Tag Archives: health care reform

I thought we could discuss Trump’s new health plan today — the one he promised to have signed into law yesterday — but apparently it doesn’t exist yet… In Trump’s defense, he’s only had 3.5 years.

By Mark | August 3, 2020

Before the election in 2016, Donald Trump promised the American people “something terrific” to replace the Affordable Care Act. “You’re going to have such great health care, at a tiny fraction of the cost — and it’s going to be so easy,” he said. Of course, it never came to fruition. Now in office for […]

Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Affordable Care Act, Axios, Barack Obama, Chris Wallace, COVID-19, Dear Michigan, Donald Trump, election promises, health care, health insurance, Obamacare, preexisting conditions | 32 Comments

We keep hearing that COVID doesn’t discriminate, but the data shows that, here in Washtenaw County, it’s disproportionately the black residents of Ypsilanti who are suffering

By Mark | April 5, 2020

As of yesterday at 3:00 PM, 14,225 residents of Michigan were known to have contracted COVID-19, with 540 of those cases being in Washtenaw County. [At the same time, there had been 540 deaths in Michigan from COVID-19, with 8 of those having been in Wasthenaw County.] Of those currently hospitalized in Washtenaw County, the […]

Posted in Detroit, Health, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged asthma, coronavirus, COVID-19, density, diabetes, environmental racism, food access, health disparities, heart disease, Hyborian Warlord, pandemic, racism, service industry, social distancing, structural racism, universal health care, Washtenaw County Health Department, work from home | 188 Comments

William Barr on the DOJ’s attempt to destroy the ACA and leave 20 million Americans without health care

By Mark | April 9, 2019

[William Barr, looking like an actor auditioning for an Alka-Seltzer ad spot, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee.] Generally speaking, it is the job of the U.S. Department of Justice to defend the laws of the United States. This, however, is not the case with Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, which is actively engaged in […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Department of Justice, health care, House Appropriations Committee, Matt Cartwright, Medicare, Medicare expansion, pre-existing conditions, Robert Mueller, William Barr | 10 Comments

Health Care, Caravans, and the Fight for Truth and the Future of America

By Mark | November 4, 2018

I know a lot has happened over the past two years, since Donald Trump took office. The sheer amount of what we’ve been forced to process as informed citizens has been absolutely overwhelming. There have been multiple shootings by white supremacists, assassination attempts against our most effective opposition leaders, and false accusations intended to kill […]

Posted in Health, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2017, ACA, Affordable Care Act, America Health Care Act, anti-immigrant, asylum, caravans, chaos, Donald Trump, fear mongering, get out the vote, lies, Luis Bracamontes, Medicaid, Medicare, midterm elections, Obama, political violence, post-truth, preexisting conditions, racism, Republican lies, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, speaking truth to power, threats to Democracy, white supremacy | 35 Comments

Gary Peters on health care: “I put it all an the line to make (the ACA) happen, so don’t question my motivations here.”

By Mark | June 16, 2018

Michigan Senator Gary Peters held a town hall meeting today at Eastern Michigan University. As it was just announced yesterday evening, attendance was relatively sparse. I’d say there were maybe about 125 people in the audience, most of whom, judging by how people introduced themselves when posing questions to the Senator, were from Ann Arbor. […]