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Mar 27 2017

Rural Americans Would Lose Under Trumpcare

America’s rural communities have long faced challenges with access to affordable health care insurance and services. Doctors and hospitals are farther away, higher poverty rates lead to worse health outcomes and lower coverage rates, and older populations result in more expensive coverage pools.

Mar 27 2017

One Hundred Fortune 500 Corporations Paid No Federal Taxes In At Least One Year From 2008-2015

From 2008 to 2015, 258 Fortune 500 corporations that consistently netted profits paid an average effective tax rate of just 21.2 percent. One hundred of these corporations paid no federal taxes or even claimed a rebate in at least one year from 2008-2015; of corporations that had substantial overseas profits, most paid higher tax rates to foreign governments than to the United States.

Mar 24 2017

Congressional Budget Office Should Not Be a Target for Attack

Republican responses to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finding that 24 million Americans will lose health insurance coverage under their plan revealed deep divisions among congressional Republicans about how best to proceed on health care. These divisions remain on display today as Republicans scramble to make changes to the American Health Care Act (AHCA) in a last-minute effort to pick up votes.

Mar 21 2017

House Republican TrumpCare State-by-State Impact

State-by-state graphics outlining TrumpCare’s economic impact in each state. Includes 2018 increase in premiums, number of people losing private-coverage, increased cost of uncompensated care to hospitals, and decreased funding for opioid treatment.

Mar 17 2017

House Republican Health Care Plan Charts Packet

In response to the House Republican’s Health Care Plan, information describing its disastrous economic effects. Includes graphs on Medicaid cuts, premium hikes for the elderly and poor, and the increase in Americans without health insurance.

Mar 17 2017

Next Year Under the House Republican Health Care Plan

A chart outlining TrumpCare’s economic impact in each state. Includes 2018 increase in premiums, number of people losing private-coverage, increased cost of uncompensated care to hospitals, and decreased funding for opioid treatment.

Mar 16 2017

Health Savings Accounts Are Not the Answer

The Republican plan would cause 24 million Americans to lose their health insurance, cut Medicaid by nearly $900 billion and take away key financial support from working Americans to give tax cuts to wealthy corporate executives.

Mar 15 2017

Yet Again: Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship Forces Unnecessary Costs on All Americans

In 2015, Congress agreed to allow the Treasury to raise the money necessary to pay all the bills for our government’s spending obligations. That agreement will expire on March 16th, 2017 and barring Congressional action, the United States will immediately breach the debt ceiling, forcing Treasury to resort to “extraordinary measures” to prevent a default.