the court's newly strengthened conservative majority and it could produce a decision that wipes out health insurance for 20 million people and protections for millions with preexisting conditions, which now includes #Covid19.
But Roberts & Kavanaugh have expressed reluctance to toss out an entire statute just because one part is unconstitutional, @GregStohr reports
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/su…
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/su…
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This section is called: ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL, AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will have access to quality healthcare as a human right..the other fights to TAKE IT AWAY. 1/10
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will have access to quality healthcare as a human right..the other fights to TAKE IT AWAY. 1/10
Overturning the #AffordableCareAct remains a central plank of the Republican Party (invisible) platform. The difference in values between the two parties on this life-or-death issue could not be more stark. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #healthcare
The pandemic has made this difference in values painfully,brutally clear. Pres Trump has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, bullied governors for enacting life-saving public health measures, &left our frontline health care heroes w/o the equipment they need 3/11
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section is called: ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL, AFFORDABLE, QUALITY HEALTH CARE
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will have access to quality healthcare as a human right..the other fights to TAKE IT AWAY. 1/10
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will have access to quality healthcare as a human right..the other fights to TAKE IT AWAY. 1/10
#Democrats have fought to achieve universal health care for a century. We are proud to be the party of #Medicare, #Medicaid, and the #AffordableCareAct 2/9 #DemPartyPlatform #healthcare
Because of the Obama-Biden Administration and the #AffordableCareAct, more than 100 million Americans with #PreExistingConditions from heart disease to asthma, are secure in the knowledge that insurance companies can no longer discriminate against them. 3/9 #DemPartyPlatform
#TRUMP #HealthCare Coverage
The Number of People WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE Has Gone Up Under Trump
The number of people without insurance in the #US rose from 28.6 million, or 8.9% of the population, in 2018 to 29.6 million, 9.2% of people, in 2019
#MOG motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
The Number of People WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE Has Gone Up Under Trump
The number of people without insurance in the #US rose from 28.6 million, or 8.9% of the population, in 2018 to 29.6 million, 9.2% of people, in 2019
#MOG motherjones.com/politics/2020/…
The uninsured rate among the non-elderly population STARTED FALLING in 2010 (#Obama) after the #ACA was enacted, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, but it started to tick back up in 2016 (#Trump)...
#AffordableCareAct = emphasis on AFFORDABLE
#TrumpNoCare = NADA
#MOG
#AffordableCareAct = emphasis on AFFORDABLE
#TrumpNoCare = NADA
#MOG
The increased uninsurance rates correlate with President #Trump’s promotion of short-term “junk insurance” plans and the repeal of the individual mandate, which required people to pay a penalty if they weren’t insured.
#HealthCare under #Trump is #TrumpNoCare
#MOG
#HealthCare under #Trump is #TrumpNoCare
#MOG
We're back with a new jam-packed episode of KHN's "What the Health?" Host @jrovner is joined by panelist @JoanneKenen, @MelMcIntire, and @SarahKarlin to discuss the latest news in health care and health policy. khn.org/news/podcast-k…
The rundown. 👇
The #AffordableCareAct has become a political vulnerability for Republican officials, who have no interest in reopening the debate on it during this campaign. Here's a quote from @JoanneKenen. 👇 #Election2020
En resumen, la #RNCConvention2020 y @realDonaldTrump:
• Biden y los demócratas representan el socialismo y la izquierda radical.
• los republicanos son el partido de la ley y el orden.
• el #COVID19 es culpa de China, EU tenía una gran economía.
Abro hilo 👇🏻
• Biden y los demócratas representan el socialismo y la izquierda radical.
• los republicanos son el partido de la ley y el orden.
• el #COVID19 es culpa de China, EU tenía una gran economía.
Abro hilo 👇🏻
• los demócratas son culpables de la violencia y protestas en ciertos estados.
• los republicanos apoyan a los afroamericanos, aunque no creen en #BlackLivesMatter.
• apoyarán a las patrullas fronterizas, frenarán a los inmigrantes y el muro se terminará.
• los republicanos apoyan a los afroamericanos, aunque no creen en #BlackLivesMatter.
• apoyarán a las patrullas fronterizas, frenarán a los inmigrantes y el muro se terminará.
• los demócratas aumentarán impuestos.
• el movimiento de “cancelar la cultura” es una iniciativa de la izquierda radical.
• EU dobla a sus aliados internacionales, al igual que a sus adversarios.
• Biden es débil y depende de hipócritas liberales.
• el movimiento de “cancelar la cultura” es una iniciativa de la izquierda radical.
• EU dobla a sus aliados internacionales, al igual que a sus adversarios.
• Biden es débil y depende de hipócritas liberales.
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Good evening, #Resistance! Throughout this week, I’ve tried to offer something political to talk about that isn’t filled with fear-mongering, flat-out lies & Russian propaganda. I’ve tried to talk strategically about every way we can increase turnout & maximize the
Good evening, #Resistance! Throughout this week, I’ve tried to offer something political to talk about that isn’t filled with fear-mongering, flat-out lies & Russian propaganda. I’ve tried to talk strategically about every way we can increase turnout & maximize the
margin by which @JoeBiden will defeat Donald Trump. But if we need anymore reminding of just what kind of moment this election, I want you to help remind someone you know just what it is they’re thinking of voting for. Right now, there are many people throughout the #Resistance
We're 100 days from the #2020Election!
1/100 THREAD “This election is a matter of life & death for kids like Xiomara.” Xiomara’s mom, @ElenaHung202
Now to 11/3, we're sharing a story of a #LittleLobbyists each day - 100 reasons to be a #HealthCareVoter
bit.ly/38UvBwd
1/100 THREAD “This election is a matter of life & death for kids like Xiomara.” Xiomara’s mom, @ElenaHung202
Now to 11/3, we're sharing a story of a #LittleLobbyists each day - 100 reasons to be a #HealthCareVoter
bit.ly/38UvBwd
2/100 “Shreve was in the NICU for 9 months. Without the #ACA & #Medicaid, he would have reached the lifetime cap on care long before discharge." Shreve’s mom, Laura
This November, #vote against putting a cap on kids' lives.
#HealthCareVoter
bit.ly/3fx5zkZ
This November, #vote against putting a cap on kids' lives.
#HealthCareVoter
bit.ly/3fx5zkZ
3/100 “#Medicaid allows our family to function. It allows us as parents to sleep at night knowing Willa’s safe with a nurse. It makes it possible for us to work. It gives Willa access to the tech she needs to communicate & thrive.” #ProtectOurCare bit.ly/2ZzAeJ3
A Boring #Dystopia
Right now when #CoVid19 rates are at an all-time high in the #US #Trump wants to take away people's #healthcare so the top .1 percent can get a little bit richer
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/united-states-… #ACA #AffordableCareAct #PreExistingConditions #Obamacare
Right now when #CoVid19 rates are at an all-time high in the #US #Trump wants to take away people's #healthcare so the top .1 percent can get a little bit richer
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/united-states-… #ACA #AffordableCareAct #PreExistingConditions #Obamacare
Last week @realDonaldTrump boasted, as he has repeatedly since 2017, that “we got rid of the individual mandate” so that “you don’t have [to] buy health insurance." In the pending #AffordableCareAct case, however, Texas & Trump's DOJ (presumably) will argue that in 2017 ... /1
... Trump & the GOP Congress *imposed* a legal mandate to maintain ACA-compliant insurance. Indeed, their argument that the Court should declare the whole ACA invalid *depends upon* the idea that Trump imposed a mandate, in flat disregard of the SCOTUS's ruling in NFIB. /2
In this instance, Trump is right: In 2017 he and Congress did the opposite of imposing a mandate to buy ACA-compliant insurance. (Will his own SG actually insist otherwise?) Indeed, the SCOTUS has rarely if ever confronted an easier question of statutory interpretation. /3
Mixed messages about #COVID19 coming from the #TrumpAdministration causes frustration and the #SCOTUS hears cases by phone. Tune in to a new episode of KHN's "What the Health?" with host @jrovner and panelist @AliceOllstein, @rachanadixit and @annaedney. khn.org/MTA5Njk1MQ
On this week's episode...
The #SupremeCourt is hearing cases by telephone, including one this week that would give employers the broad ability to decline to offer no-cost birth control to women, a benefit guaranteed under the #AffordableCareAct. Here's a quote from @rachanadixit.
Ten years ago today, President @BarackObama signed the #AffordableCareAct—which has saved countless lives nationwide, and left us better equipped to care for District residents during the #CoronavirusCrisis.
The #ACA guaranteed protections for 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, and extended coverage to 20 million Americans—including 100,000 in the District, giving DC a record-low uninsured rate.
That’s why our office has gone to court to stop this administration from rolling back #ACA protections, and it’s why I won’t back down from the fight to #ProtectOurCare.
THREAD: Over the past 10 years, the #AffordableCareAct has helped millions of working families, seniors and people with disabilities. Yet the Trump Admin is trying to sabotage the #ACA – in the middle of a pandemic. Here’s what’s at stake if Republicans refuse to #DropTheLawsuit:
More than 20 million Americans gained health care coverage under the ACA, both private insurance and through Medicaid expansion. This cut the uninsured rate nearly in half. The last thing we should be doing amid a public health crisis is ripping away health care coverage. /2
The ACA implemented protections for over 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions – one of the groups most likely to develop severe complications from #COVID19. Health insurers could otherwise discriminate against or refuse coverage for these Americans. /3
10 years ago, President @BarackObama signed the #AffordableCareAct into law.
In its first 2 years, the uninsured rate among nonelderly veterans dropped by 40 percent.
As #COVID19 continues to spread, we need to make sure all veterans can access the healthcare they need.
In its first 2 years, the uninsured rate among nonelderly veterans dropped by 40 percent.
As #COVID19 continues to spread, we need to make sure all veterans can access the healthcare they need.
For more info on how #COVID19 impacts veterans and what the Committee is doing to make sure @DeptVetAffairs is ready to care for those with COVID-19, visit our resource page.
This page will be continually updated as more info becomes available.
veterans.house.gov/covid-19
This page will be continually updated as more info becomes available.
veterans.house.gov/covid-19
In the meantime, here's how you can help prevent the spread of #COVID19 (per @CDCgov):
🧼Wash your hands for 20 seconds
🏡Practice #SocialDistancing
😷Avoid close contact with people who are sick
🖐️Avoid touching your eyes, nose, & mouth
🧻Cover your cough or sneeze w/ a tissue
🧼Wash your hands for 20 seconds
🏡Practice #SocialDistancing
😷Avoid close contact with people who are sick
🖐️Avoid touching your eyes, nose, & mouth
🧻Cover your cough or sneeze w/ a tissue
Ten years ago today, President Obama signed the #AffordableCareAct into law.
Let’s take a moment to think about how the comprehensive, quality health coverage provided by the #ACA is helping us combat the coronavirus.
Let’s take a moment to think about how the comprehensive, quality health coverage provided by the #ACA is helping us combat the coronavirus.
Without the #ACA, health insurers could discriminate against or even refuse coverage to nearly 133 million Americans with pre-existing conditions - one of the groups most likely to develop severe symptoms of the coronavirus.
Without the #ACA, 20 million people who gained quality, comprehensive health insurance would be uninsured. If they contracted the coronavirus and required treatment, multiple doctor’s visits, or even hospitalization, they may be stuck with staggering out of pocket costs.
Couldn't agree more w/ @SpeakerPelosi that the House managers have been "magnificent custodians of the Constitution" against Trump's lawlessness.
Thank you, @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepZoeLofgren @RepJeffries @RepValDemings @RepJasonCrow @RepSylviaGarcia!
#WitnessesNOW
Thank you, @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepZoeLofgren @RepJeffries @RepValDemings @RepJasonCrow @RepSylviaGarcia!
#WitnessesNOW
@SpeakerPelosi @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepZoeLofgren @RepJeffries @RepValDemings @RepJasonCrow @RepSylviaGarcia As they're suing to kill the #AffordableCareAct that protects 130M w/ preexisting conditions & covers 20M, Republicans are now attacking #Medicaid – a vital program that covers 1 in 5 in America.
Because their efforts to dismantle our Constitution weren't enough for the week!?!
Because their efforts to dismantle our Constitution weren't enough for the week!?!
@SpeakerPelosi @RepAdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepZoeLofgren @RepJeffries @RepValDemings @RepJasonCrow @RepSylviaGarcia Surprise! Surprise! Trying to snatch health care from people is unpopular, 56-35!
Didn't we learn that in 2018 when Dems took the House on the strength of #MadamSpeaker's #ForThePeople agenda which centered on the promise to #ProtectOurCare?
We'll win the 2020 rematch too!🇺🇸🌊
Didn't we learn that in 2018 when Dems took the House on the strength of #MadamSpeaker's #ForThePeople agenda which centered on the promise to #ProtectOurCare?
We'll win the 2020 rematch too!🇺🇸🌊
It’s an honor to hear from Rhode Islanders about the issues that matter to them and why. It takes tremendous courage to share these personal stories and there are few things more personal or painful to discuss than battling an illness.
The stories I hear make it clear what’s at stake in Republicans’ push to repeal the #AffordableCareAct and make deep cuts to #Medicare & #Medicaid. This is Bridget’s story:
medium.com/@senwhitehouse…
medium.com/@senwhitehouse…
Passage of the Affordable Care Act was a watershed moment for people like Bridget. Democrats stand ready to build on this progress and make sure Trump and Republicans don’t reverse it.
May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. So let's talk about protecting Mental Health and the #AffordableCareAct. (and send a letter to your legislators in the link here) >>> Thread:
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As disability advocates, it is important to protect access to mental health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare. Threats to repeal all or part of the ACA are real and challenges continue to be filed in courts along with
the introduction of new legislation.
We can't forget that before the Affordable Care Act was law, access to mental health care coverage in insurance was lacking. Mental health was considered a pre-existing condition.
We can't forget that before the Affordable Care Act was law, access to mental health care coverage in insurance was lacking. Mental health was considered a pre-existing condition.
Just a few weeks ago, a Texas judge handed down one of the most absurd rulings of the 21st century, dealing a massive blow to the #AffordableCareAct, endangering health care rights and shredding the social safety net.
.@senatemajldr and his Republican colleagues claim to support coverage for pre-existing conditions. Today, we’re offering a Senate resolution to give Republicans a chance to prove it. Mitch McConnell should put it to a vote.
Here's what's at stake if the Republicans succeed in their campaign of sabotage against the #AffordableCareAct: millions of seniors will pay more for prescription drugs, coverage for pre-existing conditions will be slashed & low-cost preventative care will be a thing of the past.
