Tag: Medicaid
By Nick Berning. Wednesday, June 21 2017
This bill will take a wrecking ball to health care in this country, leaving millions without care, making health care unaffordable for many, eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood, and giving massive tax cuts to the wealthy. Shockingly, this bill’s cuts to Medicaid are even deeper than those passed by the House—at a moment when Medicaid and Medicare should be dramatically expanded.
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ACA | congress | Health Care | Medicaid | Obamacare | Planned Parenthood | repeal | republican health care bill | tax cuts for the rich | trumpcare
By Brian Stewart. Friday, May 8 2015
From Alaska to Maine and from Florida to Nebraska, MoveOn members all over the country continue to fight to stop the Republican blockade of federal funds that their states should be using under the Affordable Care Act to provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans. Montana last week became the first state to expand […]
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Medicaid | Medicaid Blockade | Medicaid Expansion
By Nick Berning. Tuesday, April 8 2014
New polls show that running on the Medicaid gap can be a potent strategy for Democrats in 2014.
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2014 elections | doc block | GOP | Health Care | Medicaid | Medicaid Blockade | Republicans
By Nick Berning. Monday, April 7 2014
MoveOn has just won a major victory in federal court. The state of Louisiana’s attempt to take down our billboard criticizing Gov. Jindal has been rejected.
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billboard | First Amendment | Health Care | Jindal | lawsuit | Medicaid
By Anna Galland. Monday, March 10 2014
Last week, Louisiana Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne sent MoveOn.org Civic Action a cease-and-desist letter claiming that the group’s new billboard, which calls on Governor Bobby Jindal to expand Medicaid to 242,000 Louisianans, was tarnishing Louisiana’s award-winning tourism slogan, “Pick Your Passion.”
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Affordable Care Act | Bobby Jindal | Louisiana | Medicaid
By Holly Richmond. Monday, March 3 2014
Meet Jennifer Lunden and Linda Cook, two first-time MoveOn petition-starters who, together with nearly 30,000 signers, are fighting for healthcare.
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Affordable Care Act | Eye-Opening | Florida | Health Care | maine | Medicaid | Medicaid Expansion
By Stefanie Faucher. Monday, March 3 2014
As Republican governors and state legislators face increasing criticism for failing to provide access to health care for some of their poorest constituents, MoveOn members in Texas, Nebraska, Florida, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Virginia are using billboards, petitions, and rallies to ratchet up the pressure on their elected officials and urge them to accept federal Medicaid funds, which would allow them to extend health coverage to more than two million Americans.
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Affordable Care Act | health care reform | Medicaid
By Rosy Kalfus. Sunday, September 1 2013
The health of Michiganders was at stake while Republican Governor Rick Snyder decided whether to accept new federal dollars to expand the state’s Medicaid program. That’s why Fran Brennan of the organization Working America created a MoveOn Petition to Governor Snyder, asking him to accept the funds.
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Medicaid | Victories
By Stefanie Faucher. Thursday, July 11 2013
Today, led by North Carolina resident Shawn Trimble, MoveOn members gathered at North Carolina’s Capitol building to deliver a petition with more than 11,000 signature to members of the legislature and Governor McCrory.
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Medicaid | North Carolina | unemployment | Voter ID Laws | war on women
By Angie Aker. Wednesday, December 19 2012
This says it all.
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Barack Obama | Economic Fairness | Eye-Opening | fiscal cliff | John Boehner | Medicaid | Medicare | Person Of The Year | Social Security | TIME