Monthly Archive: August 2019
Rut Row: Hong Kong protesters defy police ban to march for 13th week
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hong-kong-protest-marchers-defy-police-ban-to-march-for-13th-week-today-2019-08-31/
SUPER SHOCK: Women Remember Events Better Than Men, Study Finds
https://www.studyfinds.org/told-you-so-women-remember-events-better-than-men-study-finds/
They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
They Got Estimates Before Surgery — And A Bill After That Was 50% More
Tom Steyer’s mega-millions debate gambit flops
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/29/tom-steyer-billionaire-2020-debate-1477645 “Tom Steyer is the only one who has been able to spend enough to get the name recognition and the support in the early states” with paid media, said Patrick Murray, director of...
Only one-third of Americans believe Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide
https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/only-one-third-of-americans-believe-jeffrey-epstein-committed-suicide/
Immekus: The benefits of a health savings account
https://www.lodinews.com/opinion/article_a22c4be8-c9bb-11e9-a199-e3b3603a4dec.html
Elizabeth Warren’s Evolving Position on Health Care Reform
Elizabeth Warren’s Evolving Position on Health Care Reform
Why Health Care Needs To Fix Health IT To Address High Rates Of Clinician Burnout
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2019/08/29/why-health-care-needs-to-fix-health-it-to-address-high-rates-of-clinician-burnout/#1f6f839e12b6
10 Democrats set for next debate as several others miss cut
https://apnews.com/008a92a9497641a0b81ff8ddef8c96b2
AOC: Our Generation has been Informed by Previous Generations’ Mistakes
AOC on Instagram live: “Young people are more informed and dynamic than their predecessors… they actually take time to read and understand our [world] history.” Um, what? pic.twitter.com/hk1ZHpUSOv — Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) August 28,...
Dave Chappelle’s Netflix Special Is the PC Culture’s Worst Nightmare
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/dave-chappelles-netflix-special-is-the-pc-cultures-worst-nightmare/
Queen approves Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament
https://www.foxnews.com/world/boris-johnson-queen-suspend-parliament-brexit
Poll: Dems more likely to support candidate who backs Medicare for All over fixing ObamaCare
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/28/medicare-for-all-obamacare-2020-democrats-poll-1476437
Republicans can thank themselves for socialism
Manny Fidel: The back-and-forth between Republicans and Democrats on socialism is enough to give you whiplash. But one thing is true: socialism is on the rise. 43% of Americans now say that some form of...
How Clickbait and Outrage Porn is Elevating Trump
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/joe-biden-gaffes-media-clickbait
Poll: “a virtual three-way tie” among Sanders (20%), Warren (20%), and Biden (19%)
3-Way Lead as Dem 2020 Picture Shifts
Forget-about-it: Rendell says Biden ‘baked in’ as Dem nominee
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458703-rendell-biden-baked-in-as-dem-nominee
Health Care Reform is at the bottom of the News Trough
When the Kaiser Morning is as devoid of real health care reform news as it was this morning, you know it’s the middle of August. If the dearth of news on health care reform...
Under 50 Voters See the World Differently, Believe Other Things are More Important
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-have-shifted-dramatically-on-what-values-matter-most-11566738001
Senate Dems Degraded the Filibuster on Nominees, then the GOP Continued and Expanded the Degradation of the Filibuster
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/neither-republicans-nor-democrats-respect-senate-rules
SUPER SHOCK: Gillette Backs Off Male Toxicity Ads After Backlash
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/we-will-continue-to-represent-men-at-their-best-gillettes-backflip-after-toxic-masculinity-backlash/news-story/8ae70a5abc31280fc23711dcf7c30e5e
Michelle Obama for president. The only one who can beat Trump?
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-24/michelle-obama-for-president-only-one-trump-fears
DNC Shuts Down Calls for Climate Change Only Televised Debate
The Democratic National Committee, at its summer meeting here this week, rejected a resolution by activists to back a climate-specific television debate, sparking angry protests from environmentalists who interrupted the meeting. Besides displaying the...
Bernie’s Medicare-for-All Bailout: First Bankrupt the Hospitals, then Save Them
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernies-medicare-for-all-bailout-11565824740
Democrats’ health care split squeezes Senate contenders — Dems in Square States Running Away from Medicare for All
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/25/democrats-health-care-senate-1678301
Biden spells out impact of his health care reform plan in NH
https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/biden-spells-out-nh-impact-of-his-health-care-reform/article_48b03549-55af-5bb7-89ed-398c48072dce.html
Mississippi Medicaid reform plan mimics Indiana plan
https://www.djournal.com/lifestyle/health/mha-medicaid-reform-plan-in-spotlight-post-debate/article_d7e8b491-3bc7-5e6a-8002-c698fdfc29e0.html
Finnish Gov’t Having a Tough Time Reforming its Free Health Care
The ‘dark side’ of Finland’s famous free health care
Trump’s Tariff Delay Designed to Aid U.S. Companies Moving Out of China
According to the Nikkei Asian Review and The Wall Street Journal, Apple is considering moving 15% to 30% of its production capacity from China to Southeast Asia as part of “a fundamental restructuring of its supply chain.”...
Trump says he can order US firms out of China because of this law
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-says-he-can-order-us-firms-out-of-china-because-of-this-law/ar-AAGh1OP?li=BBnb7Kz
Special prosecutor named to look into Jussie Smollett case
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/23/special-prosecutor-named-to-look-into-jussie-smoll/
Former Overstock CEO: I was part of the FBI’s Political Espionage of Trump
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/08/22/fmr_overstock_ceo_patrick_byrne_fbi_got_hijacked_from_the_top_the_men_in_black_pushed_me_to_contact_butina.html
Reporter testing the ‘availability of guns at Walmart’ fails background check
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/reporter-testing-the-availability-of-guns-at-walmart-fails-background-check
Democratic governors fizzle in presidential race
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458489-democratic-governors-fizzle-in-presidential-race
Bernie Enhances Medicare for All Plan to Make it Better for Unions
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-fact-check-1472482
Democrats take a look at a practical health care approach
https://www.apnews.com/d5736ba8231940579e03c6f95d4f5c0f
The Cost of Getting Health Care Wrong if You are A Democrat: Harris Pays a Steep Price in Polls
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/kamala-harris-health-care-1471421
Trump’s ‘chopper talk’ puts media on the defensive
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/trump-marine-one-press-briefings-1471629
Gabbard, Steyer inch toward making third Democratic debate
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458450-gabbard-steyer-inch-toward-making-third-democratic-debate
Abolishing the Filibuster Is Unavoidable for Democrats
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/democrats-filibuster-2020/596572/
McConnell: The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Constitutional Order
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-the-filibuster-plays-a-crucial-role-in-our-constitutional-order/ar-AAGaxxK
Biden says public option would cover vision, dental, hearing
http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/story/34667/biden-says-public-option-would-cover-vision-dental-hearing
Seniors deserve access to Health Savings Accounts
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/458364-seniors-deserve-access-to-health-savings-accounts “Health care is still the top priority for voters in America, according to a recent poll by Luntz Global. Of all the issues facing America today, 45 percent of those polled said they...
Home care providers push for passage of HSA legislation
https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/home-care-providers-push-for-passage-of-hsa-legislation/article_52d965dd-72ff-5b11-b838-b251d80db096.html
DNC Moves the Goal Posts to Make Gabbard Not Qualify for Debates
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/21/gabbard_victimized_by_dncs_dubious_debate_criteria_141055.html
AOC: The Electoral College is a racist ‘scam’ that ‘has to go’
“Due to severe racial disparities in certain states,” the congresswoman said in her video, “the Electoral College effectively weighs white voters over voters of color, as opposed to a ‘one person, one vote’ system...
Why Kamala Harris Is Fading in the Democratic Primary
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/kamala-harris-campaign-fading-democratic-primary/
Rep. Rashida Tlaib rejects Israel’s offer to let her visit West Bank — ‘it would kill a piece of me’
“Her hatred for Israel overcomes her love for her grandmother,” Deri said, according to a Google translation of his tweet.
ObamaCare exchanges to publish CMS star quality ratings for health plans
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/government/obamacare-exchanges-publish-cms-star-quality-ratings-health-plans
We Already Know What The Trump Health Plan Is
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2019/08/13/we-already-know-what-the-trump-health-plan-is/#79e8ed8065e5
Trump health chief: Officials actively ‘working on’ ObamaCare replacement plan
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/457574-trump-health-chief-officials-actively-working-on-obamacare-replacement-plan
Some jail staffers not cooperating with DOJ investigation into Epstein suicide, source says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/prison-personnel-refuse-to-cooperate-with-doj-investigators-digging-into-epstein-suicide
The Atlantic: The Pull of Yang
“If you’re a politician, your incentives are to make with the happy talk and then get elected—and then solving the problems is secondary, because you have to raise money to try and get reelected,...
AOC says Dov Hikind can’t sue her over ‘personal’ Twitter
https://nypost.com/2019/08/15/aoc-says-dov-hikind-cant-sue-her-over-personal-twitter/
Vice News: This 26-Year-Old Running For Congress Wants to be the AOC of Texas
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a35dd5/this-26-year-old-running-for-congress-wants-to-be-the-aoc-of-texas
Blase: ObamaCare’s Medicaid Deception
https://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacares-medicaid-deception-11565822360 “There’s evidence of massive improper enrollment in other states. According to 2018 reports by the Inspector General’s Office at the Department of Health and Human Services, 25% of Medicaid expansion enrollees were likely...
ACA market continues to lose those who don’t qualify for financial help
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/aca-market-continues-to-lose-those-who-dont-qualify-for-financial-help/560755/
When Drug Prices Jump, So Does Trump—If He Sees It on the News
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/when-drug-prices-jump-so-does-trump-if-he-sees-it-on-the-news?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=HLNW&utm_campaign=0000016c-0033-d336-a7ec-58770f130001
Trump: Labor Unions Divided over Medicare for All
https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1161244094582185986
‘Public Charge’ Rule Could Cost Hospitals, Medicaid Providers
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/public-charge-rule-could-cost-hospitals-medicaid-providers