The Hill has “details” on the latest “plan”-like scribblings of the Republican policy “wonks” on healthcare. There is one thing I want to look at before I start my morning coffee: The core of the plan is a $2,500 tax credit that any citizen would be eligible for and use to purchase health insurance. The …
Fuck The Middle-Class
Relief, of Sorts, For the Middle Class
In reality, it’s just enforcing a bit of fairness: The Department of Labor on Wednesday will finalize a rule extending overtime protections to 4.2 million more Americans currently not eligible under federal law, boosting wages by $12 billion over the next 10 years, the White House said Tuesday evening. The updated rule, which takes effect …
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Seriously- that was quick: The Panama Papers leaks apparently resulted in a political casualty Tuesday when Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigned. Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, the deputy chair of the Progressive Party, announced Gunnlaugsson’s resignation Tuesday on Iceland’s national public service broadcaster RUV. Gunnlaugsson had been under intense pressure to step down since leaked …
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The Company He Keeps
Look who Ted Cruz has recruited as his economic advisor: If it’s true that a man can be judged by the company he keeps, what are we to make of the appointment of former Sen. Phil Gramm as economic advisor to the Presidential campaign of Ted Cruz? Cruz made the appointment Friday, when he collected Gramm’s endorsement …
Today’s Smart Read…
…comes from Thomas Edsall at The New York Times He answers his question “Why Trump Now?” by looking at the material reasons for working-class white disaffection, not just with the post-civil-rights Democratic Party, but with the cabal to whom that group turned in increasing numbers from 1968 forward. He writes: The share of the gross national …
Bifurcation of America
Minnesota and New York are getting to the levels of universal coverage that most European nations have. They are tweaking their systems and prepping waiver requests to extend coverage to currently excluded populations and improve affordability. We get graphs like the following: MN Uninsurance at 4.3%-Lowest ever! @kenneygm @larry_levitt @larryrjacobs @publichealthumn https://t.co/O35K66lET9 pic.twitter.com/t8nzrFAKRR — …
Not even hiding your disdain
Wyoming legislature to waste $20k to learn that work requirements aren’t allowed in Medicaid. https://t.co/fgtpMo42oM — Emma Sandoe (@emma_sandoe) February 18, 2016 The governor of Wyoming wants to expand Medicaid. Governor Mead (R-WY) has wanted to do that for a couple of years. The basic reason is that it is a combination of the right …